Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
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title:
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). In this conflict, the PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China in an attempt to take control of Taiwan from the Chinese Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of the United States' defense of Taiwan's territory. A naval battle
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1958 period of conflict and heightened tension between mainland China and Taiwan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
date created:
2004-10-25T06:55:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T10:55:25Z
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