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InMatsuIsland[1]…totheongoingtensionbetweenTaiwanandthemainland,andbothsubsequentlycameunderperiodicartillerybombardmentbycommunistforcesonthemainland.Onesuchincident,in1958,provokedaninternationaldiplomaticcrisiswhenthecommunistscombinedaheavybombardmentwiththedemandthattheNationalistssurrender.Thestandoffwas…ReadMore[2]InQuemoyIsland[3]…islandunderthejurisdictionofTaiwanintheTaiwanStraitatthemouthofmainlandChina’sXiamen(Amoy)Bayandabout170miles(275km)northwestofKao-hsiung,Taiwan.Quemoyisth...
In Matsu Island[1]…to the ongoing tension between Taiwan and the mainland, and both subsequently came under periodic artillery bombardment by communist forces on the mainland. One such incident, in 1958, provoked an international diplomatic crisis when the communists combined a heavy bombardment with the demand that the Nationalists surrender. The standoff was…
Read More[2] In Quemoy Island[3]…island under the jurisdiction of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait at the mouth of mainland China’s Xiamen (Amoy) Bay and about 170 miles (275 km) northwest of Kao-hsiung, Taiwan. Quemoy is the principal island of a group of 12, the Quemoy (Chin-men) Islands, which constitute Chin-men hsien (county). While most…
Read More[4] In 20th-century international relations: Soviet diplomatic offensive[5]…its claim to sovereignty over Taiwan, while Chiang may have hoped to drag the United States into supporting an invasion of the mainland. Neither superpower, however, was willing to risk war. T...