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href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1-ch%C3%B3%CD%98-t%C3%B3" title="Má-chó͘-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Má-chó͘-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu" title="Matsu – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Matsu" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazu_Liedao" title="Mazu Liedao – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mazu Liedao" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma-cu_(souostrov%C3%AD)" title="Ma-cu (souostroví) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ma-cu (souostroví)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu-Inseln" title="Matsu-Inseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Matsu-Inseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu_saared" title="Matsu saared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Matsu saared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Matsu" title="Islas Matsu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Matsu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuoj" title="Macuoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Macuoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu_uharteak" title="Matsu uharteak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Matsu uharteak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88" title="جزایر ماتسو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر ماتسو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Matsu" title="Îles Matsu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Matsu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A2-ch%C3%BA-t%C3%B3" title="Mâ-chú-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Mâ-chú-tó" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%AD%88_%EC%97%B4%EB%8F%84" title="마쭈 열도 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마쭈 열도" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsueyjar" title="Matsueyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Matsueyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Matsu" title="Isole Matsu – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole Matsu" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.15111°N 119.92722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.15111; 119.92722</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Offshore archipelago governed by Taiwan</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Lienchiang County" redirects here. For a county of Fujian of the same name in the People's Republic of China, see <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Matsu_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Matsu (disambiguation)">Matsu</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">County in Fukien, Republic of China</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output 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.ib-settlement td,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-label,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedtoprow .infobox-below{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0.4em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedrow .infobox-label{border:0;padding:0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lienchiang County</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">連江縣</span></span></span></div><div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Matsu Islands, Ma-tsu</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Taiwan" title="Counties of Taiwan">County</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matsu_Montage.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Top: Magan Tianhou Temple in Nangan, Bottom right: Matsu display monument in Nangan, Bottom upper left: Lin Moniang Tomb in Mazu Temple, Bottom lower left: Dongyong Lighthouse"><img alt="Top: Magan Tianhou Temple in Nangan, Bottom right: Matsu display monument in Nangan, Bottom upper left: Lin Moniang Tomb in Mazu Temple, Bottom lower left: Dongyong Lighthouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsu_Montage.png/250px-Matsu_Montage.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsu_Montage.png/375px-Matsu_Montage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Matsu_Montage.png/500px-Matsu_Montage.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="748" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Top: Magan Tianhou Temple in Nangan, Bottom right: Matsu display monument in Nangan, Bottom upper left: Lin Moniang Tomb in Mazu Temple, Bottom lower left: <a href="/wiki/Dongyong_Lighthouse" title="Dongyong Lighthouse">Dongyong Lighthouse</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Lienchiang County"><img alt="Flag of Lienchiang County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/100px-Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/150px-Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/200px-Flag_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="283" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Flag</div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Lienchiang County"><img alt="Official seal of Lienchiang County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/100px-Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/150px-Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg/200px-Emblem_of_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="165" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Emblem</div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-cols"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Lienchiang County"><img alt="Official logo of Lienchiang County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png/100px-LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png/150px-LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/58/LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png/200px-LIENCHIANG_COUNTY_GOVERNMENT.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="67" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Logo</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg/250px-Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg/375px-Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg/500px-Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Lienchiang_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2714" data-file-height="1505" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 260px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="260" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-overlays="["_ce33ca8d75a2d6f2da7a32cb88ab7ee430850b67"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,260x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Matsu_Islands&revid=1273632299&groups=_ce33ca8d75a2d6f2da7a32cb88ab7ee430850b67" width="260" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,a,a,260x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Matsu_Islands&revid=1273632299&groups=_ce33ca8d75a2d6f2da7a32cb88ab7ee430850b67 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Matsu_Islands&params=26_09_04_N_119_55_38_E_region:TW_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°09′04″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°55′38″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.15111°N 119.92722°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.15111; 119.92722</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_China#ROC_provinces" title="Provinces of China">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fuchien_Province,_Republic_of_China" title="Fuchien Province, Republic of China">Fukien</a> (nominal subdivision)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Taiwan" title="Counties of Taiwan">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lienchiang County</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seat</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> (Nankan)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Divisions</th><td class="infobox-data">4 <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">rural townships</a><br />22 <a href="/wiki/Village_(Taiwan)" title="Village (Taiwan)">rural villages</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Government" title="Lienchiang County Government">Lienchiang County Government</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Council" title="Lienchiang County Council">Lienchiang County Council</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • County Magistrate</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wang_Chung-ming" title="Wang Chung-ming">Wang Chung-ming</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">KMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-health_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-health-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">29.60 km<sup>2</sup> (11.43 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">22 of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(June 2016)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">12,716</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_divisions_of_Taiwan" title="List of administrative divisions of Taiwan">22 of 22</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">430/km<sup>2</sup> (1,100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Matsunese</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B08:00" title="UTC+08:00">UTC+08:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Time_in_Taiwan" title="Time in Taiwan">NST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">TW-LIE</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu.gov.tw/Enhtml/Index">Matsu.gov.tw</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1141396924">.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-none{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-center{float:none;clear:none;margin:0.5em auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-title{font-size:120%}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols .infobox-subheader{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cddeff}.mw-parser-output .ib-region-symbols-island{font-weight:bold;background-color:#cef2e0}</style></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">Symbols</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="height:0px"></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bird</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_crested_tern" title="Chinese crested tern">Chinese crested tern</a> (<i>Sterna bernsteini</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Flower</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bougainvillea_glabra" title="Bougainvillea glabra">Hairy bougainvillea</a> (<i>Bougainvillea glabra</i>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tree</th><td class="infobox-data">Australian laurel (<a href="/wiki/Pittosporum_tobira" title="Pittosporum tobira">Pittosporum tobira</a>)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129712854">.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-title-embed{background-color:#efefef;font-weight:bold;padding:0.3em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-native>div{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-header{background-color:#efefef}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country{border-top:1px solid black;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands-country2{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-islands .infobox-below{text-align:left;border-top:#aaa 1px solid}</style></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="7" data-overlays="["_34fa8e96d999e7e293752d3643da841b72018c82"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Matsu_Islands&revid=1273632299&groups=_34fa8e96d999e7e293752d3643da841b72018c82" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,7,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Matsu_Islands&revid=1273632299&groups=_34fa8e96d999e7e293752d3643da841b72018c82 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coastline</th><td class="infobox-data">133 km (82.6 mi)<sup id="cite_ref-health_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-health-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Matsu Islands</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96" class="extiw" title="wikt:馬祖">馬祖</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%88%97%E5%B3%B6" class="extiw" title="wikt:列島">列島</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A9%AC%E7%A5%96" class="extiw" title="wikt:马祖">马祖</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%88%97%E5%B2%9B" class="extiw" title="wikt:列岛">列岛</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mazu" title="Mazu">Matsu</a> Islands</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Bopo" style="font-style: normal;">ㄇㄚˇ   ㄗㄨˇ<br />ㄌㄧㄝˋ   ㄉㄠˇ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Maatzuu Liehdao</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Ma³-tsu³ Lieh⁴-tao³</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Mandarin" title="Yale romanization of Mandarin">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Mǎdzǔ Lyèdǎu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Phonetic_Symbols_II" title="Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II">MPS2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Mǎtzǔ Lièdǎu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[mǎ.tsù ljê.tàʊ]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pha%CC%8Dk-fa-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Pha̍k-fa-sṳ">Pha̍k-fa-sṳ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Mâ-chú Lie̍t-tó</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Ma<sup>5</sup>-zou<sup>2</sup>-lit<sup>6</sup>-dou<sup>2</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Má-chó͘  Lia̍t-tó</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Romanization_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese Romanization System">Tâi-lô</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Má-tsóo Lia̍t-tó</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Min" title="Eastern Min">Eastern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fuzhou_dialect" title="Fuzhou dialect">Fuzhou</a> <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">BUC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Dong Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="cdo-Latn">Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Lienchiang County</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F" class="extiw" title="wikt:連江">連江</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="wikt:縣">縣</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F" class="extiw" title="wikt:连江">连江</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8E%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:县">县</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Chinese_postal_romanization" title="Chinese postal romanization">Postal</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Lienkong Hsien</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Liánjiāng Xiàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Bopo" style="font-style: normal;">ㄌㄧㄢˊ   ㄐㄧㄤ   ㄒㄧㄢˋ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Lianjiang Shiann</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Lien²-chiang¹ Hsien⁴</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Liánjiang Siàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Yale_romanization_of_Mandarin" title="Yale romanization of Mandarin">Yale Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Lyánjyāng Syàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Phonetic_Symbols_II" title="Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II">MPS2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Liánjiāng Shiàn</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">IPA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="IPA" lang="cmn-Latn-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Mandarin" title="Help:IPA/Mandarin">[ljɛ̌n.tɕjáŋ ɕjɛ̂n]</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Pha%CC%8Dk-fa-s%E1%B9%B3" title="Pha̍k-fa-sṳ">Pha̍k-fa-sṳ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Lièn-kông-yen</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Lin<sup>4</sup>-gong<sup>1</sup>-jyun<sup>6</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Liân-kang-koān</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Romanization_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwanese