Citations:Matsus

English citations of Matsus

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• 1961 May, “Formosa”, in The British Survey‎^[1], number 146, London: British Society for International Understanding, →OCLC, page 16:

  The Matsus are a group of small rocky islets, but are of use as part of a defence warning system.

• 1962, DeWitt S. Copp, “The Mudcats”, in The Odd Day‎^[2], William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 60:

  The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest island, Peikan. Between Nankan and Peikan lay the Matsu Straits, a twisted riptide-torn channel, boasting freak winds and bouldered shores.

• 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎^[3], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 461:

  The nineteen rocky, treeless Matsus, covering twelve square miles, blocked the port of Foochow on the Chinese mainland, just ten miles away, while the Quemoys, covering sixty square miles of land which supported several thousand farmers and fishermen, blocked the port of Amoy, only two miles away.

• 2021 November 5, David Lague, Maryanne Murray, “T-DAY: The Battle for Taiwan”, in Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 05 November 2021:

  The Matsus are home to about 13,500 people. The chain of small islands and islets hugs the Chinese coast, lying about nine kilometers from the shores of China’s Fujian Province at the closest point. Communist authorities have always regarded the Matsus as part of China’s Lianjiang County.