Lukang

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鹿港 (Lùgǎng) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-kang³; internationally conventional translation.

Lu-kang (alternative also)
Lugang (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The port of Lukang, about 9 miles west of Changhua, and midway between the north and the south, enjoyed a prosperous trade. It is opposite Ch'uanchow, Fukien, 130 miles away, or one day's journey with a fair wind from the latter[...]

1957, Chʻi-yün Chang, The Essence of Chinese Culture, →OCLC, page 237:

As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples. It is my impression that Lukang has more temples than do most Taiwanese communities of equivalent size. By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is freely accessible to the general public. In speaking of the 39 temples of Lukang, I am omitting the numerous small shrines to the unknown dead (Yu Ying Kung), buildings dedicated to ancestors rather than deities (two), Christian churches (four), incense-burner associations that keep their incense pot or image in private homes, and private shrines such as the domestic altars of tang-ki (spirit mediums) or the shrine of the now defunct Ch'üan-chou guild, found in the back room of a drugstore endowed with the guild property.[...]Lukang, seen in comparative perspective, has a lot of temples.

1974, Donald R. DeGlopper, “Religion and Ritual in Lukang”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in Chinese Society), Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 46:

“We sat down and talked during a break and he asked where I got my Mandarin accent from. I replied my hometown is Lukang, Taiwan’s second-largest city 200 years ago, where people from China’s Quanzhou settled.”

2007 September 8, Stan Shih, quotee, “China's Hu, Taiwan representative meet at APEC”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-10-07, Business News:

In the 19th century silt deposits began to block the harbour, and the city began to decline. To make matters worse, conservative elements in Lukang refused in the early 20th century to allow trains and modern highways to be built near their city. Lukang became a backwater, only to be reborn decades later when modern Taiwanese began to search for a living connection with the past.

2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:

During the latter part of Taiwan's authoritarian period, social protest movements arose that complemented the periodic efforts of the political opposition- the dangwai-to open the political system. One of the most prominent movements occurred in the town of Lukang in Changhua County in 1986.

2021, Richard C. Bush, Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 274:

A Court Clinic became involved in fundraisings for Ukraine after Cai Chuan-te (蔡全德), the medical director of the franchise’s main branch in Changhua’s Lukang Township (鹿港), heard about Chiang’s effort from Hsinchu branch director Chai Shen-yen (翟慎言), the clinic said.

2023 January 30, Mei-chu Huang, Jonathan Chin, “Clinic raises money for Ukraine”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-30, Taiwan News, page 3:

An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.


Hengchun

From the Mandarin 恆春 /恒春 (Héngchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hêng²-chʻun¹.

Even the influence and authority that had once existed, had now been practically lost. We are told of a village, Siehmali (Sha-mari), about five miles east of Hengchun, inhabited by savages who during the reign of Kienlung (1736-1796) shaved their heads, and became loyal subjects of the emperor.

1903, James W. Davidson, “The Formosan Camphor Industry”, in The Island of Formosa Past and Present, page 209:

WHALING IN 1957 UNSUCCESSFUL: The 185-ton Japanese catcher that operated from Hengchun (southern tip of Taiwan) from March to April 1957 caught only 4 whales. A 375-ton catcher arrived at Hengchun in late December 1957 under the same Sino-Japanese cooperation arrangement. With this earlier start, the boat is expected to have a more successful season in 1958.

1958 April, “Taiwan (Formosa)”, in Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 20, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, page 74:

Chialoshui is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Hengchun Peninsula 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) east of the town of Hengchun.

1982 September 12, “First national park: 'Hawaii of the Far East'”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 36, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

Set in the coastal town of Hengchun, "Cape No. 7" is a parallel narrative of two Japanese-Taiwanese love stories, one of a Japanese man who left his Taiwanese sweetheart to return to Japan after World War II, and the other the relationship between the moody Taiwanese male lead-singer of a hometown rock band and its hot-blooded Japanese band manager.

2008 November 7, Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop, “The director Wei Te-sheng's long road to fame”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-21, Arts:

Weather bureau data showed Pingtung as a whole had received 724 millimetres of rain since Wednesday, while the township of Hengchun saw rainfall of more than 600 millimetres on Friday alone.

2012 August 26, “Drenched once, Taiwan braces for return of tropical cyclone Tembin”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from AFP, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-19, China:

In Penghu County, an archipelago west of Taiwan, the wind gusted to 134 mph. Hengchun township reported gusts to 113 mph.

2016 September 14, Angela Fritz, “Typhoon Meranti blasted Taiwan, and now it’s headed to China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-15, Capital Weather Gang:

The 57-year-old Ouyang was not breathing when he was found by his aide in his hotel room in Hengchun Township at 7:20 a.m. Saturday, and the aide immediately called local police for help, according to an NCSIST statement.

2022 August 6, Hui-ting Li, Frances Huang, “Vice president of weapons developer dies of heart attack”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-06, Society:

An urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.


