Chinmen Islands

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The Chinmen Islands, also known as Quemoy, are a group of strategically significant Taiwanese-controlled islands located just off the coast of mainland China, long noted as a flashpoint in cross-strait relations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chinmen Islands canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
territory of Taiwan ⓘ
administeredBy Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kinmen Islands ⓘ
Quemoy ⓘ
borderProximity very close to mainland China ⓘ
capital Jincheng Township ⓘ
ChineseName 金門群島 ⓘ
climate subtropical monsoon climate ⓘ
controlledBy Republic of China Armed Forces ⓘ
country Republic of China ⓘ
countyName Kinmen County ⓘ
linked to: Kinmen
defensiveRole frontline against mainland China during Cold War ⓘ
demilitarizationTrend increasing tourism and civilian development ⓘ
distanceToMainland a few kilometers from Fujian coast ⓘ
economy services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governedAs county-level division of the Republic of China ⓘ
governingBody Kinmen County Government ⓘ
historicalControl Republic of China since end of Chinese Civil War ⓘ
historicalEvent First Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
includes Greater Kinmen ⓘ
Lesser Kinmen ⓘ
Lieyu ⓘ
largestIsland Greater Kinmen ⓘ
linked to: Kinmen
localLanguages Minnan (Hokkien) ⓘ
linked to: Hokkien
locatedIn Taiwan Strait ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Fujian Province, China ⓘ
linked to: Fujian
militaryStatus heavily fortified during Cold War ⓘ
nationalAffiliationClaimedBy People's Republic of China ⓘ
nearestMainlandCity Xiamen ⓘ
notableFeature battlefield relics and military tunnels ⓘ
notableProduct Kinmen Kaoliang liquor ⓘ
notableYear 1954–1955 First Taiwan Strait Crisis shelling ⓘ
1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis shelling ⓘ
officialLanguage Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
partOf Fujian Province (Republic of China) ⓘ
partOfDispute Cross-Strait relations between PRC and ROC ⓘ
PRCAdministrativeClaim part of Fujian Province (PRC, claimed) ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
sea East China Sea ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
strategicImportance control of approaches to Xiamen ⓘ
flashpoint in cross-strait relations ⓘ
timezone National Standard Time (UTC+8) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quemoy → hasAlternativeName → Chinmen Islands ⓘ