Liugong Island

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Liugong Island (simplified, traditional, pinyin: Liúgōng Dǎo, Wade–Giles: Liu-kung Tao) is a small island located on the northeastern edge of Shandong Peninsula, China, at the mouth of Weihai Bay. It is known as the "birthplace of China's first modern navy" and is also the site of its defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War.

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