Romanization System">Tâi-lô</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Liân-kang-kuān</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Min" title="Eastern Min">Eastern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fuzhou_dialect" title="Fuzhou dialect">Fuzhou</a> <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">BUC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Dong Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="cdo-Latn"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ng-g%C5%8Fng-g%C3%A2ing" class="extiw" title="cdo:Lièng-gŏng-gâing">Lièng-gŏng-gâing</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Matsu Islands</b><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">UK</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span> or <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small"><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">US</a>: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), officially <b>Lienchiang County</b><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="/ŋ/: 'ng' in 'sing'">ŋ</span></span>/</a></span></span>), are an <a href="/wiki/Archipelago" title="Archipelago">archipelago</a> of 36 islands and <a href="/wiki/Islet" title="Islet">islets</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> governed by the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China (Taiwan)</a>, situated alongside the southeastern coast of <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>. The archipelago forms the smallest <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Taiwan" title="Counties of Taiwan">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Free_area_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Free area of the Republic of China">ROC-controlled territories</a> by area and population, as well as one of two counties that is a part of the nominal <a href="/wiki/Fuchien_Province,_Republic_of_China" title="Fuchien Province, Republic of China">Fuchien Province</a>. </p><p>The current Lienchiang County of the ROC was once part of an intact Lienchiang County of <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> before its effective partition in 1949 following the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, which resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">mainland portion of the county</a> being controlled by the <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC), while the offshore islands of Matsu remained under ROC control. The circumstance has made the county the only former geographical unit with the same name that is now divided between the administrations of <a href="/wiki/Two_Chinas" title="Two Chinas">the ROC and the PRC</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lienchiang County, Taiwan (R.O.C.)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-moi_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moi-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-matsuisland_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matsuisland-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> uses the <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese characters</a> name (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">連江縣</span></span>) and the <a href="/wiki/Romanization" title="Romanization">romanized</a> name Lienchiang which is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Wade-Giles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wade-Giles">Wade-Giles</a> romanization (<i>Lien²-chiang¹</i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Mandarin" title="Taiwanese Mandarin">Mandarin</a> pronunciation for those Chinese characters that also refer to <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou" title="Fuzhou">Fuzhou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lienchiang has also been written as <b>Lien-chiang</b> and <b>Lienkiang</b><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and by a <a href="/wiki/Postal_romanization" class="mw-redirect" title="Postal romanization">postal romanization</a> of the local language pronunciation <b>Lienkong</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term Lienchiang can also refer to the homophonous <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang,_Guangdong" title="Lianjiang, Guangdong">Lianjiang</a> in <a href="/wiki/Zhanjiang" title="Zhanjiang">Zhanjiang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guangdong" title="Guangdong">Guangdong</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Matsu Islands<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-matsus_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matsus-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are named after the main island, <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a> (Nankan). Nangan is also named Matsu Island<sup id="cite_ref-matsuisland_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matsuisland-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because of a temple on the island which is supposed to be the burial site of the similarly named goddess <a href="/wiki/Mazu" title="Mazu">Mazu</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">媽祖</span></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matsu is the <a href="/wiki/Wade-Giles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wade-Giles">Wade-Giles</a>-derived romanization of the <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_Mandarin" title="Taiwanese Mandarin">Mandarin</a> pronunciation (<i>Ma³-tsu³</i>) for the Chinese character name (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">馬祖</span></span>) of the islands. The Matsu Islands are also known by other Chinese-language names including <a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">馬祖群島</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Mǎzǔ Qúndǎo</span></i> and <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">馬祖島</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">Foochow Romanized</a>: Mā-cū dō̤). </p><p>In April 2003, the Lienchiang County government considered changing the name of the county to Matsu County in order to avoid confusion with the nearby Lianjiang County on the mainland. Then-Magistrate <a href="/wiki/Chen_Hsueh-sheng" title="Chen Hsueh-sheng">Chen Hsueh-sheng</a> said some local people opposed the name change because they felt it reflected the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan independence">pro-independence</a> viewpoint of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-identity_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-identity-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yuan_dynasty">Yuan dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Yuan dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> started migrating to the islands during the <a href="/wiki/Yuan_dynasty" title="Yuan dynasty">Yuan dynasty</a>. Most of the people on Matsu came from Houguan (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">侯官</span></span>) (today <a href="/wiki/Changle_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Changle District">Changle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a>). The popular net fishing industry established the base for development of Fuao settlement and industrial development of the region over several hundred years. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ming_dynasty">Ming dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ming dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some crewmen of <a href="/wiki/Zheng_He" title="Zheng He">Zheng He</a> temporarily stayed on the islands. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qing_dynasty">Qing dynasty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Qing dynasty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg/220px-Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg/330px-Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg/440px-Fujian_quan_tu_LOC_96685903.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9358" data-file-height="8560" /></a><figcaption>The historical Fujian Province including the Matsu Islands (1864)</figcaption></figure> <p>During the early <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">pirates</a> gathered here and the residents left temporarily. In contrast with <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan" title="Geography of Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a>, the Matsu Islands were not ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Empire">Japanese Empire</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki" title="Treaty of Shimonoseki">Treaty of Shimonoseki</a> in 1895. Due to its strategic location along the only route for the spice traffic, the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Dongyong_Lighthouse" title="Dongyong Lighthouse">Dongyong Lighthouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin Island</a> in 1912 to facilitate ships navigation.<sup id="cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_China">Republic of China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1911, the Qing dynasty was toppled after the <a href="/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinhai Revolution">Xinhai Revolution</a> on 10 October 1911 and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%9349)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China (1912–49)">Republic of China</a> (ROC) was established on 1 January 1912. Matsu Islands were subsequently governed under the administration of <a href="/wiki/Fujian_Province,_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Fujian Province, Republic of China">Fukien Province</a> of the ROC. On 1 August 1927, the <a href="/wiki/Nanchang_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanchang Uprising">Nanchang Uprising</a> broke out between the ruling <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Nationalist Party of China</a> (KMT) and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) which marked the beginning of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>. </p><p>Sheng-Chang Lin, a graduate student writing for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nottingham" title="University of Nottingham">University of Nottingham</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a>. Additionally, he stated that the islands at the time had separate identities and did not have a collective identity as the Matsu Islands. Previous groups of islanders perceived themselves as Fujianese.<sup id="cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TaiwanInsightedge-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 September 1937, Japan occupied Beigan and Nangan via the <a href="/wiki/Collaborationist_Chinese_Army" title="Collaborationist Chinese Army">Collaborationist Chinese Army</a>, making the islands the first in Fujian to fall to Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-17to49_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17to49-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands were not occupied by Japanese troops during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> because they were not important militarily. The Lienchiang County seat was moved to Danyang Township on 19 April 1941 until the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japanese surrender</a> on August 15, 1945. </p><p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, in 1949 the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a> (CCP) took over <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Chinese Nationalist Party</a> (Kuomintang, KMT). The CCP established the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> (PRC) on 1 October 1949, which included administration of today's <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">Fujian</a>. The KMT retreated from mainland China to Taiwan at the end of 1949, but retained some of the offshore parts of Lienchiang County (namely, the Matsu Islands), and also most of <a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen County</a> (Quemoy). On 15 December 1950, the Matsu Administrative Office (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%85%AC%E7%BD%B2&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="馬祖行政公署 (page does not exist)">馬祖行政公署</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%85%AC%E7%BD%B2" class="extiw" title="zh:馬祖行政公署">zh</a>]</sup></span></span>) of <a href="/wiki/Fujian_Province,_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Fujian Province, Republic of China">Fujian Province, Republic of China</a>, was established, including modern-day Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), as well as several islands in present-day <a href="/wiki/Haidao_Township" title="Haidao Township">Haidao Township</a> (<a href="/wiki/Xiapu_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Xiapu County">Xiapu County</a>) and Taishan (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">台山</span></span>) (<a href="/wiki/Fuding" title="Fuding">Fuding County</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which were lost to the PRC in 1950 and 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-biojyu_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-biojyu-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early July 1953, <a href="/wiki/KMT" class="mw-redirect" title="KMT">Chinese Nationalist</a> guerillas retreated from islands in the Xiyang Island (Chihchutao) area of present-day Haidao Township (PRC), and the area came under the control of the PRC.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1955, the PRC undertook considerable road and military construction around <a href="/wiki/Haitan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitan Island">Haitan Island</a>, Pingtan County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, including roads leading to possible artillery positions on the mainland. Those positions might have been used to protect the Haitan Strait, which was considered a favorable staging area for amphibious operations against the Matsu Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1958, the PRC began massing forces opposite Kinmen (Quemoy) and Matsu (Lienchiang) and began bombarding them on 23 August, triggering the <a href="/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="Second Taiwan Strait Crisis">Second Taiwan Strait Crisis</a>. On 4 September 1958, the PRC announced the extension of its territorial waters by 20 kilometres (12 mi) to include the two islands. However, later that month, after talks between the United States and the PRC in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Poland</a>, a ceasefire was agreed and the status quo reaffirmed.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The phrase "<a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Quemoy</a> and Matsu" became part of American political language in the <a href="/wiki/1960_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1960 U.S. presidential election">1960 U.S. presidential election</a>. During the debates, both candidates, Vice President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> and Senator <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, pledged to use American forces if necessary to protect Taiwan from invasion by the PRC, which the United States did not recognize as the legitimate government of China. However, in the second debate on 7 October 1960, the two candidates stated different opinions about whether American forces should also be used to protect <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>'s forward positions, Quemoy and Matsu.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Senator Kennedy stated that these islands — as little as 9 kilometres (5.5 mi) off the coast of China and as much as 170 kilometres (106 mi) from Taiwan — were strategically indefensible and were not essential to the defense of Taiwan. Vice President Nixon maintained that, since Quemoy and Matsu were in the "area of freedom", they should not, as a matter of principle, be surrendered to the Communists.