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in the late-1980s and the local populace experienced a drastic decrease to a fraction of what it once was. To compensate for the depletion of natural resources, aquaculture has become prosperous and the archipelago is currently one of the largest aquaculture bases in the region. However, due to the adaptation of advanced technology which significantly reduced the need for manual labour, the local population has not recovered to its peak level despite the income generated has already been higher than that of the traditional fishery peak in the past, and in fact, the current local population was not much higher than the lowest point in the late-1980s.
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The fishing industry had long been the backbone of the local economy and the region was one of the largest of the Chinese class II fisheries. However, after decades of overfishing, the natural resources were depleted and as a result, most of the local population was forced to migrate to the mainland
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To diversify the local economy, tourism has become another major source of income. The annual average temperature is 16.7 °C (62.1 °F), and the climate is a typical subtropical climate. The forest coverage rate is greater than 56% and it is the provincial level forest park. Due to the
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and 4,000 guerrilla fighters, along with 40,000 tons of military equipment and supplies from the island. Three days after the evacuation, the islands were taken by the People’s Liberation Army.
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forces of nature such as that of tides and winds, there are many spectacular sceneries and the archipelago is called the Chinese Number One Oceanic
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passed in Congress nine days later in the United States, leading to the orderly evacuation (Operation Pullback) of the Dachen Islands by the
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as they lacked strong social networks and access to opportunities in Taiwan. Chefs from the Dachen Islands had a strong influence on
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retreated to China’s offshore Islands. On 20 January 1955, the PLA's conquest of
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Climate data for Dachen Islands (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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Province in the late 1940s, the U.S.-supported Nationalist forces under
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The islands are located in the Gulf of Taizhou, off the coast of
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used 132 boats and 400 aircraft to move 14,500 civilians, 10,000
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Until 1955, the Dachen (Tachen) Islands were administered by the
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The civilian population of the islands was resettled in mostly
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Bank notes and brief history of Tachen between 1949 and 1955
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Group of islands off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
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ROC soldiers being evacuated by US forces, 2 March 1955
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People's Republic of China
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Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Taizhou
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East China Sea
Jiaojiang District
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
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Battle of Dachen Archipelago
Operation King Kong
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Fujian
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First Taiwan Strait Crisis
Formosa Resolution of 1955
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