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Tachen

Tachen Islands (or Dàchén Qúndǎo) is a group of islands off the coast of Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China. It was controlled by the Republic of China (Taiwan) (the government of all China until 1949) until an evacuation by the American Navy in 1955.

See also

  • Quemoy
  • Matsu Islands

    External links

  • BBC - 1955: US evacuates Pacific islands
  • Tachen Islands Evacuation History
  • Pictures of the evacuation
  • Bank notes and brief history of Tachen between 1949 and 1955 (in Traditional Chinese)



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