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier in the debate, Nixon said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In the Truman Administration 600 million people went behind the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Curtain" title="Iron Curtain">Iron Curtain</a> including the satellite countries of Eastern Europe and <a href="/wiki/Loss_of_China" title="Loss of China">Communist China</a>. In this Administration we have stopped them at Quemoy and Matsu, we have stopped them in <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">Indo China</a>, we have stopped them in <a href="/wiki/1958_Lebanon_crisis" title="1958 Lebanon crisis">Lebanon</a>, we have stopped them in other parts of the world.</p></blockquote> <p>Later in the debate, <a href="/wiki/Edward_P._Morgan" title="Edward P. Morgan">Edward P. Morgan</a> asked Senator Kennedy:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Senator, Saturday on television, you said that you had always thought that Quemoy and Matsu were unwise places to draw our defense line in the Far East. Would you comment further on that, and also address to this question: couldn't a pull-back from those islands be interpreted as <a href="/wiki/Appeasement" title="Appeasement">appeasement</a>?</p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg/220px-Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg/330px-Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg/440px-Nationalist_China_-_administrative_divisons._LOC_2007633622.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3371" data-file-height="4371" /></a><figcaption>MA-TSU LIEH-TAO (Matsu Islands) including: TUNG-YIN LIEH-TAO (Dongyin), Lang Tao (Liang Island), Ch'ang-hsü Shan (Beigan), Ma-tsu Shan (Nangan), PAI-CH'ÜAN LIEH-TAO (Juguang)<br />"The Nationalist-held islands off the Chinese mainland are nominally a part of Fukien Province, but are presently under military administration." (1962)</figcaption></figure> <p>Kennedy's response was: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Well, the United States has on occasion attempted, mostly in the middle '50s to persuade <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Kai-shek" title="Chiang Kai-shek">Chiang Kai-shek</a> to pull his troops back to Formosa. I believe strongly in the defense of Formosa. These islands are a few miles, five or six miles<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> off the coast of Red China within a general harbor area, and more than a hundred miles<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from Formosa. We have never said flatly that we will defend Quemoy and Matsu if it is attacked. We say we will defend it if it's part of a general attack on Formosa, but it is extremely difficult to make that judgment.<br />Now, Mr. <a href="/wiki/Christian_Herter" title="Christian Herter">Herter</a>, in 1958, when he was <a href="/wiki/United_States_Under_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Under Secretary of State">Under Secretary of State</a>, said they were strategically indefensible. Admiral <a href="/wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance" title="Raymond A. Spruance">Spruance</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._Lawton_Collins" title="J. Lawton Collins">Collins</a> in 1955 said that we should not attempt to defend these islands in their conference on the Far East. General <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Ridgway</a> has said the same thing. I believe that when you get into a war, if you're going to get into a war for the defense of Formosa, it ought to be on a clearly defined line. One of the problems, I think, at the time of South Korea was the question of whether the United States would defend it if it were attacked. I believe that we should defend Formosa, we should come to its defense. It leaves this rather in the air that we will defend it under some conditions but not under others, I think it is a mistake.<br />Secondly, I would not suggest a withdrawal at the point of the Communist guns. It is a decision finally that the Nationalists should make and I believe that we should consult with them and attempt to work out a plan by which the line is drawn at the Island of Formosa. It leaves 100 miles<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the sea. But with General Ridgway, Mr. Herter, General Collins, Admiral Spruance and many others, I think it is unwise to take the chance of being dragged into a war which may lead to a world war over two islands which are not strategically defensible, which are not according to their testimony, essential to the defense of Formosa.<br />I think that we should protect our commitments. I believe strongly we should do so in <a href="/wiki/West_Berlin" title="West Berlin">Berlin</a>. I believe strongly we should do so in Formosa and I believe we should meet our commitments to every country whose security we've guaranteed. But I do not believe that that line, in case of a war, should be drawn on those islands, but instead on the island of Formosa. And as long as they are not essential to the defense of Formosa, it has been my judgement ever since 1954, at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Eisenhower_Doctrine" title="Eisenhower Doctrine">Eisenhower Doctrine</a> for the Far East, that our line should be drawn in the sea around the island itself.</p></blockquote> <p>Vice President Nixon retorted: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I disagree completely with Senator Kennedy on this point.<br /> I remember in the period immediately before the Korean War, South Korea was supposed to be indefensible as well. Generals testified to that, and Secretary <a href="/wiki/Dean_Acheson" title="Dean Acheson">Acheson</a> made a very famous speech at the <a href="/wiki/National_Press_Club_(United_States)" title="National Press Club (United States)">Press Club</a> early in the year that the Korean War started, indicating in effect that South Korea was beyond the defense zone of the United States. I suppose it was hoped when he made that speech that we wouldn't get into a war, but it didn't mean that. We had to go in when they came in.<br />Now I think as far as Quemoy and Matsu are concerned, that the question is not these two little pieces of real estate- they are unimportant. It isn't the few people who live on them- they are not too important. It's the principle involved. These two islands are in the area of freedom. The Nationalists have these two islands. We should not force our Nationalist allies to get off of them and give them to the Communists. If we do that, we start a chain reaction, because the Communists aren't after Quemoy and Matsu, they're after Formosa. In my opinion, this is the same kind of woolly thinking that led to disaster for America in Korea, I'm against it, I would never tolerate it as President of the United States, and I will hope that Senator Kennedy will change his mind if he should be elected.</p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commemorative_NT$10_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png/220px-Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png/330px-Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png/440px-Commemorative_NT%2410_Coin_in_Celebration_of_the_50th_Anniversary_of_Taiwan%27s_Retrocession.png 2x" data-file-width="505" data-file-height="514" /></a><figcaption>Matsu Islands in the upper left of the map on the obverse of the commemorative <a href="/wiki/New_Taiwan_dollar" title="New Taiwan dollar">NT</a>$10 coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of Taiwan's retrocession</figcaption></figure> <p>After the third debate on 13 October 1960, Kennedy's advisers spoke with then Secretary of State Herter and said that Kennedy was willing to revise his position on the Quemoy and Matsu issue so as not to give the Communists the impression that the United States would not stand united against aggression. Nixon pointed out the change in Kennedy's position but decided not to press the point due to the importance of the United States' role in what was an extremely tense situation.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Polls of Republicans and Democrats showed overwhelming support for Nixon's position.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sheng-Chang Lin stated that the Matsu Islands gained a collective identity during the Cold War period. Additionally, the islands gained significant relationships to Taiwan, now sharing a government with them. By 2021, younger people identified as being from the Matsu Islands specifically.<sup id="cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TaiwanInsightedge-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Self-governance of the county resumed in 1992, after the cessation of political warfare with the mainland and the abolition of Battle Field Administration on 7 November 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, local construction picked up pace. In 1999, the islands were designated as the Matsu National Scenic Area Administration.<sup id="cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2001, direct cargo and passenger shipping started between Matsu and Fujian Province of the PRC.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After 1 January 2015, tourists from mainland China could directly apply the <a href="/wiki/Exit_%26_Entry_Permit_(Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Exit & Entry Permit (Republic of China)">Exit and Entry Permit</a> upon arrival in Matsu Islands. That privilege also applied to <a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a> and Kinmen, as a means to boost tourism in the outlying islands of Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Huangqi,_Lianjiang_County" title="Huangqi, Lianjiang County">Huangqi</a>-Matsu ship route was introduced as part of the Mini <a href="/wiki/Three_Links" title="Three Links">Three Links</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, rampant <a href="/wiki/Sand_theft" title="Sand theft">illegal sand mining</a> by Chinese ships in the waters around the Matsu Islands<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> caused concern in the islands and in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Yuan" title="Executive Yuan">Executive Yuan</a> about damage to the marine environment, possible damage to underwater telecommunications cables, and the potential for coastal erosion. Auctioning impounded ships was seen as an easy way for the dredging companies to get their ships back via intermediaries, hence sinking the impounded ships was under consideration.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, it was reported that hundreds of Chinese squid fishing boats surrounded Matsu, and the lights from the boats to attract the squid lit up the local sky in green at night.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2023, two submarine cables between Matsu and Taiwan island were completely cut, causing Matsu residents' communication services to be affected.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dapu_Village,_Dongju,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Dapu_Village%2C_Dongju%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Dongju Island</figcaption></figure> <p>The Matsu Islands comprise 19 islands and islets,<sup id="cite_ref-roughguides.com_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roughguides.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which include five major islands, which are <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a>, Dongju and Xiju (both in <a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang</a> Township), Beigan and Dongyin.<sup id="cite_ref-matsus_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-matsus-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minor islands include <a href="/wiki/Liang_Island" title="Liang Island">Liang Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaodeng_Island" title="Gaodeng Island">Gaodeng Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daqiu_Island" title="Daqiu Island">Daqiu Island</a> and Xiaoqiu, which are part of <a href="/wiki/Beigan,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Beigan, Lienchiang">Beigan Township</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shortest distance between <a href="/wiki/Huangqi,_Lianjiang_County" title="Huangqi, Lianjiang County">Huangqi, Lianjiang County</a> and the Matsu Islands is also the shortest distance between China (PRC) administered territory and territory in the ROC (Taiwan)-administered Matsu Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-govhq_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-govhq-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xzqhhq_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xzqhhq-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dongyin is the northernmost and Dongju is the southernmost. </p> <ul><li>Dongyin is 100 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (190 km) from <a href="/wiki/Keelung" title="Keelung">Keelung</a>, Taiwan, 180 to the <a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a> islands, and slightly over 10 nautical miles (19 km) from <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>.</li> <li>The soil is not ideal for <a href="/wiki/Farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Farming">farming</a>.</li> <li>The highest point is on Beigan, 298 metres (978').</li></ul> <p>Areas: </p> <ul><li>Nangan: 10.43 km<sup>2</sup> (4.03 sq mi)</li> <li>Beigan: 8.86 km<sup>2</sup> (3.42 sq mi)</li> <li>Dongyin: 4.35 km<sup>2</sup> (1.68 sq mi)</li> <li>Juguang islands: see <a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology">Geology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands are predominantly composed of <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">Cretaceous</a> <a href="/wiki/Intrusive_rock" title="Intrusive rock">intrusive</a> (emplaced ≈160 Ma, ≈130 Ma and ≈94 Ma) <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diabase" title="Diabase">diabase</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Average annual <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a> is 18.6 °C (65 °F), with the average low being at 13 °C (55 °F) and average high at 29 °C (85 °F). The daily temperature varies greatly during day and night. The region experiences subtropical maritime climate (<i>Cfa</i> according to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>), which is influenced by monsoon and ocean currents and its geographic location. Matsu has four seasons: during winter it is cold, cloudy, and wet, during summer and spring it is foggy, and during autumn the weather is generally stable.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Matsu Islands (<a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a>) (2005–2020 normals, extremes 2004–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.2<br />(75.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.1<br />(82.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.1<br />(93.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.1<br />(95.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.3<br />(97.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.4<br />(88.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.5<br />(59.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8409; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.3<br />(72.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.8<br />(55.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7AF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3<br />(50.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFCF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4<br />(52.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(32.5) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(35.8) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.0<br />(69.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(37.8) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.3<br />(32.