Dadeng Subdistrict () is an insular subdistrict in

Xiang'an District () is one of the districts of Xiamen, People's Republic of China. It is located on the mainland, and is Xiamen's easternmost district. Geography Dadeng Subdistrict of Xiang'an District is made up of offshore islands and islets including: *Dad ...

Xiamen Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

, China. During the

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). In this conflict, the PRC shelled the islands of Kinme ...

in 1958, the islands were designated by the

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as the "Hero's Triangle" (). The islands were part of

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...

(Quemoy) in Republican China and are claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) as part of Kinmen County.

History

From the

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to the early Republican China period, the area was part of ''Xiangfeng Li'' (). In 1914, the present-day Dadeng Subdistrict area became part of Xiamen's Siming County. In 1915, the present-day Dadeng Subdistrict area became part of

(Quemoy). (Note: Two maps at the front of this book (namely, (''Tong'an Xian Zheng Qu Tu'', 'Map of the Administrative Divisions of Tong'an County') and (''Tong'an Xian Dishi Tu'', 'Topographical Map of Tong'an County')) show the county boundaries of what was then Tong'an County to include a sliver of maritime areas east of PRC-administered Jiaoyu () including areas that are north and northeast of ROC-administered Cao Islet in Kinmen County and south of Nan'an and Jinjiang.) Japan occupied

(Quemoy) during the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

from 1937 to 1945. During this period, the county government was moved to Dadeng. The islands have been under PRC control since October 9 or October 15, 1949 initially as part of Nan'an County. On the day of

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in 2005, a monument to the more than 300 PLA soldiers who died during the struggle was erected on Dadeng Island. In the lead-up to the

Battle of Kuningtou The Battle of Kuningtou or Battle of Guningtou (), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (), was a battle fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in the ...

in late October 1949, the PLA gathered forces in Aotou () (in

Xindian, Xiamen Xindian () is a town in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian, China. History In the lead up to the Battle of Kuningtou in 1949, PLA forces massed at Aotou (Ao-t'ou; ), Dadeng (Tateng) and Lianhe (Lienho; ) (then part of Nan'an County). In the ...

), Dadeng (Tateng) and Lianhe (Lienho) () (then part of Nan'an County, now also in Xindian). Dadeng District () was established in 1949. On September 3, 1954, fourteen 120mm and 155mm Chinese Communist artillery in Xiamen (Amoy) and Dadeng (Tateng) fired six thousand rounds at the Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands in a five-hour period. Two Americans of the US Military Assistance Advisory Group, Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Medendorp and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Lynn, were killed in the shelling. On the morning of September 5, three carriers, a cruiser and three destroyers from the

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were standing by, patrolling the

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(Formosa Strait) a few miles from Kinmen (Quemoy). On September 7, the Chinese Nationalists responded to the attack with a seventy-six plane air raid on coastal mainland targets, claiming to destroy five of fourteen Chinese Communist artillery pieces, with (ROC) damaged sustained to only three Nationalist planes or (PRC) six Nationalist planes downed and twenty-five damaged. Beijing (Peiping) reported at least sixty deaths as a result of Nationalist bombing. Taipei reported, "great fires at storage points, hundred of junks sunk, and blows at Communist troop concentrations". In November 1955, a 6,300-foot causeway between Dadeng Island (Tateng Island) and the mainland was under construction by the PRC. On November 28, 1955, Chinese Nationalist

155mm 155 mm (6.1 in) is a common, NATO-standard, artillery caliber. It is defined in AOP-29 part 1 with reference to STANAG 4425. It is commonly used in field guns, howitzers, and gun-howitzers. Land warfare The caliber originated in France after ...

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s fired 240 rounds at the causeway. Communist artillery responded with 680 rounds. No major damage was reported. In the

in 1958, Dadeng was one of the areas from which PLA forces shelled

(Quemoy),

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(Taiwan). In 1958, Dadeng District became Dadeng Combat Zone Commune (). In January 1971, Dadeng Combat Zone Commune (along with Xiaodeng and Liuhe) became a part of Tong'an County (later Tong'an District). In 1984, Dadeng Combat Zone Commune became Dadeng Township. In 1991, Dadeng Township became Dadeng Town. In October 2002, the government of Dadeng Town was moved from Tianqian Village to Xitian (). At the end of 2002, Dadeng was designated a Taiwan Tourism Trade Zone (). In 2003, Dadeng Town became a part of Xiang'an District. In September 2005, Dadeng Town became Dadeng Subdistrict. In 2019, plans for a building an airport on Dadeng Island by 2020 involved doubling the size of the island.

Geography

Dadeng Subdistrict is made up of offshore islands and islets including: *Dadeng (Tateng, Twalin) () *Xiaodeng (Hsiaoteng, Town I., Siao Deng) () *Jiaoyu/Jiao Yu, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Chiao I., Reef I. ) *Baihajiao () Dadeng (大嶝/大嶝島), Xiaodeng (小嶝/小嶝島) and Jiaoyu (角嶼) were part of

in Republican China and are claimed by modern Kinmen County, Republic of China (Taiwan). The islands have been under PRC control since October 9 or October 15, 1949. At low tide, the coast near Mashan () in northern Jinsha Township,

(Quemoy), ROC (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

) is from Jiaoyu. Rock-filled waters make passage between the two areas difficult.

Administrative divisions

Dadeng Subdistrict administers nine residential communities: * Tianqian (T'ien-ch'ien; ),

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(), Xunku (;

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: ), Dengqi (), Shuanghu (Shuang-hu; ), Yangtang (Yang-t'ang; ), Beimen (), Dongcheng (), Xiaodeng (Hsiao-teng; )

References

{{Authority control Subdistricts of the People's Republic of China Township-level divisions of Fujian Geography of Xiamen Territorial disputes of China Territorial disputes of the Republic of China Islands of Fujian

History

Geography

Administrative divisions

See also

References