Lianjiang County 连江县

Lianjiang (simplified Chinese:连江; traditional Chinese:連江; pinyin:Liánjiāng; Wade–Giles:Lien²-chiang¹; BUC: Lièng-gŏng) is a suburban county of Fuzhou on the eastern coast of Fujian province, People's *****************. Most of the county is controlled by the People's ***************** (PRC), while a number of outlying islands, collectively referred to as the Matsu Islands, are administered as a separate Lienchiang County (same Chinese name but in Wade–Giles Romanization) by the ***************** (ROC), based in ****** since 1949. As a result, the county has two governments governing separate jurisdictions.