Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China, only 10 km east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's
Kinmen Military Headquarters of the Qing Dynasty
Chin-men Tao (Quemoy Island, Greater Kinmen), Lieh Hsü (Lesser Kinmen), Tung-ting Hsü (Dongding Island), Wu-ch'iu Hsü (Daqiu), and Hsia Hsü (Xiaoqiu) "The Nationalist-held islands off the Chinese mainland are nominally a part of Fukien Province, but are presently under military administration." (1962)