Fuxing Islet () (Fuhsing Islet,
Hou-chai Hsü
) is an islet located south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in
Lieyu Township
Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (; pinyin: ''Lièyǔ Xiāng''; Hokkien POJ: ''Lia̍t-sū-hiong'') is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It mainly consists of Lesser Kinmen (; Pīnyīn: ''Xiǎojīnmé ...
,
Kinmen County
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(Quemoy),
Fujian Province, Republic of China
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(Taiwan).
The name of the islet was originally Phaktia
(
).
History
On August 31, 1975, then-Premier
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...
visited the islet and met with the soldiers stationed there.
On the night of October 19, 2016, the Coast Guard seized a fishing boat with a four man crew captained by a native of Fujian, PRC that was found operating 0.2 nautical miles from Fuhsing Islet (Fuxing Islet). In October 2016, the Coast Guard had arrested thirty-four crewman from ten Chinese boats in the Kinmen County area.
Gallery
File:Txu-oclc-10552568-ng50-15 cropped.jpg, Map of most of Kinmen County including Fuxing Islet (labelled as Hou-chai Hsü (Phaktia)) (AMS AMS or Ams may refer to:
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, 1954)
File:Lesser Kinmen in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County 27879208801 f3ffa7478b o.jpg, Fuxing Islet (islet near the center of photograph) off the coast of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) (larger island)
See also
*
List of islands of Taiwan
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References
External links
知海-空拍系列-烈嶼 復興嶼('Knowing the Ocean- Aerial Photography Series- Lieyu Fuxing Islet') via Resource Center of Marine Education, Kinmen County
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Islands of Fujian, Republic of China
Landforms of Kinmen County
Lieyu Township