棉花嶼

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Mianhua Islet (an islet of Zhongzheng district, Keelung, Taiwan)


小金門

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊ

ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊ

Сяоцзиньмэнь

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ mən³⁵/

/siːu̯³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Lieyu, Lesser Kinmen (an island of Kinmen County, Fujian, Republic of China)


Wuqiu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 烏坵 (Wūqiū).

Wuchiu (alternative)
Wu-ch'iu (alternative)
Wuciou (alternative)

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.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309:

The county said the list of winners can be checked online and also will send a noticeto the lucky winners. In addition, KKL will provide interim regional service to those living in the townships of Lieyu, Jinsha and Jinhu, who can buy the products at nearby stations temporarily set up on Oct. 22-23; those are in Jinning Township and Jincheng Township on Oct.26-27. As for the winners living in Wuqiu Township, the company will provide home delivery after receiving the payment.

2020 October 30, “Kinmen to launch another round of stimulus measure in November to boost economy”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-11-02:

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.

2021 April 1, Keoni Everington, “Chinese man 'yearning for Taiwan's democracy and freedom' lands in Kinmen”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-04-01:

A rural township of Kinmen County, Taiwan.

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.

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, East Gate Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 180:

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.

2013, Rongxing Guo, Regional China: A Business and Economic Handbook, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:

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.

2015, Language, Politics and Identity in Taiwan: Naming China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:

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

2022 August 4, Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, “China claims ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-08-04:

An island group making up Wuqiu, Kinmen County, Taiwan, originally part of Putien (Putian).


Daxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大溪 (Dàxī).

Tahsi (alternative)
Ta-hsi (alternative)
Dasi (alternative)

At Cihu, near the town of Daxi, 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is "temporary," as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.

2011, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan, 3rd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122:

Now, busloads of Chinese tourists come every week to visit Chiang’s tomb, nestled between two red and blue Taiwanese flags in the small town of Daxi, an hour’s drive south of Taipei.

2012 August 30, Sarah Mishkin, “Chinese tourists boost Taiwan’s economy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-08-31, Asia:


阿公店

/ˀä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam²¹/

/a³³ kɔŋ³³ tiam⁴¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam¹¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam²¹/

/ˀä⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn⁵¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam²¹/

/a³³ kɔŋ³³ tiam⁴¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tiam²¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam¹¹/

/a⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiam²¹/

Old name for 岡山／冈山 (Gāngshān). (a suburban district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)


外雙溪

/waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/ŋɔːi̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

/waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/ŋɔːi̯²² sœːŋ⁵⁵ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/

Waishuangxi (a branch of the Keelung River that flows through Shilin District, Taipei)


大雪山

/tä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tua²²⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ suã⁴⁴/

/tä⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tua²²⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua²²⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻¹¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ suã⁴⁴/

/tua³³⁻²¹ se(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ suã⁴⁴/

Dasyueshan (mountain in Taiwan along the Xueshan Range)


Baihe

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 白河 (Báihé).


Wuqi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梧棲 (Wúqī).

Especially dry locations included Taichung's Wuqi District, which recorded only 0.5 mm of rainfall during July, and Chiayi weather station, which reported 58 mm, the bureau said.

2022 August 4, Hsiung-feng Chang, Matthew Mazzetta, “Taiwan records historically hot, dry weather in July”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-04:


Hengshan

In Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County, one person died after being hit by a falling electric pole.

2004 August 26, Chiu Yu-Tzu, Wang Hsiao-wen, “Village missing after landslide”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2004-08-28, Front Page, page 1:

Meanwhile, Hsieh had time to post on Facebook, where he said that after the town of Wasaka in Tottori Prefecture and Hsinchu County's Hengshan Township signed a sister city agreement, the target of 140 pairs of sister cities was reached and he feels a great sense of achievement.

2021 December 30, C. Chuang, “Frank Hsieh Once Again Snubs Legislature [立院邀報告福島食品進口爭議 謝長廷再請假]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2022-06-30:

謝長廷則在臉書發文表示，在大阪轄區鳥取縣若櫻町和台灣的新竹縣橫山鄉締結友好協定後，台日締結友好城市達到目標140個，強調紥根基層也是很有成就感。

A rural township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.


Wutai

One of the model villages under this program is in the Wutai area of Pingtung county in southern Taiwan, where people have been moved from Haucha, a remote and inaccessible area where they lived in caves and huts.

1979 December 30, “ROC's quality of life rising to developed nation levels”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XX, number 51, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5:

Pingtung County’s Wutai Township (霧台) yesterday showcased the achievements and efforts of the nation’s first natural and social-ecological park on indigenous land in implementing sustainable tourism.

2023 July 5, Lo Hsin-chen, Jake Chung, “Wutai Township touts sustainable tourism successes”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-27, Taiwan News, page 2:

A mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.


Yonghe

The first exhibition of 320 Vodou objects from Haiti opens in Taiwan and will run through June 16 at the Museum of World Religions in Yonghe, New Taipei City.