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B4FFB4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.2<br />(1.98) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74.5<br />(2.93) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.6<br />(4.24) </td> <td style="background: #4AFF4A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.4<br />(4.62) </td> <td style="background: #27FF27; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144.8<br />(5.70) </td> <td style="background: #00E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181.9<br />(7.16) </td> <td style="background: #63FF63; color:#000000;" class="notheme">104.2<br />(4.10) </td> <td style="background: #50FF50; color:#000000;" class="notheme">117.1<br />(4.61) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94.1<br />(3.70) </td> <td style="background: #C6FFC6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(1.50) </td> <td style="background: #9BFF9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(2.54) </td> <td style="background: #BAFFBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #6EFF6E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,140.4<br />(44.89) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days </th> <td style="background: #9898FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3 </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #4A4AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14.6 </td> <td style="background: #5151FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.6 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.5 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.5 </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #A4A4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">124.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000BB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000BD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000B1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.9 </td> <td style="background: #0000AD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">88.0 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85.8 </td> <td style="background: #0000B3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000C2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000D9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000CA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000D4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83.0 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #A5A5A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.3 </td> <td style="background: #939393; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.4 </td> <td style="background: #B0B081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.6 </td> <td style="background: #B8B853; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.7 </td> <td style="background: #B6B65F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.1 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">146.0 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">258.8 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">235.0 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">171.4 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">160.3 </td> <td style="background: #AFAF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">101.2 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">108.7 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,693.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Central Weather Bureau<sup id="cite_ref-CWB_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWB-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordhighs1_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordhighs1-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordhighs2_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordhighs2-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordlows1_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordlows1-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CWBrecordlow2_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CWBrecordlow2-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_government">Politics and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lienchiang_County_Map_(English).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg/220px-Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg/330px-Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg/440px-Lienchiang_County_Map_%28English%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744" /></a><figcaption>Townships of Lienchiang County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fuxing_Village.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Fuxing_Village.jpg/220px-Fuxing_Village.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Fuxing_Village.jpg/330px-Fuxing_Village.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Fuxing_Village.jpg/440px-Fuxing_Village.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="630" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a>, the seat of Lienchiang County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg/220px-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg/330px-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg/440px-%E7%8E%8B%E5%BF%A0%E9%8A%98.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="741" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wang_Chung-ming" title="Wang Chung-ming">Wang Chung-ming</a>, the incumbent Magistrate of Lienchiang County</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg/220px-Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg/330px-Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg/440px-Lienchiang_County_Hall_20140405.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4005" data-file-height="3004" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Government" title="Lienchiang County Government">Lienchiang County Government</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Lienchiang_County_Council_20120928_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="1387" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Council" title="Lienchiang County Council">Lienchiang County Council</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Matsu Islands are administered as Lienchiang County under the <a href="/wiki/Fujian_Provincial_Government" title="Fujian Provincial Government">Fujian Provincial Government</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> is the county seat which houses the <a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Government" title="Lienchiang County Government">Lienchiang County Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Council" title="Lienchiang County Council">Lienchiang County Council</a>. The county is headed by a magistrate, <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Elections in the Republic of China">elected</a> every four years in the ROC local elections. The incumbent magistrate is <a href="/wiki/Wang_Chung-ming" title="Wang Chung-ming">Wang Chung-ming</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_County_Council" title="Lienchiang County Council">Lienchiang County Council</a> seat is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> legislators. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lienchiang County is divided into four <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">rural townships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is further divided into 22 villages and 137 neighborhoods (鄰). Lienchiang County is the only county in Taiwan which does not have a <a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">city</a> or an <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">urban township</a>. The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> (Nankan). </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Chinese</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">Pinyin</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">Foochow Romanized</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="5"><b>Rural townships</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beigan,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Beigan, Lienchiang">Beigan Township</a></td> <td><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E7%AB%BF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:北竿">北竿</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></td> <td>Pei³-kan¹ Hsiang¹</td> <td>Běigān Xiāng</td> <td>Báe̤k-găng Hiŏng </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin Township</a></td> <td><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9D%B1%E5%BC%95#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:東引">東引</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></td> <td>Tung¹-yin³ Hsiang¹</td> <td>Dōngyǐn Xiāng</td> <td>Dĕ̤ng-īng Hiŏng </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang Township</a></td> <td><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%8E%92%E5%85%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:莒光">莒光</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></td> <td>Chü³-kuang¹ Hsiang¹</td> <td>Jǔguāng Xiāng</td> <td>Gṳ̄-guŏng Hiŏng </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a></td> <td><span lang="zh-tw"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%BF#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:南竿">南竿</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%84%89#Chinese_(Taiwan)" class="extiw" title="wikt:鄉">鄉</a></span></td> <td>Nan²-kan¹ Hsiang¹</td> <td>Nángān Xiāng</td> <td>Nàng-găng Hiŏng </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>All the townships administer more than one island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magistrates">Magistrates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Magistrates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before 1993, county magistrates were appointed. </p> <ul><li>Elected magistrates</li></ul> <ol><li>Tsao Chang-Shun (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">曹常順</span></span>) (1993–1997) (<a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">KMT</a>)</li> <li>Liu Li-Chun (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">劉立群</span></span>) (1997–2001) (KMT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Hsueh-sheng" title="Chen Hsueh-sheng">Chen Hsueh-sheng</a>, also the current national representative of Matsu. (2001–2009) (<a href="/wiki/People_First_Party_(Taiwan)" title="People First Party (Taiwan)">PFP</a>, later KMT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_Sui-sheng" title="Yang Sui-sheng">Yang Sui-sheng</a> (2009–2014) (KMT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liu_Cheng-ying" title="Liu Cheng-ying">Liu Cheng-ying</a> (2014–2022) (KMT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wang_Chung-ming" title="Wang Chung-ming">Wang Chung-ming</a> (2022–present) (KMT)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Matsu Islands are protected by the <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ROC_Army_Matsu_Defense_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ROC Army Matsu Defense Command (page does not exist)">ROC Army Matsu Defense Command</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B8%E8%BB%8D%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E9%98%B2%E8%A1%9B%E6%8C%87%E6%8F%AE%E9%83%A8" class="extiw" title="zh:陸軍馬祖防衛指揮部">zh</a>]</sup></span></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lienchang County voted one <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> legislator out of one seat to be in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Yuan" title="Legislative Yuan">Legislative Yuan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2016_Taiwanese_general_election" title="2016 Taiwanese general election">2016 Republic of China legislative election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Democratic Progressive Party">Democratic Progressive Party</a> have had difficulty winning a county-level election in this area, most of the competitions are among local strategies. In 2018, a <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_Taiwan" title="Green Party Taiwan">Green Party</a> member, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Su_Bo_Hao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Su Bo Hao (page does not exist)">Su Bo Hao</a><sup class="noprint" style="font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%98%87%E6%9F%8F%E8%B1%AA" class="extiw" title="zh:蘇柏豪">zh</a>]</sup> attempted to run for magistrate but failed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cross-Strait_relations">Cross-Strait relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cross-Strait relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="citation-needed-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">The historical Lienchiang County roughly included the northern three townships of today's Matsu Islands (Lienchiang County) and the area of today's <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County of the People's Republic of China</a> (PRC).</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This is actually a pretty complicated claim. Was the Haidao Township area of today's Xiapu County also part of the historical Lienchiang/Lianjiang county? Also, Juguang Township was not in the original county, right? Various islands switched between counties. The statement should be better written, and a source added. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The PRC claims the three northern townships of the Matsu Islands as <i>Matsu Township</i> (<span lang="zh-Hant">馬祖鄉</span>; <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Mǎzǔ Xiāng</span></i>; Mā-cū hiŏng)<sup id="cite_ref-prcmap_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prcmap-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-statlj_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statlj-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xzqhlj_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xzqhlj-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang Islands</a> (the southernmost islands, formerly named the Baiquan Islands) as part of <a href="/wiki/Changle_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Changle District">Changle District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-prcmap_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prcmap-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vessels from the Taiwan's <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Administration_(Taiwan)" title="Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan)">Coast Guard Administration</a> (CGA) have confronted sand dredging by Chinese vessels near the Matsu Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This dredging activity began in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_77-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since March 2019, the <a href="/wiki/Lienchiang_Cross-Strait_Matters_Forum" title="Lienchiang Cross-Strait Matters Forum">Lienchiang Cross-Strait Matters Forum</a> started as an official forum between Lienchiang County of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> to discuss matters regarding the two sides.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics_and_culture">Demographics and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Demographics and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Magang_Mazu_Temple,_Nangan,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Magang_Mazu_Temple%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Matsu Nangan Tianhou Temple</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The majority of native Matsu Islands residents originated from Northern Fujian. Several of the islands of Matsu are not inhabited permanently. Some of these are garrisoned by soldiers from the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of China Armed Forces">Republic of China Armed Forces</a> stationed in the county since the end of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> in 1949 and during the <a href="/wiki/First_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="First Taiwan Strait Crisis">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="Second Taiwan Strait Crisis">Second Taiwan Strait Crisis</a> in 1954 and 1958 respectively. Due to that high military demand large numbers of military personnel stationed on the islands produced unprecedented population growth in the county. The population reached its peak in 1971 with a total of 17,088 people. After those periods of high growth the population decreased year after year due to the poor economic growth which resulted in mass youth emigration due to lack of employment opportunities. In recent years the population in the county has gradually increased because of immigration. The population has stabilized due to the improved transportation between Taiwan Island and Matsu Islands as well as mass construction projects.