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The Matsu Islands [a] (UK: / ˌ m æ t ˈ s uː / or US: / ˌ m ɑː t ˈ s uː / [4]), officially Lienchiang County [b] (/ l j ɛ n ˈ dʒ j ɑː ŋ /), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China (Taiwan), situated alongside the southeastern coast of mainland China.
English: Administrative map of Lienchiang County (Matsu Islands), Republic of China (Taiwan) 中文： 連江縣地圖、馬祖列島、台灣 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄： Lièng-gŏng-gâing, Mā-cū, dō̤ (連江縣、马祖列岛、台湾)
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English: Location map of Fujian, People's Republic of China (Note: the insular counties of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Lienchiang (Matsu Islands), Taiwan (ROC), are shown with dashed lines.) Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 111 %.
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.
A Chinese man allegedly swam nearly 10 hours from Fujian Province to Taiwan's Matsu Islands in an effort to "seek freedom". The Chinese national in his 40s reportedly sought help from tourists ...
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;
A China Coast Guard boat can be seen near near the coast of Matsu islands, Taiwan, on October 14, as Beijing launched military warships and fighter jets around the self-governing island.