2015 April 12, Carlson Wong, “Haitian Vodou exhibition opens in Taiwan”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2023-05-14:

In New Taipei's Yonghe District, a woman in her 60s (case No. 23,076) developed a fever on March 27 and was diagnosed after seeking medical attention.

2022 March 29, Keoni Everington, “Multiple unrelated COVID cases across Taiwan 'warning sign': Chen”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-03-29:


Wanrong

In Hualien County’s Wanrong Township, a group of six people camping were unable to cross the surging Hongye Stream in their SUVs, and requested assistance from the fire department.
Hualien County Fire Department deployed an excavator to cross the stream to rescue the four men and two women.

2021 October 18, Phillip Charlier, “Disaster-level wind and rain takes Taiwan by surprise as tropical storm passes by without making landfall”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 2021-10-19:

A mountain indigenous township in Hualien County, Taiwan.


顏厝

/jɛn³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/jɛn³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Yen-ts'o (an area in Lukang, Changhua, Taiwan)


蘭陽溪

/län³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/lan²⁴⁻³³ iaŋ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lan²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lan²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴/

/län³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/

/lan²⁴⁻³³ iaŋ²⁴⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lan²³⁻³³ iɔŋ²³⁻³³ kʰe⁴⁴/

/lan²⁴⁻¹¹ iɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰue⁴⁴/

Lanyang River (a river in Yilan, Taiwan)


諸羅

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³/

/ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² lo¹³/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lo²⁴/

/t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ lɤ²³/

(historical) (～縣) Zhuluo (a county of the Qing dynasty in Taiwan; modern Chiayi County)


獅嶼

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Name change from 鼠嶼／鼠屿 (literally “rat islet”) in 1960.

Shi Islet (an islet of Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan)


Jinshan

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 金山 (Jīnshān, literally “Gold Mountain”).
* (area in Shanghai): Named for Dajinshan Island to its south, the highest point of natural elevation in Shanghai Municipality.

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Chinshan (alternative)
Chin-shan (alternative)

There used to be 300 boats using the traditional fire fishing method each night but now there are only three, according to the local fishermen’s association in Jinshan District, north of Taipei.

2016 June 27, Tyrone Siu, Patrick Johnston, “Keepers of the flame: Taiwan keeps the art of fire fishing alive”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-06-28, Life:

Juming Museum in New Taipei's Jinshan District reopened to the public on Tuesday, 11 days after suffering extensive damage from flooding caused by Typhoon Krathon.

2024 October 16, Kao Chien-hua, Wang Hung-kuo, Matthew Mazzetta, “New Taipei museum reopens after flood damage from Typhoon Krathon”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Taipei, (CNA), archived from the original on 2025-03-17, Culture:


Wenshan

Wen-shan (alternative)
Wunshan (alternative)

Fact: An outbreak of tea inchworm resulted in tremendous loss to the tea farmers in Wenshan area near Taipei. Entomologists were called upon to reduce the population, but before any action was taken, the worms died in one month.

1974, Tse-Hwei Shen, A Communication Strategy for Increasing Population Awareness Among School-age Children in Taiwan, →OCLC, page 48:

Over the past four years, Taipei has spent NT$50 million (about US$1.6 million) on the project, which has established sustainable firefly populations in the Wenshan, Daan and Chungshan districts of the city.[…]
Learning from Kitakyushu’s success, environmentalists used similar methods to restore the firefly population in Taipei, beginning in 2012 with one small project in Wenshan, then moving to other districts once their methods were perfected.

2017 October 24, “How fireflies were brought back from the brink in urban Taipei”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-10-24, Society:

Speaking at an election result viewing party in Taipei’s Wenshan district, a Kuomintang volunteer, Lin Mei-chuan, said she disapproved of the Tsai administration’s handling of the economy, as well as cross-strait ties.

2018 November 24, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s President Quits as Party Chief After Stinging Losses in Local Races”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-11-24, Asia Pacific:


永安

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/wɪŋ¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/iŋ³³⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

/jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/

/wɪŋ¹³ ɔːn⁵⁵/

/iŋ³³⁻²¹ ^((Ø-))ŋaŋ⁵⁵/

/iɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/

(～區) Yong'an (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)


Tajpeo

zh-l

臺北／台北 (Táiběi)


大膽島

/tä⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

大擔島／大担岛 (Dàdāndǎo)

(Taiwan) Dadan Island (an island of Lieyu rural township, Kinmen County, Taiwan)


大擔島

/tä⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tä⁵¹ tän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(Mainland China) Dadan Island (an island of Lieyu rural township, Kinmen County, Taiwan)


Тајпеј

mk-proper noun

Тајпеј • (Tajpej) m (relational adjective тајпејски)

Tajpej (romanization)
тајпејски (adjective relational)


樹杞林

ja-pos

樹(じゅ)杞(き)林(りん) • (Jukirin) ^(←じゆきりん (Zyukirin)?)

樹杞林 (canonical)
Jukirin (romanization)
Zyukirin (romanization)
じゆきりん (hiragana historical)

[d͡ʑɨkʲiɾʲĩɴ]

(historical) Jukirin (a town in Taiwan; modern Zhudong)


Liuqiu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 琉球 (Liúqiú). Doublet of Ryukyu.