<sup id="cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The native language spoken by Matsu residents is the <a href="/wiki/Matsu_dialect" title="Matsu dialect">Matsu dialect</a>, a subdialect of the <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou_dialect" title="Fuzhou dialect">Fuzhou dialect</a>, which is one of the statutory languages for public transport announcements in the Matsu Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-大眾運輸工具播音語言平等保障法_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-大眾運輸工具播音語言平等保障法-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-roughguides.com_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-roughguides.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin Chinese</a> is one of the official languages of Lienchiang County. </p><p>Previously the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Min" title="Eastern Min">Eastern Min</a> varieties in the Matsu Islands were seen as a part of general Fujian varieties. The establishment of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> in 1949 severed the Matsu Islands from the rest of Fujian province, and as communications were cut off between the Republic of China (now including Taiwan and without mainland China) and the PRC, the identity of the Matsu Islands specifically became established. Additionally, the varieties of Eastern Min on the Matsu Islands became seen as a Matsu dialect.<sup id="cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TaiwanInsightedge-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_2">Name</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chen_(surname)" title="Chen (surname)">Chen</a> (陳) is the most common <a href="/wiki/Chinese_surname" title="Chinese surname">surname</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Lin_(surname)" title="Lin (surname)">Lin</a> (林), <a href="/wiki/Wang_(surname)" title="Wang (surname)">Wang</a> (王), <a href="/wiki/Cao_(Chinese_surname)" title="Cao (Chinese surname)">Tsao</a> (曹) and <a href="/wiki/Liu" title="Liu">Liu</a> (劉). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belief">Belief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Belief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Matsu, though named after the goddess <a href="/wiki/Matsu_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsu (goddess)">Matsu</a>, is written with a different character that has a different tone. But the Matsu Islands are not the birthplace of the goddess as the human Lin Muoniang - <a href="/wiki/Meizhou_Island" title="Meizhou Island">Meizhou Island</a> is — but her death place (on a seaport named after her on Nangan Island).<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Matsu Nangan Tianhou Temple (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">馬祖南竿天后宮</span></span>), a temple dedicated to the goddess, contains the sarcophagus of Lin Muoniang. It is, however, not as popular as the Meizhou temple. </p><p>Most Taiwanese pilgrims to Meizhou start off their journey in the Matsu Islands because they are the closest ROC-controlled territory to Meizhou, which is controlled by the PRC. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vegetable_Farming_Park,_Nangan,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Vegetable_Farming_Park%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Shanlong_Vegetable_Park" title="Shanlong Vegetable Park">Vegetable farming park</a> in Nangan Township</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to its geographically remote location, the manufacturing business of Matsu has never been fully developed. Among them, the wine making industry of <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Distillery" title="Matsu Distillery">Matsu Distillery</a> is the most distinguished feature. Tourism has become a highly important feature of the economy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, most of its commercial trading focuses on retail businesses and restaurants for stationed military consumption. Farm products of Matsu include <a href="/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tea_plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea plant">tea plant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orange_(fruit)" title="Orange (fruit)">oranges</a>. Sea animals, such as <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clam" title="Clam">clams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jellyfish" title="Jellyfish">jellyfish</a>, are also popular exports due to its nature as the major traditional industry in Matsu. However, the flourishing fishing ground is almost exhausted by arbitrary fish bombing by mainland China fishing boats, while the fish population is decreasing as well.<sup id="cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2012, Matsu residents voted in favor of the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a>, which led to the prospect of gaming industries in the county and the passing of the Gaming Act (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">觀光賭場管理條例</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg/220px-%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg/330px-%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg/440px-%E5%8D%94%E5%92%8C%E7%99%BC%E9%9B%BB%E5%BB%A0%E7%8F%A0%E5%B1%B1%E5%88%86%E5%BB%A0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="527" data-file-height="297" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Zhushan_Power_Plant" title="Zhushan Power Plant">Zhushan Power Plant</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power_generation">Power generation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Power generation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 July 1975, the Matsu Power Company was founded to operate all of the power plants in the county. On 1 July 1986, the company was incorporated into <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Power_Company" title="Taiwan Power Company">Taiwan Power Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county is powered up by its fuel-fired (diesel) <a href="/wiki/Zhushan_Power_Plant" title="Zhushan Power Plant">Zhushan Power Plant</a> located in Cingshuei Village of <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> with a capacity of 15.4 MW commissioned on 22 March 2010. The other power plants are <a href="/wiki/Beigan_Power_Plant" title="Beigan Power Plant">Beigan Power Plant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beigan,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Beigan, Lienchiang">Beigan Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dongyin_Power_Plant" title="Dongyin Power Plant">Dongyin Power Plant</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin Township</a> and Dongju Power Plant in Dongju Island and <a href="/wiki/Xiju_Power_Plant" title="Xiju Power Plant">Xiju Power Plant</a> in Xiju Island of <a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang Township</a>. The county is also powered up by its <a href="/wiki/Photovoltaic_system" title="Photovoltaic system">photovoltaic system</a> with a capacity of 0.074 MW.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Telecommunication">Telecommunication</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Telecommunication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For telecommucation, Matsu Islands is connected via three <a href="/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable" title="Submarine communications cable">submarine communications cables</a> named Taima Cables (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">台馬</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Táimǎ</span></i>). To Taiwan Island, the Taima Cable No. 2 connects <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin Township</a> in the county to <a href="/wiki/Tamsui_District" title="Tamsui District">Tamsui District</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Taipei" class="mw-redirect" title="New Taipei">New Taipei</a> and Taima Cable No. 3 connects <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> to <a href="/wiki/Taoyuan,_Taiwan" title="Taoyuan, Taiwan">Taoyuan City</a>. As of 2023, the fourth cable is under construction with expected completion date in 2025. The first cable is no longer in use.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pollution">Pollution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Pollution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Generally, the environment of Matsu Islands is still well-preserved. The major source of pollution is from family and military household waste. There are, however, concerns that the continued lack of modern sewage facilities results in household waste seeping into groundwater.<sup id="cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beihai_Tunnel,_Nangan,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Beihai_Tunnel%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Beihai_Tunnel_(Nangan)" title="Beihai Tunnel (Nangan)">Beihai Tunnel</a> in Nangan Township</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg/220px-Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg/330px-Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg/440px-Tungyin_Tao_Lighthouse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dongyong_Lighthouse" title="Dongyong Lighthouse">Dongyong Lighthouse</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism has become a critical sector in the local economy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_81-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lienchiang County Government is making an effort to attract more visitors to the Matsu Islands, especially among foreigners.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dongyin_Visitor_Center" title="Dongyin Visitor Center">Dongyin Visitor Center</a> is the main visitor center of the township. </p><p>Nangan is the capital of Matsu and it is noted for its granite tunnel and the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Fort" title="Iron Fort">Iron Fort</a>. It has two interconnected main roads. </p><p>The Beihai Tunnels are manmade granite tunnels. Both tunnels were remarkable for their time, and they took great effort to construct. The <a href="/wiki/Beihai_Tunnel_(Nangan)" title="Beihai Tunnel (Nangan)">tunnel in Nangan</a> was built in 1968. The completion of Beihai Tunnel took the effort of thousands of men. The 700 metre (800 yard) tunnel has a width of 10 metres (33') and a height of 16 metres (52'). It was completed in 820 days with shovels, spades and explosives; the tunnel also took the life of a platoon of soldiers. The tunnel was considered a military location and was not opened to the public until 1990. </p><p>The Iron Fort is located on the Southwest side of Nangan island. Located by a small cliff, it is a vulnerable spot for outside attacks or illegal smuggling of materials. With that in mind, the fort was built for defence. It is equipped with multiple machinegun rooms and rudimentary living facilities. It is now open to the public, and although most of the equipment has been removed from the site, the site itself brings back a vivid image of what it was like for soldiers at that time. </p><p>Museums in Matsu including the <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Blue_Tears_Ecological_Museum" title="Matsu Blue Tears Ecological Museum">Matsu Blue Tears Ecological Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Folk_Culture_Museum" title="Matsu Folk Culture Museum">Matsu Folk Culture Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ching-kuo_Memorial_Hall" title="Ching-kuo Memorial Hall">Ching-kuo Memorial Hall</a> and <a href="/wiki/War_and_Peace_Memorial_Park_Exhibition_Center" title="War and Peace Memorial Park Exhibition Center">War and Peace Memorial Park Exhibition Center</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nature">Nature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1990, the county manages the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands_Bird_Sanctuary&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matsu Islands Bird Sanctuary (page does not exist)">Matsu Islands Bird Sanctuary</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E5%88%97%E5%B3%B6%E7%87%95%E9%B7%97%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%B7%E5%8D%80" class="extiw" title="zh:馬祖列島燕鷗保護區">zh</a>]</span>, which spreads across eight islands and islets in Nangan, Beigan and Tongyin Townships. It contains 30 <a href="/wiki/Species_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Species (biology)">species</a> in 15 <a href="/wiki/Order_(biology)" title="Order (biology)">orders</a>, mostly <a href="/wiki/Gulls" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulls">gulls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Terns" class="mw-redirect" title="Terns">terns</a>. In 2000, four pairs of the <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">critically endangered</a> <a href="/wiki/Chinese_crested_tern" title="Chinese crested tern">Chinese crested tern</a>, previously thought to be <a href="/wiki/Extinct_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Extinct species">extinct</a>, were discovered nesting on the Matsu Islands, giving them global conservation importance. </p><p>There are also <a href="/wiki/Moss" title="Moss">mosses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fern" title="Fern">ferns</a> rare or absent elsewhere in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">ROC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cetacean" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetacean">Cetacean</a> species that have become rare along Chinese coasts are still present here such as <a href="/wiki/False_killer_whale" title="False killer whale">false killer whales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finless_porpoise" title="Finless porpoise">finless porpoises</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> providing opportunistic <a href="/wiki/Whale_Watching" class="mw-redirect" title="Whale Watching">observations</a> at times.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finless porpoises in this areas are generally smaller than other subspecies,<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it is unique that two subspecies inhabit in this region where Matsu region is the northern limit for one of them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nangan_Airport,_Nangan,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Nangan_Airport%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Matsu_Nangan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsu Nangan Airport">Matsu Nangan Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fuao_Harbor,_Nangan,_Matsu,_Taiwan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/220px-Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/330px-Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG/440px-Fuao_Harbor%2C_Nangan%2C_Matsu%2C_Taiwan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Fuao Harbor</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Both <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beigan,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Beigan, Lienchiang">Beigan</a> have airports which are the <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Nangan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsu Nangan Airport">Matsu Nangan Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Beigan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Matsu Beigan Airport">Matsu Beigan Airport</a> respectively. <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang</a> (in Xiju Island) house heliports which only operate during winter time and priority is given to local residents to travel to <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sea">Sea</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sea"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to the main airport being located in Nangan, boats are the main form of transportation between the islands in the county. </p><p>There are two ferry rides to mainland China. One arrives at <a href="/wiki/Mawei_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mawei District">Mawei District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou" title="Fuzhou">Fuzhou</a> and departs from Fuao Harbor at <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan Township</a> in which the journey normally takes 90 minutes while in Nangan.