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Yijiangshan Islands

Coordinates: 28°37′N 121°49′E / 28.61°N 121.82°E / 28.61; 121.82
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Yijiangshan Islands
Traditional Chinese一江山島
Simplified Chinese一江山岛
PostalYikiangshan Islands
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYījiāngshān Dǎo
Wade–GilesI1-chiang1-shan1 Tao3

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.

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 

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28°37′N 121°49′E / 28.61°N 121.82°E / 28.61; 121.82

References

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