dongding

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1. An island of Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.

   “Additionally, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis from August to September 1958 saw an unsuccessful attempt being made to invade Dongding Island held by the ROC.”

   “Their plans for a large wedding were interrupted when Chinese guns bombarded Kinmen County, which triggered the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and prompted the army to send him to the front, he said. For a month, Taiwanese and Chinese forces engaged in gunnery duels, aerial skirmishes and one naval action off the coast of Dongding Island (東碇島).”

   “The PLA attempted amphibious operations to seize the main Kinmen Island in 1949, and nearby Tungting (Dongding) Island in 1958, but was repelled by ROC defensive emplacements.”