People traveled in great numbers across the Taiwan Strait in the 1920s. A report from that time prepared by the Japanese consulate in Xiamen indicates that over 6,000 Taiwanese people resided in Xiamen, and more than 20,000 traveled back and forth frequently.
二○年代的台海暢行無阻，以當時日本駐廈門領事的報告可知，在廈門正式居住的台灣人有六千多人，經常進出者也有兩萬多人。