copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-06-10): The electors of the free area of the Republic of China shall cast ballots at a referendum within three months of the expiration of a six-month period following the public announcement of a proposal passed by the Legislative Yuan on the amendment of the Constitution or alteration of the national territory. The provisions of Article 4 and Article 174 of the Constitution shall not apply. [...] The territory of the Republic of China, defined by its existing national boundaries, shall not be altered unless initiated upon the proposal of one-fourth of the total members of the Legislative Yuan, passed by at least three-fourths of the members present at a meeting attended by at least three-fourths of the total members of the Legislative Yuan, and sanctioned by electors in the free area of the Republic of China at a referendum held upon expiration of a six-month period of public announcement of the proposal, wherein the number of valid votes in favor exceeds one-half of the total number of electors. [...] The State shall, in accordance with the will of the ethnic groups, safeguard the status and political participation of the aborigines. The State shall also guarantee and provide assistance and encouragement for aboriginal education, culture, transportation, water conservation, health and medical care, economic activity, land, and social welfare, measures for which shall be established by law. The same protection and assistance shall be given to the people of the Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu areas.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-21): The PRC has always claimed Kinmen and other ROC islands as its own territory, so it does not need to formally declare annexation. It instead maintains some ambiguity about Kinmen’s change of status to avoid unwanted conflict escalation while it gradually solidifies its de facto control of the islands. The CCG continues to patrol Kinmen’s waters to control the ROC personnel, equipment, supplies, or services that are allowed to reach the islands. The ROC national government does not formally surrender its sovereignty over Kinmen, but Taipei nonetheless loses the ability to administer Kinmen County in practice.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2004-03-08): PROTOCOL OF ACCESSION OF THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU [...] AN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU The Advisory Centre on WTO Law (the "Centre"), pursuant to the approval of the General Assembly accorded under Article 16 of the Agreement Establishing the Advisory Centre on WTO Law (here- inafter referred to as the "Agreement Establishing the Centre"), and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-01-07): Dumping (China, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu [Chinese Taipei], India and South Korea) [...] in coils or cut lengths, in thicknesses up to 0.168 in. (4.267 mm) and widths up to 72 inch (1,828.8 mm) with all dimensions being plus or minus allowable tolerances contained in the applicable standards, chemically passivated, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei), the Republic of India, and the Republic of Korea and excluding: [...] Country of origin or export: China, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei), India and South Korea
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-23): KINMEN, Taiwan — Taiwan wants to continue its free way of life and rejects being ruled by China’s Communist Party, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said Friday, visiting a frontline island between the two sides to mark a key battle with Chinese forces. [...] The scene of on-off fighting during the height of the Cold War, Kinmen has been the site of regular patrols by China’s coast guard since February after the deaths of two Chinese people on a speedboat for which Beijing blamed Taipei. [...] Kinmen at its closest is less than 1.2 miles away from Chinese-controlled territory.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-06): On 1 September last year, in the wake of the tensions created by the US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in early August, a Chinese drone was shot down for the first time over Taiwanese territory. It was not downed over the island of Taiwan itself, but on the other side of the Taiwan Strait, over Kinmen, a small group of islands that is part-encircled by the Chinese coastline. Sometimes known in the West as Quemoy, Kinmen is on the face of it insignificant — it is no bigger than Liechtenstein and has a population scarcely larger than Folkestone’s (in the UK). There are 12 islands in the group, only two of which — Kinmen Island proper (134 sq km) and Lieyu Island (13 sq km), also known as Lesser Kinmen Island — have permanent civilian populations, estimated at between 50,000 and 60,000. Nevertheless, it continues to feel the tension created by its geographical location and its political affiliation, itself the result of a partition of China concretised in the early 1950s.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-03-25): as their POB on a passport application, you must list TAIWAN. If there is any inconsistency regarding the POB, e.g., the applicant's permanent resident card lists China as the POB, you must request the applicant's birth certificate to verify that the applicant’s city of birth is on one of the following islands: the island of Taiwan (formerly called Formosa), Penghu Dao (formerly called Pescadores), Kinmen Islands (Quemoy), or Nangan Dao (Matsu). [...] b. The People’s Republic of China exercises sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macau, but Hong Kong and Macau are able to exercise a high degree of autonomy and enjoy executive, legislative and independent judicial power, including that of final adjudication. CHINA and the city of birth option are not available. If an applicant born in Hong Kong or [...] c. Effective July 1, 1997, Hong Kong became a SAR of the People’s Republic of China. The place of birth for Hong Kong, regardless of the date the birth occurred, must be HONG KONG SAR.