Yijiangshan Islands
Two islands off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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Traditional Chinese | 一江山島 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 一江山岛 | ||||||||
Postal | Yikiangshan Islands | ||||||||
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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