Visitors walk towards a giant sign reading "One Country, Two Systems; Unify China" that is also visible from Taiwan's Kinmen Island, near a beach in Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian province on May 23, 2024. As Beijing's ships and warplanes encircled Taiwan on May 23, television anchors on the self-ruled island focused instead on a store razed by fire, a proposed ban on ambulance sirens, and a restaurant scandal involving an influencer. (Photo by Greg Baker / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)