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-03-18): The South China Sea Islands are part of the territory of the Republic of China. That the ROC is entitled to all rights over the South China Sea Islands and their relevant waters in accordance with international law and the law of the sea is beyond dispute. [...] The government will firmly safeguard the ROC’s territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea, as well as the rights over relevant waters it is entitled to under international law and the law of the sea. It will not renounce its sovereignty or legal rights. [...] Taiwan will continue to uphold the freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea while based on the values of peace, humanitarianism, ecological conservation, and sustainable development. The ROC is willing, through negotiations conducted on the basis of equality, to work with all States concerned to advance peace and stability, as well as protect and develop resources, in the South China Sea.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): After World War II, ROC government representatives accept the surrender of Japanese forces in Taiwan. The Chief Executive of Taiwan Province Chen Yi sends a memorandum to the Japanese governor-general of Taiwan, stating that "As the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province of the ROC, …I restore all legal territory, people, administration, political, economic, and cultural facilities and assets of Taiwan [including the Penghu Islands]." [...] Oct. 25 sees the Battle of Kuningtou on Kinmen, in which the ROC armed forces defeat the CCP on the northwestern coast of the island. [...] Aug. 23 sees the start of an artillery duel between the ROC garrison on Kinmen and Chinese forces that lasts more than 40 days.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-02-09): The past year saw yet more heated debate over definitions of what "one China" means. Beijing asserts that there is widespread international acceptance of and agreement with its "one China principle," which sees Taiwan as part of a Chinese state represented by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC accuses the United States of departing from what it claims is Washington’s long-standing acceptance of the PRC position, given U.S. efforts to improve cooperation and contact with Taipei. In reality, the United States’ "one China policy" states that Washington does not take a position on Taiwan’s sovereignty and merely "acknowledges" the existence of a Chinese position even as Washington officially recognizes the PRC as the government of China. The United States reserved the right to maintain unofficial relations with Taiwan as it sees fit. Taipei’s official position is that it is already independent as the Republic of China (Taiwan), whose jurisdiction covers Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other outlying islands.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-01-01): Following a radically changed domestic situation and reduced tension in the Taiwan Strait in the late 1980s, the National Assembly on April 22, 1991, resolved to abolish the Temporary Provisions with a view toward fostering the healthy development of constitutional democracy and enhancing social harmony and progress. On April 30 of the same year, President Lee Teng-hui announced that the Period of Communist Rebellion would be terminated on May 1.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2015-10-08): Taiwan's Kinmen Islands, Only a Few Miles From Mainland China The island of Taiwan, governed by the Republic of China (ROC), lies about 100 miles (161 kilometers) east of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan also administers a number of smaller islands known as the Kinmen archipelago, or Kinmen County. Great Kinmen Island and its neighbor islets are on the other side of the strait, in a harbor just east of the port city of Xiamen, practically surrounded by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)—in some places barely more than a mile apart. Back in the 1950s, the islands were heavily shelled during the two Taiwan Strait Crises—military clashes between the PRC and ROC. The small islands were heavily fortified against bombardment and invasion, with barricades placed on beaches, artillery emplaced on hillsides, massive tunnels dug to shelter troops, and concrete walls of loudspeakers built to blast propaganda across the water. Reuters reports that today, the island of fewer than 129,000 residents is "eyeing closer commercial ties with China," wanting to pipe water from Xiamen, and "has plans to build a bridge and set up a glittering free trade zone with the city," as China continues to seek unification with Taiwan under the "one country, two systems" model practiced in Hong Kong and Macau.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-26): Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only 10 km (6.2 mi) east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen is also located 187 km (116 mi) west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait. [...] The People's Republic of China (PRC, China) claims Kinmen as part of its own Fujian Province and considers Wuqiu to be a separate territory of Fujian apart from Kinmen itself; conversely, the ROC claims the Dadeng Islands (Tateng) as part of Kinmen, even though the PRC has effectively transferred the jurisdiction of those islands to Xiamen. [...] Cross-Strait relations [edit]In the controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has continuously claimed the territory of Kinmen County as part of its own Fujian Province, claiming the Kinmen Islands as a county of Quanzhou prefecture-level city.[90][91][22][92] The PRC claims the Wuqiu (Ockseu) Islands as part of Xiuyu District in Putian prefecture-level city.[93] Taiwan (Republic of China) claims the Dadeng (Tateng) Islands in Dadeng Subdistrict, Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Fujian as part of Kinmen County.[3][94][52]
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-06-01): If China were to attack Taiwan, Kinmen could be an early focus for its People’s Liberation Army. Lying hundreds of miles from Taiwan’s capital Taipei – but just a few from the mainland Chinese city of Xiamen – it is acutely vulnerable to hostile action from the world’s largest military. Taiwan has just a few thousand troops stationed here. [...] Historically part of mainland China’s Fujian province, Kinmen has a distinct history from Taiwan’s main island. While Taiwan was heavily influenced by five decades of Japanese rule, between 1895 and the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Japanese did not reach Kinmen until 1937. "Kinmen is very close to mainland China, and we had lots of exchanges in the old days," said Huang Li-cheng, a 91-year-old shopkeeper. "We are not hostile to each other."
