Second Taiwan Strait Crisis - Wikipedia
The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China in an attempt to take them from the Chinese Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend the Republic of China. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious ...
Battle of Guningtou - Wikipedia
The Battle of Kuningtou[4] or Battle of Guningtou (Chinese: 古寧頭之役; pinyin: Gǔníngtóu zhī yì; Wade–Giles: Ku3-ning2-t’ou2 chih1 i4), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (金門戰役; Jīnmén Zhànyì), was fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
On China's front line, emerging Cold War haunts Taiwan's Kinmen …
Sep 9, 2020 · From 1949 — when China's civil war officially ended — until the 1970s, the strategic cluster of the Kinmen Islands, controlled by Taiwan but nestled just three miles off China's coastline, was...
Kinmen: Tensions still high in the waters off Taiwan islands visible ...
Mar 1, 2024 · For much of the Cold War, Kinmen was the site of ferocious attacks by Mao’s Communist forces, which tried to seize control of the islands with multiple amphibious assaults and repeated...
Once a Cold War Flashpoint, a Part of Taiwan Embraces China’s Pull
Sep 2, 2018 · KINMEN COUNTY, Taiwan — The islands of Kinmen County, and the Nationalist troops stationed there, withstood artillery shelling from China long after the Communist victory in the Chinese civil...
Will Kinmen, Taiwan’s Frontline, Become the Next Crimea?
Jan 25, 2020 · During the Cold War, Kinmen became a frontline for cross-strait relations as well as an international anti-communism hotspot, caught as it was in a geopolitical tug-of-war between Taiwan, China, and the U.S.
Life on Kinmen Island — the front line in potential Taiwan-China war …
Oct 11, 2022 · Life on the island that could be the front line in a war between Taiwan and China. Taiwan's Kinmen Island lies just three kilometres from mainland China, putting it in the remarkable vanguard...
Model soldiers and secret bunkers on Taiwan's front line with China
Oct 25, 2021 · Sitting on the front line between Taiwan and China, Kinmen is the last place where the two engaged in major fighting, in 1958 at the height of the Cold War, and where memories of war are...
On frontline island, Taiwan president rejects China's rule for freedom
Aug 23, 2024 · The scene of on-off fighting during the height of the Cold War, Kinmen has been the site of regular patrols by China’s coast guard since February after the deaths of two Chinese people on a...
Model soldiers and secret bunkers: Taiwan's front line with China
Oct 26, 2021 · Sitting on the front line between Taiwan and China, Kinmen is the last place where the two engaged in major fighting, in 1958 at the height of the Cold War. At the place where memories of...