evidence: KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China’s Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday, visiting a frontline island between the two sides to mark a key battle with Chinese forces. [...] The scene of on-off fighting during the height of the Cold War, Kinmen has been the site of regular patrols by China’s coast guard since February after the deaths of two Chinese people on a speedboat for which Beijing blamed Taipei. [...] Kinmen at its closest is less than 1.2 miles away from Chinese-controlled territory.