Liuchiu (alternative)
Liouciou (alternative)
Loochoo (alternative)
Loo Choo (alternative)
Lewchew (alternative)
Lew Chew (alternative)
Luchu (alternative)
Liqueo (alternative)
Lequio (alternative)
Liquea (alternative)
Lieuchieu (alternative)
Liukiu (alternative)
Liu Kiu (alternative)
Lekeyo (alternative)
Leoo-keoo (alternative)
Leookeoo (alternative)
Lūchū (alternative)

With the coming of the bluefin tuna fishing season, a Liuqiu Township-based fishing boat caught the county's first tuna fish of this year, CNA reported.

2022 April 10, George Liao, “'First tuna fish’ caught in Pingtung this year sells for over NT$2 million in southern Taiwan auction”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-04-10:

A rural township of Pingtung County, Taiwan, encompassing Liuqiu Island.

Much of the ocean they surveyed last summer was above 30 degrees Celsius for three months. The worst area was in Little Liuqiu, a coral island off the southwest coast in the Taiwan Strait where 55 percent of corals have now been seriously bleached.

2021 January 13, “'Corals are being cooked': A third of Taiwan's reefs are dying”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2021-01-13:

“Nothing is going to change after the military exercises, there’ll be one like this and then another,” said Li Wen-te, a 63-year-old retired fisherman in Liuqiu, an island off the southwestern coast of Taiwan, less than six miles from China’s drills.[…]
“I cherish our freedom of speech and don’t want to be unified by China,” said Huang Chiu-hong, 47, the owner of a shop that sells fried sticks of braided dough, a local snack, on Liuqiu, the Taiwanese island.

2022 August 7, Chris Buckley, Amy Chang Chien, John Liu, “After China’s Military Spectacle, Options Narrow for Winning Over Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-07:

China said this week it would conduct more drills focusing on anti-submarine and sea assault operations - confirming the fears of some security analysts and diplomats that it would keep up the pressure on Taiwan's defences. read more
But on Liuqiu island, a picturesque tourist spot near one of the areas where the Chinese military was conducting exercises last week, people were largely indifferent.

2022 August 10, Ann Wang, I-Hwa Cheng, Aleksander Solum, Sarah Wu, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, Farah Master, “Taiwan residents largely calm in the face of Chinese anger”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-10, Asia Pacific:

The island of Liuqiu, Pingtung County, Taiwan.


Orchid Island

Calque of Chinese 蘭嶼 (Lányǔ, literally “orchid island”)

calque

Orchid Island is a rocky, mountainous bit of land thrown up from the sea by volcanic action eons ago. It has barely more than ten and a half square miles of area, with little arable or level land. Yet it is home to some 2,600 people.
There really are orchids on Orchid Island, although they are found at higher elevations not usually seen by visitors—also sizeable trees and numerous birds and butterflies. Almost everything is green from the combination of a tropical climate and heavy rainfall.
The people of Orchid Island are Yamis, members of the smallest of the Taiwan aborigine tribes. They are handsome people. with black hair, brown eyes and complexions deeply bronzed from exposure to sun and wind.

1977 January 9, “Visitors drawn to Lanyu, Land forgotten by time”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVIII, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 4:

While 2020 will be remembered by many as a year of travel bans and cancelled vacations, the indigenous Tao people of Orchid Island will remember it as the year unprecedented numbers of visitors descended on their once tranquil home.

2020 November 4, Sally Jensen, “Indigenous Tao way of life under threat on Taiwan island”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2020-11-05, Big Story 10:

A ship transporting cargo from Taitung to Orchid Island sank early Tuesday after it was struck by a large merchant vessel off Green Island, but all nine crew members were safely rescued, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).

2022 April 26, Tyson Lu, Matthew Mazzetta, “Ship delivering supplies to Orchid Island sinks after collision”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-04-26, Society:

The waste site in Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, or Ponso no Tao, has been among the highest-profile causes taken up by Indigenous Taiwanese, who were the main inhabitants of these islands until four centuries ago, when colonial settlers began arriving from mainland China, Europe and, later, imperial Japan.

2023 January 5, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “The Nuclear Dump That Created a Generation of Indigenous Activists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-05:

An island of Taitung County, Taiwan, in the Pacific Ocean (Philippine Sea), home of the Tao (Yami) indigenous people.

Columbia University Press
Orchid Island
Saul B. Cohen


Nangan

People in flowing robes and dressed up as guards worship a statue of the goddess Matsu, known as the protector of fishermen, in a ceremony in Nangan Township in the Matsu Islands on Sunday celebrating the anniversary of Matsu's ascension to heaven.

2020 October 25, “Matsu worship ceremony”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-09-28, Photos of the Day:

The offshore islands of Matsu belong to Lienchiang county and cover a total area of 25,052 ha. They are composed of five large and several smaller islands, which are administratively divided into the four villages of Nangan, Beigan, Jyuguang and Dongyin. According to the national census of 1997 5,360 people live on the Matsu islands with more than 60% of the population living in Nangan.

