However, the economic gap between the islands and the mainland still exists to this day.
But there remained a mile of terrifying water between herself and the mainland!
The sea between the islands and the mainland are never frozen.
As a result, several men, or even whole families, divide their time between the island and the mainland.
At times of severe cold, the people build an ice road between the island and the mainland.
China denounced the measure, saying it would increase the chance of war between Taiwan and the mainland.
The 5 part series was the 1st major travel program filmed between the mainland and Taiwan.
It is the first fixed crossing between the island and the mainland since the ice age.
There is no bridge between the island and the mainland.
In 2008, tourism slightly opened between Taiwan and the mainland.