BBC Chinese, June 30, 2014
www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chin ... sland_tourism.shtml
(“不会从大二胆两岛撤军 * * * 两个岛上都没有居民”)
Note:
(a) For location of 大二胆两岛, see Kinmen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmen
(view the first and last maps, the latter is in section 6 Townships)
* Xiamen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiamen
encircles Kinmen.
(b) 大擔島戰役
zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/大擔島戰役
(July 26 and 27, 1950)
(2) 羅添斌, 大二膽 今移交金門縣府. Liberty Times, June 30, 2014
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/791844
(“由於大二膽仍留有駐軍,不接受中國遊客及中國籍學生登島參觀 * * * 大二膽距離廈門白石砲台僅四千四百公尺,地形險要,是可控制廈門進出的重要據點 * * * 大膽島在全盛時期曾有多達一個營的兵力,二膽島則有一個連兵力,合計達六百餘人,但隨著兩岸關係和緩及國軍進行精簡計畫,大二膽兵力僅剩下一百餘人;防務移交後,駐軍降到百人以下”)
My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the Liberty Times report.
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