2013, Meng-Kan Chen, Hsiu-Hsi Chen, “Increased cancer mortality in Taiwanese inter-island migrants”, in Geospatial Health, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-08-08, page 252, column 2:

The caption on the video posted nearly two years ago reads: “The military exercise (happens every year) recorded by the residents in Matsu, Taiwan. Netizens in Taiwan suggest it is the Nangan Township of the islands, and many comment that such an impressive force can surely scare people on the other side (China) to death.”

2022 August 1, “No, this video does not show a Chinese military threat to Taiwan ahead of Pelosi’s visit”, in France 24, archived from the original on 2022-08-01:

A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island.


糶糴

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti³⁵/

/tʰiːu̯³³ tɛːk̚²/

/tʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ⁴/

/tʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiaʔ²⁴/

/tʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ¹²¹/

/tʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ⁴/

/tʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiaʔ⁴/

/tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ti³⁵/

/tʰiːu̯³³ tɛːk̚²/

/tʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ⁴/

/tʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiaʔ²⁴/

/tʰio²¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ¹²¹/

/tʰio¹¹⁻⁵³ tiaʔ⁴/

/tʰiɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ tiaʔ⁴/

(～村) Tiaodi (a village in Zhutian, Pingtung County, Taiwan)


Fuxing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 復興 (Fùxīng).

Fuhsing (alternative)
Fusing (alternative)

Firefighters from both Yilan County and Taoyuan City gathered at Phay, which is in the Fuxing District of Taoyuan City.

2022 October 20, G. Chen, “Rescuers Deliver Daily Supplies to 302 Stranded People 救援人員徒步跋涉 昨挺進明池山莊送藥”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2024-05-30:

Four men were found without vital signs after the vehicle they were traveling in plunged into a 50-meter-deep mountain valley in Taoyuan's Fuxing District just after noon on Thursday.
The Taoyuan City Fire Department said that two others, a man and a woman, were pulled from the vehicle alive after rescuers were called to the scene of the accident near Sbunaw Bridge in Fuxing District at 12:27 p.m.

2023 August 3, Yeh Chen, Bernadette Hsiao, “4 found without vital signs after vehicle plunges into rural Taoyuan valley”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-08-03, Society:

A mountain indigenous district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.


Xizhi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 汐止 (Xìzhǐ).

Hsichih (alternative)
Sijhih (alternative)
Shihchih (alternative)

Few people know about Du Yuesheng’s monument, situated in the picturesque village of Xizhi, not far from Taipei. The huge arch of grey stone is quite imposing. Its four-character inscription praises the dead man’s “loyalty” and “personal integrity,” and even proudly lists the names of his children!

1990, Jules Nadeau, “The United Bamboo triad: disgrace of a nation”, in Twenty Million Chinese "Made in Taiwan", Montréal Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 272:

Sources said the company has only met with lenders on a NT$12bn five-year financing from August 2011 for a commercial building project in New Taipei City’s Xizhi District.

2014 June 6, Carol Zhong, “TRLPC -Taiwan: Farglory meets with lenders as chairman faces bribery charges”, in Jacqueline Poh, Prakash Chakravarti, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-03-03, FINANCIALS:

In the video, the facility in Xizhi District in North Taiwan’s New Taipei City can be seen hoisting around a dozen newborn babies, each in their own cot, when the room starts to shake.

2019 April 19, John Feng, “Brave nurses launch daring rescue op to protect newborn babies during earthquake”, in Daily Mirror, archived from the original on 2019-04-19:

Those incidents included a landslide at the entrance of the An-Tai Tunnel in Taipei's Neihu District, a landslide in New Taipei's Xi-Zhi District that resulted in the evacuation of 100 people from housing in the area.

[2022 October 17, “CEOC Reports 268 Incidents as Rain Batter Island”, in International Community Radio Taipei, archived from the original on 2023-03-03, Realtime News:

Instead of buying a ticket to Hualien, Lu appeared to purchase a ticket to New Taipei City's Xizhi District.
At 3 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon, police were able to pinpoint Lu's location to an internet cafe in Xizhi, reported UDN.

2023 February 14, Keoni Everington, “Prison escapee caught in New Taipei internet cafe”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2023-02-15, Society:


Dongyin

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 東引 (Dōngyǐn).

The Military Trail Challenge is taking place in Dongyin Township on the Matsu Islands, a chain that sits directly next to China and is on Taiwan’s first line of defense.[…]
At the end of the race, all contestants will be rewarded with a feast of the local specialties and Dongyin Township’s special sorghum liquor.

2020 June 19, Shirley Lin, “VIDEO: More than 1000 sign up for military-style obstacle course race”, in Radio Taiwan International, archived from the original on 2020-06-28:

SOUNDS OF GUNFIRE[…]
"We're very used to these sounds," said Dongyin township chief Lin Te-chien, as he observed Wednesday's drills.

