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The shells of Kinmen island

kz11gr

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Just a little story for you *************


Do you know Kinmen ?

In English
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/17/w...a-and-taiwan-improve-ties.html?pagewanted=all

In French
http://rtifrench.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/un-regard-sur-les-obus-et-les-couteaux/

Il suffit d’un morceau d’acier de 15 cm de long et de 8 cm de large environ pour fabriquer un couteau.
A 15cm long & 8cm large piece of steel is enough to make a knive
Il est possible d’obtenir 60 couteaux par obus selon les matres fabricants.
It's possible to fabricate 60 knives with a sigle shell , say the master workers.
Les couteaux constituent dj l’un des produits les plus recherchs des touristes Kinmen, surtout depuis ces dernires annes, les touristes chinois qui se sont mutliplis sur l’le sont galement la recherche de ce souvenir utile.

These shell-knives are searched by the tourists on Kinmen during the last years, also by the chinese tourists...


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Regards from Paris
 
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