Yijiangshan_Island

Yijiangshan Islands

Yijiangshan Islands

Two islands off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

The Yijiangshan Islands are two small islands 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Dachen Islands, located off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, in the East China Sea.

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During the First Taiwan Strait crisis the islands were captured in January 1955 by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Republic of China (ROC) Nationalist forces in the Battle of Yijiangshan even as the U.S. Seventh Fleet was patrolling nearby.[1]: 215 [2][3]: 279 

See also

28.61°N 121.82°E / 28.61; 121.82

References

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    J.P.D. Dunbabin. The Cold War: The Great Powers and Their Allies
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    "The Free Lance-Star – Google News Archive Search".
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    Mark A. Ryan, David Michael Finkelstein, Michael A. McDevitt. Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949 ISBN 9780765610874
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