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another arrives at <a href="/wiki/Huangqi,_Lianjiang_County" title="Huangqi, Lianjiang County">Huangqi</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">黄岐镇</span></span>) of <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang</a> and departs from <a href="/wiki/Beigan,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Beigan, Lienchiang">Beigan Township</a> in which the journey takes only 20 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin Township</a> houses the <a href="/wiki/Zhongzhu_Harbor" title="Zhongzhu Harbor">Zhongzhu Harbor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road">Road</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to their size, travelling by motorized scooter is an ideal way to get around the main islands such as Nangan and Beigan, despite the steep hills. Both Islands have regular buses, and taxis are also economical. In October 2019, mainland China announced 'initial plans' to build a bridge linking <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou" title="Fuzhou">Fuzhou</a> to the Matsu Islands. Taiwan's <a href="/wiki/Mainland_Affairs_Council" title="Mainland Affairs Council">Mainland Affairs Council</a> (MAC) said that the plans were made unilaterally by Mainland's Fujian as part of its schemes to absorb Taiwan and divide Taiwanese society and that they see no need for bridges linking either Matsu or <a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a> to mainland China.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Legislators representing Matsu have said that their thinking is different from the Mainland Affairs Council, and that they were optimistic about the idea of a bridge.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_persons">Notable persons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notable persons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chen_Pao-yu" title="Chen Pao-yu">Chen Pao-yu</a>, Chief of Staff of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Army" title="Republic of China Army">Republic of China Army</a> (2019-)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> (a special administrative region in China)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (a special administrative region in China)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Matsu_Daily" title="Matsu Daily">Matsu Daily</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lianjiang County</a> (located in mainland China)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Administrative divisions of the Republic of China">Administrative divisions of the Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Taiwanese_superlatives" title="List of Taiwanese superlatives">List of Taiwanese superlatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in the Republic of China">List of cities in the Republic of China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="List of islands of the Republic of China">List of islands of the Republic of China</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E5%88%97%E5%B3%B6" class="extiw" title="wikt:馬祖列島">馬祖列島</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Mǎzǔ Lièdǎo</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn-wadegile">Ma³-tsu³ Lieh⁴-tao³</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">Foochow Romanized</a>: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F" class="extiw" title="wikt:連江">連江</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%B8%A3" class="extiw" title="wikt:縣">縣</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Liánjiāng Xiàn</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn-wadegile">Lien²-chiang¹ Hsien⁴</span></i>; <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">Foochow Romanized</a>: <a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%C3%A8ng-g%C5%8Fng-g%C3%A2ing" class="extiw" title="cdo:Lièng-gŏng-gâing">Lièng-gŏng-gâing</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Gaodeng_Island" title="Gaodeng Island">Gaodeng Island</a> is 5.75 miles from the Beijiao Peninsula. In Kinmen County, the northern coast of Greater Kinmen (Quemoy) is about five or six miles from the nearest point on mainland Asia in places. Some ROC-controlled areas are closer than five miles from PRC-controlled areas. For instance, Jiaoyu in <a href="/wiki/Dadeng_Subdistrict" title="Dadeng Subdistrict">Dadeng Subdistrict</a> is a little more than one mile from the tip of Greater Kinmen in <a href="/wiki/Jinsha,_Kinmen" title="Jinsha, Kinmen">Jinsha Township</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Juguang,_Lienchiang" title="Juguang, Lienchiang">Juguang, Lienchiang</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dongyin,_Lienchiang" class="mw-redirect" title="Dongyin, Lienchiang">Dongyin, Lienchiang</a> are a little more than ninety miles from the closest point on the main island of Taiwan (Formosa), and <a href="/wiki/Wuqiu,_Kinmen" title="Wuqiu, Kinmen">Wuqiu, Kinmen</a> is about eighty miles from the closest point. The main islands <a href="/wiki/Nangan,_Lienchiang" title="Nangan, Lienchiang">Nangan</a> (Matsu) and <a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Greater Kinmen</a> (Quemoy) are over one hundred miles from Taiwan Island.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The island of Taiwan is separated from the southeast coast of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait">Taiwan Strait</a>, which ranges from 220 km (140 mi) at its widest point to 130 km (81 mi) at its narrowest.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matsu_Islands&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu.gov.tw/chhtml/Detail/371030000A/580?mcid=6340"><bdi lang="zh">生態環境</bdi></a>. <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">馬祖-連江縣政府</span></span> LIENCHIANG COUNTY GOVERNMENT</i> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 9 January 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">終於讓專家學者在經過2年研究後，發現了全新品種的雌光螢，命名為北竿雌光螢和分布於東莒島的黃緣雌光螢，這對於總面積僅29.6平方公里的馬祖來說，是極為珍貴的物產。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-TW%22%3E%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96-%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F%E7%B8%A3%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text+LIENCHIANG+COUNTY+GOVERNMENT&rft.atitle=%E7%94%9F%E6%85%8B%E7%92%B0%E5%A2%83&rft.date=2017-01-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu.gov.tw%2Fchhtml%2FDetail%2F371030000A%2F580%3Fmcid%3D6340&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-health-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-health_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-health_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200219140404/http://www.matsuhb.gov.tw/2009web/friendly_index.php"><bdi lang="zh">城市介紹</bdi></a>. <i>Matsu Health Bureau Web site 連江縣衛生福利局</i> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matsuhb.gov.tw/2009web/friendly_index.php">the original</a> on 19 February 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 August</span> 2020</span>. <q>列島的陸域面積為29.60平方公里，全縣各島海岸線總長為 133 公里</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Matsu+Health+Bureau+Web+site+%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F%E7%B8%A3%E8%A1%9B%E7%94%9F%E7%A6%8F%E5%88%A9%E5%B1%80&rft.atitle=%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E4%BB%8B%E7%B4%B9&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsuhb.gov.tw%2F2009web%2Ffriendly_index.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matsu-news.gov.tw/2010web/news_detail_101.php?CMD=open&UID=186188"><bdi lang="zh">截至106年6月底馬祖總人口數12716人</bdi></a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Matsu_Daily" title="Matsu Daily">Matsu Daily</a></i> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 14 July 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 September</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">　總計：2768戶，12716人，男性7244人，女性5472人。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Matsu+Daily&rft.atitle=%E6%88%AA%E8%87%B3106%E5%B9%B46%E6%9C%88%E5%BA%95+%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E7%B8%BD%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%A3%E6%95%B812716%E4%BA%BA&rft.date=2016-07-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu-news.gov.tw%2F2010web%2Fnews_detail_101.php%3FCMD%3Dopen%26UID%3D186188&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLongman2008" class="citation book cs1">Longman, J.C. (2008). <i>Longman Pronunciation Dictionary</i> (3 ed.). 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://placesearch.moi.gov.tw/translate/Admin1000616.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 25 March 2012. <q>縣市鄉鎮區別國際慣用名漢語拼音譯寫備註{...}連江縣 Lienchiang County Lianjiang County直轄市、縣(市)級以上行政區域名稱係依國際慣用方式譯寫</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80%E9%84%89%E9%8E%AE%E5%B8%82%E5%8D%80%E7%B4%9A%E4%BB%A5%E4%B8%8A%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8D%80%E5%9F%9F%E5%90%8D%E7%A8%B1%E4%B8%AD%E8%8B%B1%E5%B0%8D%E7%85%A7%E8%A1%A8&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=Online+Translation+System+of+Geographic+Name%2C+Ministry+of+Interior&rft.date=2011-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fplacesearch.moi.gov.tw%2Ftranslate%2FAdmin1000616.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/106">"Local governments"</a>. <i>Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200906010240/https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/106">Archived</a> from the original on 6 September 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 October</span> 2020</span>. <q>Lienchiang{...}Lienchiang County</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Office+of+the+President%2C+Republic+of+China+%28Taiwan%29&rft.atitle=Local+governments&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.president.gov.tw%2FPage%2F106&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-matsuisland-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-matsuisland_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-matsuisland_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Matsu-Island">"Matsu Island"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Online">Encyclopædia Britannica Online</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191104091143/https://www.britannica.com/place/Matsu-Island">Archived</a> from the original on 4 November 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 October</span> 2020</span>. <q>Matsu is the main island of a group of 19, the Matsu Islands, which constitute Lien-kiang (Lienchiang) <i>hsien</i> (county).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica+Online&rft.atitle=Matsu+Island&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FMatsu-Island&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Taiwan-new.pdf">"Country Profile: Taiwan"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Research_Division" title="Federal Research Division">Federal Research Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>4. On 1 June the construction of a highway from <a href="/wiki/Fuzhou" title="Fuzhou">Foochow</a> to <a href="/wiki/Luoyuan_County" title="Luoyuan County">Loyuan</a> (N 26-30, E 119-32) via <a href="/wiki/Mawei_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mawei District">Mawei</a> (N 26-00, E 119-26) and <a href="/wiki/Lianjiang_County" title="Lianjiang County">Lienchiang</a> (N 26-12, E 119-31) was scheduled to begin.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chinese+Communist+Highway+Construction+and+Repair&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=CIA&rft.date=1953-11-02&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FCIA-RDP80-00810A002600870002-6%2Fpage%2Fn1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP79T00975A002400150001-8/page/n4">"Current Intelligence Bulletin"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>. 7 February 1956. p. 4<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>Lienchiang</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Current+Intelligence+Bulletin&rft.pages=4&rft.pub=CIA&rft.date=1956-02-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FCIA-RDP79T00975A002400150001-8%2Fpage%2Fn4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/chinesereposito111unse_11/">"Topography of Fukien; situation and boundaries of the province; its area and population; subdivisions, mountains, rivers, harbors &c"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chinese_Repository" title="The Chinese Repository">The Chinese Repository</a></i>. <b>11</b> (12): <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/chinesereposito111unse_11/page/652/">652</a>. December 1842 – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>6 連江 Lienkiáng</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Chinese+Repository&rft.atitle=Topography+of+Fukien%3B+situation+and+boundaries+of+the+province%3B+its+area+and+population%3B+subdivisions%2C+mountains%2C+rivers%2C+harbors+%26c.&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=12&rft.pages=652&rft.date=1842-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fchinesereposito111unse_11%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory02taip/"><i>A Pictorial History of the Republic of China : Its Founding and Development</i></a>. Vol. 2. <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>: Modern China Press. 1981. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory02taip/page/528/">528</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>Outlying the island of Kinmen, the Matsu Islands are well known to the world because of its valiant defense. These consist of Kaoteng, Peikan, Nankan, Tungchuan and Sichuan and spread out at the mouth of the Min River. They form a part of Lienkiang county, Fukien.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Pictorial+History+of+the+Republic+of+China+%3A+Its+Founding+and+Development&rft.place=Taipei&rft.pages=528&rft.pub=Modern+China+Press&rft.date=1981&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpictorialhistory02taip%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGwillim_Law1999" class="citation book cs1">Gwillim Law (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/administrativesu0000lawg/"><i>Administrative Subdivisions of Countries : A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company" title="McFarland & Company">McFarland & Company</a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/administrativesu0000lawg/page/357/">357</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>The other is Lienkiang (islands of Matsu, Changhsu Chan, Tungyin Tao, Tungchuan Tao).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Administrative+Subdivisions+of+Countries+%3A+A+Comprehensive+World+Reference%2C+1900+through+1998&rft.pages=357&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=1999&rft.au=Gwillim+Law&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fadministrativesu0000lawg%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu.gov.tw/enhtml/content/371030000A/118">"About Matsu"</a>. <i>Lienchiang County</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821230226/https://www.matsu.gov.tw/enhtml/content/371030000A/118">Archived</a> from the original on 21 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q>Matsu islands</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Lienchiang+County&rft.atitle=About+Matsu&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu.gov.tw%2Fenhtml%2Fcontent%2F371030000A%2F118&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu-nsa.gov.tw/user/Article.aspx?a=22&l=2">"History and Customs"</a>. <i>Matsu National Scenic Area</i>. 19 January 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180912131328/https://www.matsu-nsa.gov.tw/user/article.aspx?a=22&l=2">Archived</a> from the original on 12 September 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q>The oldest traces of settlements in the Matsu Islands were on the island of Dongju, and have been determined to be relics from the Neolithic era.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Matsu+National+Scenic+Area&rft.atitle=History+and+Customs&rft.date=2019-01-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu-nsa.gov.tw%2Fuser%2FArticle.aspx%3Fa%3D22%26l%3D2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-matsus-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-matsus_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-matsus_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v02/d158">"FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1955–1957, CHINA"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Historian" title="Office of the Historian">Office of the Historian</a>, US Department of State</i>. <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> 16 March 1955. