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Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
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Chinese Civil War
1927–1949 civil war in China
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their total control over mainland…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
1958 conflict between the PRC and the ROC
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). The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
People's Liberation Army
Combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
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Kinmen
County of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)