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At the Battle of Liaoluo Bay Ming Chinese naval forces defeated a Dutch East India Company fleet in the Taiwan Strait, the largest naval encounter between Chinese and European forces before the First Opium War more than two hundred years later.
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Battle of Liaoluo Bay
Part of the Sino–Dutch conflicts in 1633
The Battle of Liaoluo Bay took place in 1633 off the coast of Fujian, China; involving the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Chinese Ming dynasty's navies. The battle was fought at the crescent-shaped Liaoluo Bay that forms the southern coast of the island of Kinmen. A…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ming dynasty
Imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dutch East India Company
1602–1799 Dutch trading company
The United East India Company, commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies, it was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Taiwan Strait
Strait between Mainland China and Taiwan
The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is 130 km wide.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
First Opium War
1839–1842 war between Britain and China
The First Opium War, also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Chinese Qing dynasty between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade by seizing private…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)