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- Taiping_(steamer) comment "The Taiping was a Chinese steamer that sank after a collision with another vessel en route to Taiwan on January 27, 1949, leading to the deaths of over 1500 passengers and crew combined. The ship was packed to nearly twice capacity with over 1,000 refugees fleeing Communism after the Chinese Civil War, traveling from Shanghai to Keelung. Some estimates put the number of passengers at over 1,500, although the ship was only rated to carry 580 passengers.".