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Find sources: "Xiuying Fort" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Xiuying Fort 秀英炮台 Haikou, Hainan, China Location **Xiuying Fort** ([simplified Chinese](/source/Simplified_Chinese_characters): 秀英炮台; [traditional Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 秀英砲臺; [pinyin](/source/Pinyin): *Xiùyīng Paòtaí*) (designation number: 6-1031) is located in [Haikou](/source/Haikou) City, Hainan Province, China. ## History It was constructed in 1890 by the [Qing](/source/Qing_Dynasty) government to counter the [threat of the French](/source/Sino%E2%80%93French_War).[1] It was used to defend against the 1890 invasion by France, and in 1932 against the Japanese during the [Cole attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cole_attack&action=edit&redlink=1).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It is assigned the designation number 6-1031.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## See also - [Major national historical and cultural sites (Hainan)](/source/Major_national_historical_and_cultural_sites_(Hainan)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["秀英炮台"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110810020215/http://www.hainan.gov.cn/data/lyxx_jd/2003/12/24/). Hainan.gov.cn. 2003-12-25. Archived from [the original](http://www.hainan.gov.cn/data/lyxx_jd/2003/12/24/) on August 10, 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-04. ## External links Cannon Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Xiuying Fort](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Xiuying_Fort). 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