Fuxing Islet
Islet west of Taiwan
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Fuxing Islet, as seen from the shore of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) | |
 Interactive map of Fuxing Islet | |
| Geography | |
| Location | south of Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Area | 0.0500 km2 (0.0193 sq mi)[1] |
| Administration | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
| Province | Fujian (streamlined) |
| County | Kinmen (Quemoy) |
| Rural Township | Lieyu |
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Fuxing Islet (Chinese: 復興嶼; pinyin: Fùxīng Yǔ; Wade–Giles: Fu4-hsing1 Yü3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ho̍k-heng-sū; lit. 'rejuvenation islet')[2][3] (Fuhsing Islet,[4][5][6][7] 后宅嶼[8]: 36 Hou-chai Hsü[9]) is an islet located south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[10][11] The name of the islet was originally Phaktia[9][12] (Chinese: 覆鼎嶼[13][14]; pinyin: Fùdǐng Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phak-tiáⁿ-sū; lit. 'inverted rice-boiler islet'[13][15]).[11]
History
On August 31, 1975, then-Premier Chiang Ching-kuo visited the islet and met with the soldiers stationed there.[4]
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.[5]
Gallery
Map of most of Kinmen County including Fuxing Islet (labelled as Hou-chai Hsü (Phaktia)) (AMS, 1954)
Fuxing Islet (islet near the center of photograph) off the coast of Lesser Kinmen (the larger island of Lieyu Township)
