Citations:Mazu

English citations of Mazu

Island Group

• 2000 May, Keyuan Zou, “Redefining the Legal I Status of the Taiwan Strait”, in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law‎^[1], volume 15, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 247:

  Situated outside the mouth of the Min River, the Mazu Islands form the northern anchor of the offshore defence line commanding the Min River. The main island of the complex is Nankan, more commonly known as Mazu, from the name of the major port of the island. It is 114 nautical miles north-west of Keelung, the port city on the northern tip of Taiwan, and is the same distance north of the Jinmen Islands. Other major islands of the group are Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungyin, Hsiyin, Tungchu and Hsichu. Nankan is the largest, with an area of 10.4 square kilometres.

• 2001, Sheng Lijun, China's Dilemma: The Taiwan Issue‎^[2], I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 30:

  According to the public notice issued by China, the sphere of the joint ground, sea and air exercise started from Nanri Island in the south and ended in the sea area opposite Jiangtian in the north, covering a sea area of approximately 6,000 square kilometres. It was only 30 kilometres away from the Taiwan-controlled Mazu Islands [Matsu].

• 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:

  The isolated Mazu island group has some golden beaches but very few visitors.

• 2006, Bernard D. Cole, “Taiwan Army”, in Taiwan's Security: History and prospects‎^[3], Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:

  The Mazu and Penghus Defense Commands each contains two infantry brigades, artillery support units, and an Amphibious Reconnaissance company. Additionally, a radar surveillance and missile complex is reportedly located on Tungyin Island, in the Mazus, and a similar facility in the Penghus.

Island

• 1989, Harvey W. Nelsen, “The View from Beijing: 1950-1960”, in Power and Insecurity: Beijing, Moscow, and Washington, 1949–1988‎^[4], Lynne Rienner Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 38:

  The Nationalists used their control of offshore islands in a harassing blockade of China's central and southeast coasts. The Dachen Islands, two hundred miles south of Shanghai, interfered with trade to China's most important port. Mazu Island blocked the sea lanes to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, and Jinmen (Quemoy) blocked Fujian's second port of Xiamen.

• 2000 May, Keyuan Zou, “Redefining the Legal I Status of the Taiwan Strait”, in The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law‎^[5], volume 15, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 247:

  Situated outside the mouth of the Min River, the Mazu Islands form the northern anchor of the offshore defence line commanding the Min River. The main island of the complex is Nankan, more commonly known as Mazu, from the name of the major port of the island. It is 114 nautical miles north-west of Keelung, the port city on the northern tip of Taiwan, and is the same distance north of the Jinmen Islands. Other major islands of the group are Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungyin, Hsiyin, Tungchu and Hsichu. Nankan is the largest, with an area of 10.4 square kilometres.

• 2010 August 20, “Major figures of the 2000 population census”, in China Daily‎^[6], archived from the original on 25 August 2010, page 1‎^[7]:

  China has a population of 1,295.33 million. Of which:
  The total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Jinmen and Mazu islands of Fujian Province hereafter) and of servicemen on the mainland of China was 1,265.83 million.
  The population of Hong Kong SAR was 6.78 million.
  The population of Macao SAR was 440 thousand.
  The population of Taiwan Province and of Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands of Fujian Province was 22.28 million.