Kinmen County

Kinmen, also called Quemoy, is a county of the Republic of China located in the Taiwan Strait between the island of Taiwan and mainland China. The main island of Kinmen County is Kinmen Island. … In August 1958, Kinmen was heavily bombarded by the People’s Liberation Army during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.

Kinmen County consists of the Kinmen Islands (including Kinmen and Lieyu) and the Wuqiu Islands (Ockseu), which are located more than 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the northeast. Kinmen is one of two counties that was part of the now-defunct streamlined Fujian Province, the other being Lienchiang (Matsu).

The People’s Republic of China claims Kinmen as part of Fujian Province and considers Wuqiu to be a separate territory. Taiwan claims the Dadeng Islands (Tateng), administered by China, as part of Kinmen.