840 Chapter 6
Narrative: Taiwan sent a survey boat escorted by naval warships to Japanese waters
near the Senkaku Islands.
MID#4492
Dispute Number: 4492
Date(s): September 14, 2010
Participants: 740 Japan/713 Taiwan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Japan sent 11 naval ships to stop a Japanese fishing vessel carrying activ-
ists to the Senkaku Islands.
713 TAIWAN/770 PAKISTAN
MID#3211
Dispute Number: 3211
Date(s): November 15, 1954 to November 18, 1954
Participants: 713 Taiwan/770 Pakistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Released (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Chinese Nationalists seized a Pakistani freighter carrying coal from
Communist China to Pakistan. Pakistan protested a few months later and demanded
compensation.
Coding changes: Participant changed: This was originally coded as a seizure by Chi-
nese Communists (China) when it should have been coded as a seizure by Chinese
Nationalists (Taiwan). Start Date changed from February 1, 1955. End Date changed
from February 1, 1955. Outcome changed from Released.
713 TAIWAN/775 MYANMAR
MID#1374
Dispute Number: 1374
Date(s): January 1950 to May 23, 1953
Participants: 713 Taiwan/775 Myanmar
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: After the Communist takeover of mainland China in 1949, a number of
Chinese nationalists fled to Burma in January 1950 under the command of General
Li Mi and likely under the direction of the Kuomintang Government of Taiwan. The
Burmese government complained to the United Nations about the “aggressive” behav-
ior of the rebels toward civilian Burmese and the rebel’s refusal to leave Burmese