Leaning against piracy fits in with China's desire to cast off its image of a country where exploited workers toil for a pittance in Dickensian factories that turn the air and water black with the pollution they discharge.

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The Matsu islands are archipelagos in the Taiwan Straits which are composed of five main islets under the four administrative townships called Nankan, Beigan, Chukuang, and Donyuin.

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