2008 July, “法扶會周年報告書-英文全 [Legal Aid Foundation Annual Report 2007]”, in 法律扶助基金會 [Legal Aid Foundation][1], archived from the original on 06 April 2017, page 73:
Rural legal consultation services are provided to Wulai by Taipei Branch, to Sanmin Township in Kaohsiung County by Kaohsiung Branch, to Dongyin by Matsu Branch, to Kinning by Kinmen Branch, and to Cimei by Penghu Branch.
Taiwan's minor islands offer numerous opportunities. Matsu National Scenic Area, especially Dongyin Island, is excellent for spotting migrants between mid-April and mid-May and again from mid-September to mid-October.
2017, Guy Plopsky, Taiwan’s Cold War Fortresses[3], The Diplomat:
The Lienchiang County government (which administers Matsu’s 36 islands and islets) estimates that — excluding facilities still in use by Taiwan’s military — some 256 underground fortifications, tunnels, air raid shelters, and other related structures were constructed in Matsu’s four townships: Nangan, Beigan, Juguang, and Dongyin.
2020 September 21, Ben Blanchard, Martin Quin Pollard, “Taiwan's race to save endangered plant species”, in ABC News[4]:
In the forests and on remote offshore islands of Taiwan, a group of conservationists are racing to collect as many rare plant species as they can before they are lost to climate change and human encroachment. Overseen by the Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Centre, the plant hunters are scouring sub-tropical Taiwan for as many rare plant samples as they can find, from the rugged eastern coast around Taitung to Dongyin, in the Matsu archipelago.
2022 February 17, “Chinese anti-sub helicopter enters Taiwan ADIZ for first time”, in Radio Free Asia[5], archived from the original on 18 February 2022:
The Taiwanese defense ministry has confirmed that on Feb. 5 a Chinese civilian aircraft flew closely to Dongyin island, a strategic location on Taiwan’s defense map. The ministry’s spokesperson, Shih Shun-wen, told reporters the flyby was likely “to test the response of our military.” Dongyin is part of the Matsu archipelago, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of China’s Fujian province. The Matsu islands have been under Taiwan’s control since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. It is “Taiwan’s northernmost point and a strategic base … Dongyin is solid granite, full of tunnels and bunkers packed with long range missiles,” Ian Easton, Senior director at the Project 2049 Institute, a U.S. think-tank, described the island on his Twitter page. The Air Force Chief of Staff Huang Chih-wei was quoted in Taiwanese media as saying that the aircraft was a civilian Y-12 light twin-engine plane, which came near Dongyin, but did not enter Taiwanese airspace.
2022 March 16, Sarah Wu, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “On Taiwanese island, drills underscore strategic importance and vulnerability”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 16 March 2022:
Although the defence ministry says the exercises on Dongyin, part of the Taiwan-controlled Matsu archipelago off the coast of China's Fuzhou, are routine, they are happening as Taipei has raised its alert level after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, wary of Beijing making a similar move.[…] Rocky Dongyin, reached by overnight boat from northern Taiwan's Keelung port and home to some 1,500 civilians, sits on an important passage for any southbound Chinese forces from the eastern province of Zhejiang if they attack Taiwan.
2022 April 11, Kayleigh Madjar, “Deployment of short-range defense systems moved up”, in Taipei Times[7], archived from the original on 10 April 2022:
The army and navy have purchased six sets of the short-range weapons systems to be in part deployed on Lienchiang County’s Dongyin Island (東引) and Kinmen County’s Wuchiu Island (烏坵). The Chinese-language United Daily News (UDN) yesterday reported that the Wuchiu system is expected to be deployed by June, while the system in Dongyin should become operational by the end of this year.
