The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island, Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (ROC). ROC military officially denied the massacre and defined it as an incident of "accidental manslaughter" (誤殺事件), hence named it the March 7 Incident (三七事件) or Donggang Incident (東崗事件). There may have been more than nineteen deaths, including several families of ethnic Chinese Vietnamese.
Xiamen, Lieyu (center), and Kinmen (left)
General Chao's "Three Principles of the People Unify China" wall on Dadan Island
Erdan Island fortress bearing General Chao's same Chinese unification slogans
Minister Cheng endorsed President Chiang's decree to lift the martial law, four months after the Lieyu massacre.
Lieyu Township (Liehyu) is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It consists mainly of three islands located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen (Amoy) of the People's Republic of China: Lesser Kinmen, Dadan, and Erdan.
Monument to the August 23 Artillery Battle at the junction of Hupu Road and Jiujing Road
Xiamen City (bottom), Kinmen (left), Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu (center of photograph) and surrounding islands
View from the south shore of Lieyu (Lesser Kinmen): Center is Fuxing Islet; right side are Donggang Bay & Peninsula, Donglin Shore; left side are Nanshantou & Shaxi Capes; far left in background is Xiamen with Binlang and Shi Islets in between
WWII monument of 7 martyrs fending a fortress of Great Wall of China in 1933, built in 1966
