Citations:Wuqiu

English citations of Wuqiu

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• 1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) He, “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”, in Daily Report: China‎^[1], numbers 96-056, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 75, column 2:

  Located at the southern end of the exercise area, Wuqiu Dao consists of two islets - Daqiucun [Dachiu-tsun^{[sic – meaning Tachiu-tsun]}] and Xiaoqiucun [Hsiaochiu-tsun] with each covering approximately one square km. Formerly a township under Fujian's Putian County, its main dialect is similar to the one spoken in the Putian and Xianyou area. It was placed under the administration of Jinmen County after the Kuomintang Government retreated from the mainland.

• 2001, Elizabeth Economy, “The Greening of East Asia: The Quest to Tackle Environmental Dilemmas”, in Julian Weiss, editor, Tigers' Roar: Asia's Recovery and its Impact‎^[2], East Gate Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 180:

  In January 1997, Taiwan rejected South Korean demands that it not ship its nuclear waste to North Korea for treatment and storage. The PRC intervened to extract maximum political capital from the dispute, offering to take the Taiwanese nuclear waste on condition that the island be considered an “indivisible part of China.” One year later, however, Taiwan attempted to capitalize on this assertion of unity by proposing that it store its nuclear waste on Wuqiu, an islet off Fujian province on China’s coast. Environmental activists in Wuqiu, Taiwan, and Fujian all protested the deal, forcing the Taiwan Power Company to halt the project.

• 2012, Peter Kien-hong Yu, “Converting and/or Reinventing Some Non-"dialectical" Theories and Models or Studies as One Dot”, in One-dot Theory Described, Explained, Inferred, Justified, and Applied‎^[3], Springer, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 74:

  Sometimes, we do see some areas being ignored and neglected. For example, can Wuqiu, which is an island on the Fujian coast under the ROC administration, receive adequate scientific devices and equipments to clean up air pollution?

• 2013, Rongxing Guo, Regional China: A Business and Economic Handbook‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:

  The Wuchiu (Wuqiu) Islands are nominally administered in the PRC by the Xiuyu District of the Putian prefecture, but are in reality controlled by the Republic of China, which administers Wuchiu (Wuqiu) as part of Quemoy (Jinmen) County.

• 2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides)‎^[5], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309:

  Wuqiu (population: 642) lies midway between Kinmen and Matsu, 9km from the nearest PRC-held territory. Save for the ROC servicemen posted there, very few outsiders have been able to visit Wuqiu and obtaining permission to go there is practically impossible.

• 2015, Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan: Naming China‎^[6], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:

  On one offshore island Wuciou (also Wuqiu), the song of the only elementary school had these lyrics:
  We are the little friends of the frontier, good students of Wuciou elementary school. We are not afraid of stormy winds and frightening waves; bravely and [with] perseverance, we advance forward. Our school is erected on the lonely island of the ocean. We will study hard, and are not afraid of gongfei on the opposite shore.

• 2020 July 28, Taiwan Affairs Office, “Basic facts about Taiwan”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China‎^[7], archived from the original on 31 July 2020‎^[8]:

  China’s Taiwan refers to Taiwan province (including Taiwan Island, Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, and the Penghu Islands) and Fujian province’s Jinmen, Mazu, Wuqiu and other islands, with a total land area of 36,000 square kilometers.

• 2021 April 1, Keoni Everington, “Chinese man 'yearning for Taiwan's democracy and freedom' lands in Kinmen”, in Taiwan News‎^[9], archived from the original on 01 April 2021‎^[10]:

  The man was identified as a 37-year-old Chinese national surnamed Li (李), who was a resident of Meizhou Island in China's Fujian Province, which is only 20 nautical miles (37 km) from Wuqiu Township and 72 nautical miles from Kinmen, reported UDN. The primitive craft was found to have a steel bar skeleton that surrounded a styrofoam core with a wooden deck and was powered by an outboard motor.
  During questioning, Li said that he constructed the dinghy and made the treacherous journey because he "yearned for Taiwan's democracy and freedom," reported ETtoday. However, the CGA emphasized that his actions were illegal and were a breach of epidemic prevention efforts.

• 2022 August 4, Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, “China claims ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait”, in AP News‎^[11], archived from the original on 04 August 2022‎^[12]:

  The ministry also said it tracked long-distance rockets and ammunition firing in outlying islands in Matsu, Wuqiu and Dongyin.