2022 March 16, Sarah Wu, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “On Taiwanese island, drills underscore strategic importance and vulnerability”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-03-16:

A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

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.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76:

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.

2022 April 11, Kayleigh Madjar, “Deployment of short-range defense systems moved up”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 2022-04-10:

Anita Tsai, who runs a restaurant in Dongyin, Matsu’s northernmost island, shared the same frustrations over the frequent internet disruptions. “At its worst, it took me five minutes to watch a ten-second video,” said Tsai.

2023 March 9, Meaghan Tobin, Vic Chiang, “Internet outage has Taiwan worried about threat from Chinese sabotage”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-10, Asia:

An island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan.


Juguang

Late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莒光 (Jǔguāng, literally “the glory of Ju”). The glory of Ju references the spirit of recovering a lost country following the example of Tian Dan when he recovered the state of Qi from the small base area of Ju; the spirit of building a hardworking, thrifty military to carry forward the mission of the recovery of lost territory. By analogy, to apply to the situation of the Republic of China on Taiwan and mainland China under the People's Republic of China.

zh-l

Chukuang (alternative)
Jyuguang (alternative)

Located at the northern end of the exercise area, Mazu Dao consists of Dongju [Tungchu] and Xiju [Hsichu] Islets. Formerly under the administration of Fujian's Lianjiang County, it is now called Four Townships and Five Islets. Prior to the Spring Festival, residents on Mazu's Juguang [Chukuang] Islet^([sic]) grew anxious amid reports that the mainland military would soon conduct exercises. Some residents withdrew their bank deposits. On 17 March, more than 70 island residents left for Taiwan on the Navy's AP [expansion unknown] transport ship. According to island residents, some 150 people plan to leave the island temporarily, and they account for one half of the current population.

1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], He Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) [何机雄], “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”, in Daily Report: China, number 96-056, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Hong Kong ZHONGGUO TONGXUN SHE, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 76, column 1:

The president said that from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. he had travelled to the Matsu County to visit seven of its islands, including Nangang, Beigan, Dongyin, Liangdao, Gaodeng, and the Jyuguang island.

[2005 September 9, “President Chen Receives the Delegation from the Chinese-American Elected Officials”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)], archived from the original on 2023-03-06:

It was the third infected pig carcass found in the nation’s outlying islands, following dead hogs found in Kinmen’s Jinsha Township (金沙) in December last year and in Lienchiang County’s Jyuguang Township (莒光) in January, Council of Agriculture data showed.

[2019 March 16, Chia-nan Lin, “Kinmen halts transport of pork due to infected swine”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-06, Front Page, page 1:

DAMAGED CABLES
On five occasions last year, the dredgers damaged undersea communication cables between Nangan and Juguang, another isle^([sic]) in the Matsu group, the three Taiwanese officials told Reuters. Mobile phone and internet services for the islanders were disrupted, they said. There were no such incidents in 2019.

2021 February 5, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger”, in Peter Hirschberg, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-02-05, APAC:

A rural township and island group of Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

Cambridge University Press
Juguang
Tian Dan


Longtan

The building in Longtan, north of the island, has at least 50 engineers and other workers creating new screens for devices including iPhones and iPads, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the details were not public. Apple hired workers from local display maker AU Optronics as well as Qualcomm, which used to own the building, they said.

2015 December 15, “Apple opens ‘secret’ lab in northern Taiwan to develop new displays”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-12-16, China:

Wei Hsin-hsi and his wife pose for a picture outside their family’s temple that is located inside the proposed expansion area of an industrial park in the Longtan district of Taoyuan, in Taoyuan, Taiwan September 22, 2023.[…]
Two weeks later, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (2330.TW) (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, dropped plans to build a factory as part of the science park expansion in the bucolic Longtan district nearby - a development that heartened protesters and laid bare one of Taiwan's increasingly fraught "five shortages".[…]
The science park administration, which had noted that Hsinchu and Longtan are running out of space to create advanced chips, said it would proceed with the expansion for other companies.

2023 November 8, Sarah Wu, “Taiwan's land squeeze pits advanced chips against ancestral temples”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-11-08, Climate & Energy / Climate Change:


桃山

/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/

/tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/


Cao Hùng

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˦˩]

[kaːw˧˧ hʊwŋ͡m˨˩]


Dongding

At present, America has committed itself to an "all-round responsibility" policy along our coast. It seems to me that the Americans will only feel comfortable if they take complete responsibility for Jinmen and Mazu, or even for such small islands as Dadan, Erdan, and Dongding [small islands within the Jinmen archipelago]. America has fallen into our noose. Thereby, America's neck is hanging in China's iron noose. Although Taiwan is [for America] another noose, it is a bit farther from [the mainland]. America is now moving its head closer to us, since it wants to take responsibility for Jinmen and other islands. Someday we will kick America, and it cannot run away, because it is tied up by our noose.

2001 [1958 September], Chen Jian, quoting Mao Zedong, “Beijing and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1958”, in Mao's China and the Cold War, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 187:

Additionally, the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis from August to September 1958 saw an unsuccessful attempt being made to invade Dongding Island held by the ROC.