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-05): This is the central area of Kinmen – Jincheng town is the busiest area in Kinmen and where you are most likely to find some life and the most meal options, especially in the evenings. [...] I stopped at Jinshui Elementary School 金水國小 which was the largest school building in Kinmen. It has since been turned into a museum of sorts and has lots of exhibition panels in its many little rooms explaining the history of Kinmen and its people. [...] Kinmen is a butterfly-shaped island – it has a narrow centre portion like someone pinched it in the middle. The main hub of activity happens in Jincheng 金城 in the south-western side, I usually drove to this town for dinner as it was the main ‘city centre’ and there was more activity happening here in comparison. If you don’t have your own transport, Jincheng is probably the best place for you to stay.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): In the mid-20th century, Kinmen was on the front line of China's conflict with Taiwan. [...] Kinmen is roughly 1.8 miles from China, according to the Kinmen County Government — but more than 110 miles from the Taiwanese mainland. [...] At the end of August, local Kinmen legislator Chen Yu Jen travelled to Beijing to discuss the resumption of tourism to Kinmen. She was told that Chinese tourists would soon return.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-09-09): Sitting outside his office, Xu marveled at the twist of history that turned his war-scarred island into the most pro-Beijing constituency in Taiwan. In many ways, Kinmen is a geographic and political outlier in Taiwan, a vibrant democracy that has generally voted to shift away from China's orbit. In other ways, it's a microcosm of Taiwan's existential and generational debates over China — and all the insoluble questions of politics and commerce, of culture and shared blood. [...] Since 2018, China has provided Kinmen with fresh drinking water through an undersea pipeline. Talks are underway for Kinmen to import two more crucial resources: electricity and natural gas. The Kinmen proposals have been applauded by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has made absorbing Taiwan and reclaiming all of imperial China's lost territory, including Taiwan, a centerpiece of his national rejuvenation project. [...] It hasn't helped, Weng said, that Kinmen has been the site of intense political influence campaigns that urge unification with China and are believed to be connected to the Communist Party. In recent years, small political parties with known ties to mainland-linked mafia or even murkier provenance have pushed ideas like holding a local referendum on combining Kinmen and the Chinese city of Xiamen into a "Peace Experimental Zone."
