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Mudan Incident of 1871

1871 CE · Taiwan under Qing dynasty rule, Oceania · Disaster

Mudan Incident of 1871
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The Mudan incident of 1871 was the massacre of 54 Ryukyuan sailors in Qing-era Taiwan who wandered into the central part of Taiwan after being shipwrecked off Taiwan's southeastern coast. Twelve survivors were rescued by local Han people and were later returned to Miyako Island in the Ryukyu Islands.

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