2019, Robert J. Bunker, China's Securing, Shaping, and Exploitation of Strategic Spaces: Gray Zone Response and Counter-shi Strategies, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=EWrnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT72:

Their plans for a large wedding were interrupted when Chinese guns bombarded Kinmen County, which triggered the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis and prompted the army to send him to the front, he said.
For a month, Taiwanese and Chinese forces engaged in gunnery duels, aerial skirmishes and one naval action off the coast of Dongding Island (東碇島).

2019 September 24, Lo Chih, Jonathan Chin, “Octogenarians mark anniversary with ceremony”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-24, Taiwan News, page 4:

The PLA attempted amphibious operations to seize the main Kinmen Island in 1949, and nearby Tungting (Dongding) Island in 1958, but was repelled by ROC defensive emplacements.

2023 February, Andrew Chubb, “Taiwan Strait Crises: Island Seizure Contingencies”, in Asia Society, archived from the original on 2023-04-02:

An island of Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Dadan

Mainland China and Taiwan do not border each other by land; they face each other across a 140-km-wide ocean strait. Taiwan-held Dadan Island sits 2 km away from Xiamen. Xiamenese can use binoculars to observe their kinfolk on Dadan Island, with whom they have traditionally intermarried (Mellor, 1993).

2005, Xiangming Chen, “The Greater Southeast China Subregion”, in As Borders Bend: Transnational Spaces on the Pacific Rim, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 91–92:

Jinmen, known historically as Quemoy, has had some success building a tourist industry on the back of its even closer link to the mainland, close enough that Taiwanese defectors were said to have swum from there to the Chinese city of Xiamen. The military is also in the process of handing over to civilian control other islands that are now restricted zones, including small islets named Erdan and Dadan.

2013 June 3, Sarah Mishkin, “Taiwan’s small islands turn to tourism to stay afloat”, in Financial Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-28, Asia-Pacific:

Visits to Dadan, a Taiwan-held island off the coast of China and a major battleground during the Cold War, proved an instant hit following the start of tour bookings earlier this week.

2019 February 16, “Tours to Dadan Island prove a big hit with Taiwanese”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-06-20, Society:

An island of Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Toucheng

f) Instituting training classes in 1954, 1955, and 1960 to give 48 fishermen training in fishing methods and engine operation, and sending nine fishermen to Taiwan to practise at the Toucheng township Fishermen's Association in Yilan[…]

1963, The Invincible Island: Ten Years of Reconstruction on Kinmen, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →OCLC, page 25:

A ceremony to mark the opening of the first submarine cable between Taiwan and Okinawa, was held at Toucheng in Ilan, county, the cable’s Taiwan terminal.

1979 July 15, “Taiwan-Okinawa cable link”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

Taiwan’s northeastern county of Yilan has adopted a proposal to rename the islands from “Tiaoyutai” to “Toucheng Tiaoyutai,” to include the name of a local township.

2020 June 22, “Ishigaki renames area containing Senkaku Islands, prompting backlash fears”, in The Japan Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-22:

An urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.


Madou

The farmers’ association for Madou District of Tainan, a well-known place for pomelo production, said it has joined a league of Taiwanese pomelo growers to divert sales of the fruit in anticipation of Chinese restrictions.

2022 August 3, Tzu-ti Huang, “Pomelo farmers in Taiwan stunned by China ban”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-08-03:


Xiyin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西引 (Xīyǐn).

One of the four fishermen from Lianjiang County of east China’s Fujian Province was shot dead by soldiers of the Taiwan authorities stationed on the Xiyin Island when the fishermen were looking for fishing tackle near the island that day. The Taiwan soldiers continued shooting as the fishermen were sailing to the Xiyin Island to rescue the wounded.[…]
At about 0110 on 6 August, four crew members of the "Minlianyu 0210" fishing boat of Nan Village of Lianjiang County’s Tailu Town were looking for fishing tackle near the Latou Reef south of the Xiyin Island, when troops of the Taiwan authorities on Xiyin Island fired at them and 28-year old^([sic – meaning year-old]) captain Chen Yingtong of the fishing boat was wounded twice in the left side of his chest.

1995 August 10 [1995 August 9], “ARATS Condemns Killing of Mainland Fisherman”, in Daily Report: China, number 95-154, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68:

Dongyin is connected with the neighboring island of Xiyin (西引) by a causeway, and while this sister islet is less visited, it has several natural and militaristic sights of great interest.

2017 September 22, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Dongyin Island: The Northern Frontier”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-09-21, Features, page 13:

Dongyin Island and Siyin Island have been linked together by an embankment. Dongyin Island is 3.22 square kilometers, while Siyin Island is 1.13 square kilometers. Including the uninhabited subordinate islands and reefs, the total are of the Dongyin Islet is 4.35 square kilometers.

