Matsu Islands

The Matsu Islands share 75 connections with 3747 other places across 12 topics, placing them at the intersection of governance disputes, natural history, and military conflict. Government and political identity form the largest topic cluster, followed by nature and military history. The islands were not ceded to Japan via the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, and Republic of China Armed Forces garrisoned them during the Taiwan Strait Crises of 1954 and 1958. Connections overlap heavily with China, Taiwan, and Kinmen.