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200804054712/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v02/d158">Archived</a> from the original on 4 August 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 August</span> 2019</span>. <q>158. National Intelligence Estimate{...}3.In the context of this estimate the term "Matsu Group" or "Matsus" denotes those Chinese Nationalist-held islands lying essentially between 25 and 27 degrees north latitude and consisting of Tung-yin Shan, Lang Tao, Kao-teng Hsu, Pei-kan Tang, Matsu Shan, Pai-chuan and Lieh Tao [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>] (White Dogs), Wu-chiu, and Hsia Wu-chiu. "Matsu" used singly applies only to Matsu-Shan proper.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Office+of+the+Historian%2C+US+Department+of+State&rft.atitle=FOREIGN+RELATIONS+OF+THE+UNITED+STATES%2C+1955%E2%80%931957%2C+CHINA&rft.date=1955-03-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhistory.state.gov%2Fhistoricaldocuments%2Ffrus1955-57v02%2Fd158&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHu_MeidongLin_Shujuan2015" class="citation web cs1">Hu Meidong; Lin Shujuan (26 December 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-12/26/content_22813693.htm">"Further options open for Straits travel"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/China_Daily" title="China Daily">China Daily</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201008231818/https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-12/26/content_22813693.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 8 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 March</span> 2020</span>. <q>A passenger ferry route between Huangqi in Fujian province and Matsu has allowed tourists and commuters a cheaper and faster choice for cross-Straits travel. Huangqi, a port under the administration of the capital Fuzhou, is the closest mainland port to Matsu, which has also been connected with Mawei port in Fuzhou since 2001. A direct passenger ferry trip along the latter route takes around 90 minutes. Each trip along the Huangqi-Matsu route, which crosses an 8-kilometer strip of sea, takes 25 minutes and costs 135 yuan ($21). "The Huangqi-Matsu route has made daily commuting between Lianjiang and Matsu much easier," said Yang Wenjian, head of Lianjiang-Matsu Cultural Research Society, an NGO dedicated to promoting civil exchanges between the two places.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=China+Daily&rft.atitle=Further+options+open+for+Straits+travel&rft.date=2015-12-26&rft.au=Hu+Meidong&rft.au=Lin+Shujuan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chinadaily.com.cn%2Fchina%2F2015-12%2F26%2Fcontent_22813693.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu.idv.tw/topicdetail.php?f=206&t=124539"><bdi lang="zh">「馬祖」地名由來(連江縣志續修-地理志初稿)</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E3%80%8C%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E3%80%8D%E5%9C%B0%E5%90%8D%E7%94%B1%E4%BE%86%28%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F%E7%B8%A3%E5%BF%97%E7%BA%8C%E4%BF%AE-%E5%9C%B0%E7%90%86%E5%BF%97%E5%88%9D%E7%A8%BF%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu.idv.tw%2Ftopicdetail.php%3Ff%3D206%26t%3D124539&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-identity-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-identity_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSandy_Huang2003" class="citation news cs1">Sandy Huang (April 6, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/04/06/201011">"Cases of mistaken identity perplexing Lienchiang County"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Taipei_Times" title="Taipei Times">Taipei Times</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090316183649/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/04/06/201011">Archived</a> from the original on March 16, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 14,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Taipei+Times&rft.atitle=Cases+of+mistaken+identity+perplexing+Lienchiang+County&rft.date=2003-04-06&rft.au=Sandy+Huang&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.taipeitimes.com%2FNews%2Ffront%2Farchives%2F2003%2F04%2F06%2F201011&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-fkpg.gov.tw-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fkpg.gov.tw_25-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013546/http://www.fkpg.gov.tw/Lienchiang.php">"福建省政府"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fkpg.gov.tw/Lienchiang.php">the original</a> on 2015-09-24<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-09-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E7%A6%8F%E5%BB%BA%E7%9C%81%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fkpg.gov.tw%2FLienchiang.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TaiwanInsightedge-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TaiwanInsightedge_26-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLin2021" class="citation web cs1">Lin, Sheng-Chang (2021-09-13). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/09/13/at-the-edge-of-state-control-the-creation-of-the-matsu-islands/">"At the Edge of State Control: The Creation of the "Matsu Islands"<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>Taiwan Insight</i>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nottingham" title="University of Nottingham">University of Nottingham</a> Taiwan Studies Programme<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-05-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Taiwan+Insight&rft.atitle=At+the+Edge+of+State+Control%3A+The+Creation+of+the+%22Matsu+Islands%22&rft.date=2021-09-13&rft.aulast=Lin&rft.aufirst=Sheng-Chang&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftaiwaninsight.org%2F2021%2F09%2F13%2Fat-the-edge-of-state-control-the-creation-of-the-matsu-islands%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17to49-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17to49_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://board.matsu.idv.tw/board_view.php?board=24&pid=23127&link=23127&start=0"><bdi lang="zh">北竿鄉志大事記（民國十七年至四十九年）</bdi></a> [History of Beigan Major Events (1928-1960)]. <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">馬祖資訊網</span></span></i> (in Chinese (Taiwan))<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 September</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">二十六年<br />九月十日<br />北竿、南竿被日軍侵占，成為福建最早淪陷的島嶼。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-TW%22%3E%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E8%B3%87%E8%A8%8A%E7%B6%B2%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rft.atitle=%E5%8C%97%E7%AB%BF%E9%84%89%E5%BF%97+%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%8B%E8%A8%98%EF%BC%88%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E5%8D%81%E4%B8%83%E5%B9%B4%E8%87%B3%E5%9B%9B%E5%8D%81%E4%B9%9D%E5%B9%B4%EF%BC%89&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fboard.matsu.idv.tw%2Fboard_view.php%3Fboard%3D24%26pid%3D23127%26link%3D23127%26start%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF林金炎Category:Articles_containing_Chinese-language_text2014" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">林金炎</span></span> (15 September 2014). <bdi lang="zh">馬祖歲月印記</bdi> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 財團法人台北市道元社會福利慈善事業基金會出版. p. 46. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-986-90943-0-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-986-90943-0-6"><bdi>978-986-90943-0-6</bdi></a>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">0910 日軍透過偽軍侵佔馬祖列島的南、北竿島，成為福建最早淪陷的島嶼。《連江縣志，大事紀P.34，連江縣地方志編纂委員會，2000.6，方志出版社。》</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E6%AD%B2%E6%9C%88%E5%8D%B0%E8%A8%98&rft.pages=46&rft.pub=%E8%B2%A1%E5%9C%98%E6%B3%95%E4%BA%BA%E5%8F%B0%E5%8C%97%E5%B8%82%E9%81%93%E5%85%83%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E7%A6%8F%E5%88%A9%E6%85%88%E5%96%84%E4%BA%8B%E6%A5%AD%E5%9F%BA%E9%87%91%E6%9C%83%E5%87%BA%E7%89%88&rft.date=2014-09-15&rft.isbn=978-986-90943-0-6&rft.au=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-TW%22%3E%E6%9E%97%E9%87%91%E7%82%8E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF林金炎Category:Articles_containing_Chinese-language_text2011" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">林金炎</span></span> (24 June 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matsu-news.gov.tw/news_info.php?CMD=open&UID=128174"><bdi lang="zh">馬祖紀事－1950 ／林金炎</bdi></a> (in Chinese (Taiwan))<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2020</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">12月15日、福建省政府成立「馬祖行政公署」，行政區以島為單位，改設馬祖為八區，即「南竿」、「北竿」、「白肯」、「東湧」、「四礵」、「岱山(台山)」、「西洋」、「浮鷹」區，</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E7%B4%80%E4%BA%8B%EF%BC%8D1950+%EF%BC%8F%E6%9E%97%E9%87%91%E7%82%8E&rft.date=2011-06-24&rft.au=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-TW%22%3E%E6%9E%97%E9%87%91%E7%82%8E%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu-news.gov.tw%2Fnews_info.php%3FCMD%3Dopen%26UID%3D128174&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.matsu.idv.tw/print.php?f=4&t=57357&p=1"><bdi lang="zh">請問：連江縣政府的沿革</bdi></a>. <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">馬祖資訊網</span></span></i> (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 25 June 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 February</span> 2020</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-TW">鄉政沿革<br />39年12月15日，「馬祖行政公署」成立於南竿，將原設之區署及鄉公所撤銷，行政區域改以島為單位，改設南竿、北竿、白肯、東湧、四霜、西洋、浮鷹、岱山等8區，各區設區公所，區下設村、伍，為地方基層行政組織。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-TW%22%3E%E9%A6%AC%E7%A5%96%E8%B3%87%E8%A8%8A%E7%B6%B2%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rft.atitle=%E8%AB%8B%E5%95%8F%EF%BC%9A%E9%80%A3%E6%B1%9F%E7%B8%A3%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E7%9A%84%E6%B2%BF%E9%9D%A9&rft.date=2008-06-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.matsu.idv.tw%2Fprint.php%3Ff%3D4%26t%3D57357%26p%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-biojyu-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-biojyu_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF林金炎2006" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">林金炎, ed. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2020</span> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q><i>[Sanitized]</i> Comment. The Chinese Nationalist guerrillas withdrew from islands in the Chihchutao area in early July <i>[sanitized]</i> and are now concentrated on Yinshan (N 26-22, E 120-30). Chihchutao, Shuangfengtao, Machick, and Chuishan are now Chinese Communist controlled although not occupied by troops. The Nationalist have lost control over these islands and it is extremely difficult for them to return to the area.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chinese+Communist+Treatment+of+Coastal+Islanders%2C+Fukien&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E1-%3C%2Fspan%3E2&rft.pub=CIA&rft.date=1953-09-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FCIA-RDP80-00810A002400130005-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP79-00927A000500120003-3">"Current Intelligence Weekly Summary"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CIA" class="mw-redirect" title="CIA">CIA</a>. 30 June 1955. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP79-00927A000500120003-3/page/n11">2</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Current+Intelligence+Weekly+Summary&rft.pages=2&rft.pub=CIA&rft.date=1955-06-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FCIA-RDP79-00927A000500120003-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A Study of Crisis, Michael Brecher, 1997, p. 385</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert_B._Norris2010" class="citation web cs1">Robert B. 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(November 29, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181020144403/http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2010/0912/comm/norris_quemoymatsu.html">"Quemoy and Matsu: a historical footnote revisited"</a>. <i>American Diplomacy</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/item/2010/0912/comm/norris_quemoymatsu.html">the original</a> on 20 October 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-04-01</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Diplomacy&rft.atitle=Quemoy+and+Matsu%3A+a+historical+footnote+revisited&rft.date=2010-11-29&rft.aulast=Norris&rft.aufirst=Robert+B.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unc.edu%2Fdepts%2Fdiplomat%2Fitem%2F2010%2F0912%2Fcomm%2Fnorris_quemoymatsu.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation audio-visual cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?33149-1/1960-presidential-candidates-debate"><i>OCTOBER 7, 1960 Presidential Candidates Debate</i></a>. Event occurs at 52:34. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190416080346/https://www.c-span.org/video/?33149-1%2F1960-presidential-candidates-debate">Archived</a> from the original on April 16, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 7,</span> 2019</span> – via <a href="/wiki/C-SPAN" title="C-SPAN">C-SPAN</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=OCTOBER+7%2C+1960+Presidential+Candidates+Debate&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c-span.org%2Fvideo%2F%3F33149-1%2F1960-presidential-candidates-debate&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKCAMP1960/1052/JFKCAMP1960-1052-002">"TELEVISION DEBATES: TRANSCRIPT: SECOND DEBATE"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Presidential_Library_and_Museum" title="John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum">John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum</a></i>. pp. 53, <span class="nowrap">58–</span>61. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190821110144/https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKCAMP1960/1052/JFKCAMP1960-1052-002">Archived</a> from the original on 2019-08-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2019-08-21</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=John+F.+Kennedy+Presidential+Library+and+Museum&rft.atitle=TELEVISION+DEBATES%3A+TRANSCRIPT%3A+SECOND+DEBATE&rft.pages=53%2C+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E58-%3C%2Fspan%3E61&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jfklibrary.org%2Fasset-viewer%2Farchives%2FJFKCAMP1960%2F1052%2FJFKCAMP1960-1052-002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RLYjAQAAMAAJ"><i>The Joint Appearances of Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Other 1960 Campaign Presentations</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/US_Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="US Government Printing Office">US Government Printing Office</a>. 1961. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RLYjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163">163</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Google_Books" title="Google Books">Google Books</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Joint+Appearances+of+Senator+John+F.+Kennedy+and+Vice+President+Richard+M.+Nixon+and+Other+1960+Campaign+Presentations&rft.pages=163&rft.pub=US+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1961&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DRLYjAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChris_Matthews2013" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Matthews" title="Chris Matthews">Chris Matthews</a> (October 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ARqaAAAAQBAJ"><i>Chris Matthews Complete Library</i></a>. Simon and Schuster. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ARqaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT653&lpg=PT653">[1]</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476764696" title="Special:BookSources/9781476764696"><bdi>9781476764696</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chris+Matthews+Complete+Library&rft.pages=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DARqaAAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT653%26lpg%3DPT653&rft.pub=Simon+and+Schuster&rft.date=2013-10&rft.isbn=9781476764696&rft.au=Chris+Matthews&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DARqaAAAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-debate-washington-dc">"Presidential Debate in Washington, DC"</a>. October 7, 1960<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Simon & Schuster. