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Kinmen is one of two counties that constitute Fuchien Province; the other is Lienchiang County (Matsu). Kinmen's strategic location in the Taiwan Strait has caused numerous confrontations, making it a visible embodiment of political change on cross-strait relations.
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The state, a.k.a. the "Republic of China" (ROC), including all 168 islands administered by the ROC; The traditional Taiwan region (本島地區), excluding Kinmen, Matsu, and Wuqiu, which are traditionally parts of Fujian Province, and also excluding the ROC-controlled South China Sea Islands;
Sheng-Chang Lin, a graduate student writing for the University of Nottingham Taiwan Studies Programme, noted that in the pre-1949 period, the Matsu Islands did not have a significant relationship with Taiwan, which at the time was a colony of the Empire of Japan. Additionally, he stated that the islands at the time had separate identities and ...
Xiamen City (bottom), Kinmen (left), Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu (center of photograph) and surrounding islands View from the south shore of Lieyu (Lesser Kinmen): Center is Fuxing Islet; right side are Donggang Bay & Peninsula, Donglin Shore; left side are Nanshantou & Shaxi Capes; far left in background is Xiamen with Binlang and Shi Islets in between Map including Lesser Kinmen/Lieyu (1869)
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu islands to the north, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists.
Taiwan has controlled Kinmen, and the Matsu islands further up the coast, since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's ...
[15] [16] [17] It is the smallest township in Kinmen County and is located 72 nmi (133 km) northeast of the rest of the county. [18] [19] The township is 73 nmi (135 km) from the Port of Taichung on Taiwan. [20]