FEATURE:Penghu troops prepare for strike

By David Lague and Yimou Lee / Reuters Add TT as Preferred Source In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from their green plastic canisters. After all the ammunition had been checked and safely loaded through hatches on four tan

For Taiwan, holding Penghu — a strategic cluster of 90 islands and islets — would allow its forces to resist a Chinese invasion fleet heading toward the territory's main island.