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title: '"三民主義統一中國" (Three Principles of the People Unites China): sign on Dadan, Kinmen'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kinmen-three-principles-unites-china-sign-1986/
description: A long white wall with a green-tiled roof on a wooded hillside on Dadan island, Kinmen, carries six large red characters, 'Three Principles of the People…
section: Collection
---

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# "三民主義統一中國" (Three Principles of the People Unites China): sign on Dadan, Kinmen

A long white wall with a green-tiled roof on a wooded hillside on Dadan island, Kinmen, carries six large red characters, 'Three Principles of the People unites China', facing the mainland coast. The tell is the abstract ideological phrase (the Kuomintang's founding doctrine) offered as the sole argument, with no specific claim or request.

## Text on the object

Original (Chinese (traditional characters)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
三民主義統一中國

[at the right edge, small vertical characters, partly in frame: 大膽]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
The Three Principles of the People unite China

[small characters at right edge: 'Dadan', the island's name, partly legible]
```

Translation by machine, not verified by a fluent reader. The small edge text is cut by the frame; 'Dadan' is a reading of the visible characters and is consistent with the location stated on Commons.

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