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/memoirsofrichard00nixo/page/272">272</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-93259-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-93259-0"><bdi>0-446-93259-0</bdi></a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>. <q>Once again I hit hard on the Quemoy-Matsu issue, stating that Kennedy's willingness to surrender the islands to the Communists under threat of war was no different from submitting to blackmail. Shortly after the third debate I learned that one of Kennedy's top foreign policy advisers had telephoned Secretary of State Herter to say that Kennedy did not want to give the Communists the impression that America would not stand united against aggression and was therefore prepared to revise his position in order not to appear to oppose the administration on this issue. I saw this as Kennedy's way of trying to slide away from an unpopular position, and my immediate inclination was not to let him get away with it. But the Quemoy-Matsu situation was so tense, and the importance of America's role in discouraging Communist aggression was so great, that I decided not to press the point if Kennedy modified his stand. I pointed out how his changed attitude reflected his lack of experience, and then let the issue drop.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=RN%3A+The+Memoirs+of+Richard+Nixon&rft.pages=272&rft.pub=Simon+%26+Schuster&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=0-446-93259-0&rft.au=Richard+Nixon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmemoirsofrichard00nixo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVictor_Lasky1963" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Lasky" title="Victor Lasky">Victor Lasky</a> (1963). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jfkmanmyth00lask"><i>J.F.K. : the man and the myth</i></a>. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/jfkmanmyth00lask/page/444">444</a> – via <a href="/wiki/Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=J.F.K.+%3A+the+man+and+the+myth&rft.pages=444&rft.date=1963&rft.au=Victor+Lasky&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fjfkmanmyth00lask&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150325073700/http://www.mtcc.gov.tw/en/matsu.html">"Lienchiang County Council - Introduction to Matsu"</a>. <i>mtcc.gov.tw</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2016-01-17</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2016+the+14th+Presidential+and+Vice+Presidential+Election+and+the+9th+Legislator+Election&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvote2016.cec.gov.tw%2Fen%2FT1%2Fn802010000000000.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-prcmap-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-prcmap_72-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prcmap_72-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation map cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ljx.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zjlj/201706/W020190627364931118747.jpg"><bdi lang="zh">连江县地图</bdi></a> (Map). <i>People's Government of Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City 福州市连江县人民政府</i> (in Simplified Chinese). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221106/http://ljx.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zjlj/201706/W020190627364931118747.jpg">Archived</a> from the original on 11 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People%27s+Government+of+Lianjiang+County%2C+Fuzhou+City+%E7%A6%8F%E5%B7%9E%E5%B8%82%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F%E5%8E%BF%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C&rft.atitle=%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F%E5%8E%BF%E5%9C%B0%E5%9B%BE&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fljx.fuzhou.gov.cn%2Fxjwz%2Fzjlj%2F201706%2FW020190627364931118747.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span> (Note: In the map, the northern three townships of Lienchiang County, ROC (Taiwan) are explicitly included within the boundaries of Lianjiang County, PRC (mainland China) while the southernmost township of Lienchiang County, ROC (Taiwan) is explicitly not included within the boundaries of Lianjiang County, PRC (mainland China).)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-statlj-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-statlj_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/35/01/350122.html"><bdi lang="zh">2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：连江县</bdi></a> [2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Lianjiang County] (in Simplified Chinese). <a href="/wiki/National_Bureau_of_Statistics_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China">National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China</a>. 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">统计用区划代码名称{...}350122400000 马祖乡</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2018%E5%B9%B4%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1%E7%94%A8%E5%8C%BA%E5%88%92%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%E5%92%8C%E5%9F%8E%E4%B9%A1%E5%88%92%E5%88%86%E4%BB%A3%E7%A0%81%EF%BC%9A%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F%E5%8E%BF&rft.pub=National+Bureau+of+Statistics+of+the+People%27s+Republic+of+China&rft.date=2018&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stats.gov.cn%2Ftjsj%2Ftjbz%2Ftjyqhdmhcxhfdm%2F2018%2F35%2F01%2F350122.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-74">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ljx.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zjlj/xqjj/jymj/200505/t20050510_700835.htm"><bdi lang="zh">境域面积</bdi></a>. <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">福州市连江县政府</span></span></i> (in Simplified Chinese). 10 May 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190822054846/http://ljx.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zjlj/xqjj/jymj/200505/t20050510_700835.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 22 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">全县总面积428平方公里（包括待统一的马祖列岛）。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-Hans%22%3E%E7%A6%8F%E5%B7%9E%E5%B8%82%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F%E5%8E%BF%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rft.atitle=%E5%A2%83%E5%9F%9F%E9%9D%A2%E7%A7%AF&rft.date=2005-05-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fljx.fuzhou.gov.cn%2Fxjwz%2Fzjlj%2Fxqjj%2Fjymj%2F200505%2Ft20050510_700835.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-xzqhlj-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-xzqhlj_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/fj/9592.html"><bdi lang="zh">连江县历史沿革</bdi></a> [Lianjiang County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 16 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">1949年划为敖江、丹阳、东澳、琯头、筱定、黄苔6镇和荷山、浦洋、镜山、荻壶、潘溪、小沧、朱蓼、所南、象厦、官塘、竿塘、西洋12乡，后又并为8个区，31个乡（镇），其中马祖乡尚待统一。{...}2000年第五次人口普查，连江县常住总人口599962人，{...}（不含马祖乡）2003年末，连江县户籍人口61.31万人，其中非农业人口10.63万人。2004年，全县辖22个乡镇（不含马祖乡），268个村（居），总人口62万人。2007年末，连江县总面积1190.7平方千米（含马祖列岛23.5平方千米）。总人口为613354人（不含马祖列岛），其中城镇人口128298人。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E8%BF%9E%E6%B1%9F%E5%8E%BF%E5%8E%86%E5%8F%B2%E6%B2%BF%E9%9D%A9&rft.pub=XZQH.org&rft.date=2015-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xzqh.org%2Fhtml%2Fshow%2Ffj%2F9592.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://clq.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zwgk/zfxxgkzl/zlszfgzbmxxgkml/zlsrmzf/gkml/gmjjhshfzghzxghqyghjxgzc/201708/t20170818_1609607.htm"><bdi lang="zh">长乐市人民政府关于印发《长乐市气象灾害防御规划》的通知</bdi></a>. <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">福州市长乐区人民政府</span></span></i> (in Simplified Chinese). 28 March 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190822113142/http://clq.fuzhou.gov.cn/xjwz/zwgk/zfxxgkzl/zlszfgzbmxxgkml/zlsrmzf/gkml/gmjjhshfzghzxghqyghjxgzc/201708/t20170818_1609607.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 22 August 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 August</span> 2019</span>. <q><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans">全境陆地面积723平方公里，海岸线长103公里。有大小岛屿30余个，其中以白犬列岛最大。</span></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=%3Cspan+title%3D%22Chinese-language+text%22%3E%3Cspan+lang%3D%22zh-Hans%22%3E%E7%A6%8F%E5%B7%9E%E5%B8%82%E9%95%BF%E4%B9%90%E5%8C%BA%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fspan%3ECategory%3AArticles+containing+Chinese-language+text&rft.atitle=%E9%95%BF%E4%B9%90%E5%B8%82%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E5%8D%B0%E5%8F%91%E3%80%8A%E9%95%BF%E4%B9%90%E5%B8%82%E6%B0%94%E8%B1%A1%E7%81%BE%E5%AE%B3%E9%98%B2%E5%BE%A1%E8%A7%84%E5%88%92%E3%80%8B%E7%9A%84%E9%80%9A%E7%9F%A5&rft.date=2012-03-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fclq.fuzhou.gov.cn%2Fxjwz%2Fzwgk%2Fzfxxgkzl%2Fzlszfgzbmxxgkml%2Fzlsrmzf%2Fgkml%2Fgmjjhshfzghzxghqyghjxgzc%2F201708%2Ft20170818_1609607.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatsu+Islands" class="Z3988"></span> Translation: "Changle covers an area of 723 sq km, and has 103 km of coastline. Changle includes more than thirty islands of various sizes. 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title="Miaoli County">Miaoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Changhua_County" title="Changhua County">Changhua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nantou_County" title="Nantou County">Nantou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yunlin_County" title="Yunlin County">Yunlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiayi_County" title="Chiayi County">Chiayi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingtung_County" title="Pingtung County">Pingtung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taitung_County" title="Taitung County">Taitung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualien_County" title="Hualien County">Hualien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Lienchiang</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/District_(Taiwan)" title="District (Taiwan)">Districts</a> <span class="nobold">under special municipalities / cities</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/County-administered_city" title="County-administered city">Cities</a> / <a href="/wiki/Township_(Taiwan)" title="Township (Taiwan)">townships</a> <span class="nobold">under counties</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships/cities_and_districts_in_Taiwan" title="List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan">List of townships/cities and districts in Taiwan</a></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.4em;line-height:1.25em;"><div><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> The provinces are merely retained as nominal entities within the constitutional structure, as they have no governing power following the formal dissolution of the provincial administrative organs in 2018. Cities and counties are de facto regarded as the principal constituent divisions of the ROC.<br /> <ul><li><cite id="CITEREFSarah_Shair-Rosenfield2020" class="citation web cs1">Sarah Shair-Rosenfield (November 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://garymarks.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13018/2021/03/Taiwan_combined.pdf">"Taiwan Combined"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bhutan#Bhutan_exclaves_in_western_Tibet" title="History of Bhutan">Bhutanese exclaves</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doi_Pha_Hom_Pok_National_Park" title="Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park">Doi Pha Hom Pok</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar"><img alt="Myanmar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li>Part of Heixiazi/<br /><a href="/wiki/Bolshoy_Ussuriysky_Island" title="Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island">Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island</a><sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiangxinpo" title="Jiangxinpo">Jiangxinpo/Northern Kachin</a><sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar"><img alt="Myanmar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalapani_territory" title="Kalapani territory">Kalapani</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal"><img alt="Nepal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/12px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/19px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khao_Phra_Wihan_National_Park" title="Khao Phra Wihan National Park">Khao Phra Wihan</a><sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand"><img alt="Thailand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia"><img alt="Cambodia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:27%;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><img alt="Pakistan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limbang_District" title="Limbang District">Limbang District</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei"><img alt="Brunei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">Mainland China</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Borneo_dispute" title="North Borneo dispute">North Borneo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a>)<sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixty-Four_Villages_East_of_the_River" title="Sixty-Four Villages East of the River">Sixty-Four Villages East of the River</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_border_dispute" title="Sino-Indian border dispute">South Tibet/Part of Arunachal Pradesh</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susta_territory" title="Susta territory">Susta</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal"><img alt="Nepal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/12px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/19px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:23%;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ambalat" title="Ambalat">Ambalat</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia"><img alt="Indonesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%E1%BA%A1ch_Long_V%C4%A9_Island" title="Bạch Long Vĩ Island">Bạch Long Vĩ Island</a><sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liancourt_Rocks_dispute" title="Liancourt Rocks dispute">Dokdo / Takeshima</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea"><img alt="North Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/46px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Socotra_Rock" title="Socotra Rock">Ieodo / Suyan Islet</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, 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title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute" title="Kuril Islands dispute">Kuril Islands</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_Bank" title="Macclesfield Bank">Macclesfield Bank</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noktundo" title="Noktundo">Noktundo</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia"><img alt="Russia" 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data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracel_Islands#Territorial_disputes_and_their_historical_background" title="Paracel Islands">Paracel Islands</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, 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/></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratas_Island" title="Pratas Island">Pratas Island</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scarborough_Shoal#Sovereignty_dispute" title="Scarborough Shoal">Scarborough Shoal</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senkaku_Islands_dispute" title="Senkaku Islands dispute">Senkaku/Diaoyu/Tiaoyutai<br />Islands</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute" title="Spratly Islands dispute">Spratly Islands</a><sup>1</sup> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei"><img alt="Brunei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China"><img alt="China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_area_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Free area of the Republic of China">Taiwan Area</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, 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