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-03): In official PRC statistics involving Taiwan, "Taiwan Area" is widely used instead, corresponding to the ROC's Free Area of the Republic of China, and is treated together with Special Administrative Regions rather than other provinces.[9] Taiwan Province only includes Taiwan and associated islands such as the Pescadores Islands, but "Taiwan Area" (the same as "Taiwan Area" as used by ROC, a.k.a.) is all area administered by Taipei and includes Fujian islands such as Kinmen, Matsu, as well as (at least in principle) Pratas Island (Tungsha/Dongsha) (part of Cijin District, Kaoshiung; claimed as part of Guangdong Province by the PRC) and Taiping Islands (assigned to Kaoshiung by ROC, and to Sansha and Hainan by PRC).[citation needed] In 2017 Xinhua News Agency issued guidelines mandating no scare quotes for all members of local governments of Taiwan authorities (except Fujian and Lienchiang) and preferring the term "Taiwan Area" over the term "Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China", since the latter does not include the Kinmen and Matsu islands.[10]
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-15): In 1949, after two decades of civil war, the Chinese Communists under the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong had driven out the Chinese Nationalists under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek from the Chinese mainland. Only the conquest of a series of islands in the Taiwan Strait – above all Taiwan island – stood between the Communists and an absolute victory. Taking Kinmen would provide a launching pad for further military campaigns in the strait. [...] "Kinmen was still a well-manned fortress, but there was an optimism in the air, a feeling that better times were coming," says Li. [...] Kinmen is also not without importance to Taiwan’s military. It is home to a string of surveillance stations that monitor activity in the surrounding sea.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-05): Kinmen Island Travel Guide [...] Technically part of Taiwan (Republic of China), yet a short ferry ride from the Chinese city of Xiamen and still claimed as a part of the PRC (People’s Republic of China). No matter the politics Kinmen is a great place to visit. [...] With tensions heating up between China and Taiwan in recent months, you may want to ask around and check the most current news on Kinmen before heading out to the beautiful little island to avoid getting into a potential geopolitical mess.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-11-24): Kinmen is a place for the discriminating. At the terminal of the ferry to the mainland, the territory of the People's Republic of China, a taxi-driver waits patiently for his next fare and gently plays his flute as he does so. The humblest café will produce a fine meal using the freshest vegetables for less than £2. [...] Six decades ago, Kinmen was better known in the West as Quemoy, one of the key locations in modern Chinese history. The nationalist Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had deployed his Kuomintang nationalist forces alongside those of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin in the "Big Four" fighting the war against Japan. But in 1948 they lost the fight in China to the more disciplined communist forces and decamped to the island once called Formosa. Today, it is known variously known as Taiwan, the Republic of China, or Chinese Taipei. Chiang dug in fiercely in the Quemoy archipelago here and at Matsu, to the north, dreaming that the islands could be the springboard for a reconquest of mainland China. His forces repelled a serious invasion attempt in 1949.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2021-03-03): Kinmen Island is part of the wider Kinmen County, which is made up of several islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait between the mainland Chinese city of Xiamen and Taiwan’s main island. [...] Translated as "Golden Gate," Kinmen was under military administration for 43 years, between 1949 and 1992. As cross-strait relations improved, the broadcasts on the former military base ceased in the early 1990s. [...] "Kinmen has many stunning exotic attractions. There’s the eye-catching Shamei ‘Morocco’ Old Street, Kinmen’s version of Mont-Sant-Michel (Jiangongyu Islet) and the ‘mini Great Wall’ – the Fengshang Patrol Division Fort," says Ting.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2018-09-06): In June 2008, the "Three Links" between the PRC and ROC – direct shipping, direct post, and transportation – were restored between Fujian and Kinmen, representing a softening of tensions. Now, 44 ferries make the half-hour journey between Kinmen and Xiamen every day. Kinmen later cleared its beaches of landmines, and it recently opened a water pipeline which supplies fresh water from Fujian. "In my political career," boasted Kinmen Deputy Magistrate Wu Cheng-dian, "I have completed ‘Mission: Impossible’ three times." [...] "Kinmen used to be a battlefield," said Yvonne Yen, a professor at NQU’s Department of Business Administration. Residents "would rather have this place, a peaceful place." [...] "Kinmen should become a bridge of peace between Taiwan and Mainland China," said Chou Yang-sun, a professor of Chinese affairs at NQU. He insists that the New Three Links are "the best choice" to alleviate cross-strait tensions.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-08-17): The main island of Kinmen, along with a smaller "Little Kinmen", form the closest outpost of Taiwanese controlled territory to China, with just a few kilometres separating the two sides. [...] Local Kinmen resident Cai Tianding, a convenor of a military history enthusiast group, said his parents lived through a time when Kinmen was a hotly contested frontline. [...] He ponders whether Kinmen will lose its special attributes if it becomes just another piece of the People's Republic, or if it will have an economic boom.
Claim: Kinmen is a territory of People's Republic of China (Kinmen, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Kinmen 金門 (pronounced Jinmen, literal meaning "golden gate", formerly known as Quemoy) is an outlying island located near the People's Republic of China, but is controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan. It has a large number of traditional Min style buildings and military sites that are open to tourists. Price levels are similar to Taiwan and thus high compared to mainland China, but admission to temples, museums and other sites is free. [...] Kinmen means "Golden Gate". It is considered as part of Fujian Province by both the PRC and ROC. Its status as a territory controlled by Taiwan is therefore somewhat complex, being part of the ROC on Taiwan, but not of Taiwan province. Kinmen has traditionally been a gateway from mainland China to Taiwan. It has been the basis of many Chinese emigrants and of Chen Chenggong's resistance to the Qing dynasty and military campaign to Taiwan to oust the Dutch.