[2020s, “Introduction of Dongyin”, in Dongyin Township Administration, Matsu, archived from the original on 2021-10-19:

On the second day of massive live-fire drills being held by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) around Taiwan, Taiwan's Army also conducted live-fire exercises in Lienchiang County's Dongyin Township from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. However, during the exercises, witnesses gave differing accounts of either tracer fire or flares landing on a hill behind Sanjia Village on Xiyin Island and starting a fire, reported UDN.

2022 August 5, Keoni Everington, “Fire breaks out on outer Taiwan island during artillery drill”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-08-05, Society:

Shortly afterward at 8am, four China Coast Guard vessels were found entering the waters around Lienchiang County’s Siyin Island (西引) and Wuciou Township (烏坵).

[2025 April 1, Wu Cheng-ting, Hollie Younger, “Chinese man in dinghy apprehended in Kinmen”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2025-04-01, Taiwan News, page 2:

An island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.


Eluanbi

As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, the storm was located about 930 kilometers southwest of Eluanbi, Taiwan's southernmost tip, moving in a northwesterly direction at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour, packing sustained winds of 65 kph and gusts of up to 90 kph, the weather bureau said.

2022 August 9, Hsiung-feng Chang, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Tropical Storm Mulan forms, forecast to bring heavy rain”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-09, Society:

In a brief statement, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said the carrier group was still in the Pacific for training and was 120 nautical miles southeast of Cape Eluanbi, on the island's southern tip, and would pass through those waters.

2023 April 24, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says tracking Chinese carrier off its southeast coast”, in Toby Chopra, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-05-01:

Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, made landfall early Thursday in Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, and is expected to weaken as it moves west toward the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of southern China.

2023 October 5, SIMINA MISTREANU, “1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-10-07:

A cape in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan.


Taimali

After leaving Chihpen, ride south through Taimali, passing fields of day-lily flowers. The bright orange flowers from this area are considered a superior ingredient for Taiwanese soups and sautés.

1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99:

New suspected cases of the disease have also been found in the eastern city of Hualien and in an aboriginal tribe in remote Taimali, Agence France-Presse reported.[…]
In Taimali, a woman from one of the ethnic Malay tribes that dominated the island before mainland Chinese began arriving three centuries ago was ruled a SARS victim five days after her death.

2003 May 15, Donald G. McNeil Jr., “THE SARS EPIDEMIC: OUTBREAK; Thousands Are Quarantined at Taiwan's Top Hospital”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, WORLD:

Migration to the cities for work or higher education has also reduced the number of tribe members still living on the land. Religious differences, brought on by exposure to Taiwanese and Western missionaries, have also led to differences and discord between the various tribes.
But activists such as Sakinu -- who goes by just one name and runs a community center in Taimali -- warn that the island’s 13 recognized tribes, totaling about 400,000 of Taiwan’s 23 million population, could lose their land, rights and identities unless they cling to their roots and unify their ranks.

2007 May 28, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan aboriginals seek the past to stay unified”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-19, Lifestyle:

A traditional bamboo raft was on Monday launched in Taitung County’s Taimali Township (太麻里) as part of a Taiwanese-Japanese project to explore a sea route between Taiwan and Okinawa that might have been traveled 30,000 years ago.

2017 June 7, “Raft to explore ancient sea route”, in Taipei Times, sourced from Staff writer, with CNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-10-12, Taiwan News, page 4:

A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.


Xinwu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新屋 (Xīnwū).

Hsinwu (alternative)
Sinwu (alternative)

Soap maker Mary & Majestic Inc (美琪生技) yesterday said that it will spend NT$700 million (US$23.12 million) to build a new factory in Xinwu Township (新屋鄉), Taoyuan County, in April, aiming to increase its annual revenue to between NT$1 billion and NT$1.5 billion from the current NT$500 million in the next five years.

2014 February 19, Camaron Kao, “Mary & Majestic to build new factory in Taoyuan”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-11-21, Business, page 13:

The accident reportedly took place late Saturday, as the men returned to shore after wading out into the waters near Yongan Fishing Port in Taoyuan's Xinwu District to perform a ritual to send away the evils and diseases while praying for peace and good fortune.

2022 August 14, Jui-chi Wu, Chao Yen-hsiang, “Taoyuan Ghost Festival accident leaves 3 dead, 1 in coma”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-08-14, Society:


Erdan

Our defense area was in the main island of Kinmen, and after a short period of stationing, we were shifted to Lieyu in October 1957. The troops were stationed there until August 7 in the following year, when we were transferred to defend Erdan Island, which was still called “Er-dan” , rather than “Er-dǎn” the common name today.¹

[2009, “Mr. Chen Hung-po”, in The 1958 Quemoy Crisis: An Oral History, Ministry of National Defense, ROC, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 87, 94:

Jinmen, known historically as Quemoy, has had some success building a tourist industry on the back of its even closer link to the mainland, close enough that Taiwanese defectors were said to have swum from there to the Chinese city of Xiamen. The military is also in the process of handing over to civilian control other islands that are now restricted zones, including small islets named Erdan and Dadan.[…]
While some in the military are uncomfortable ceding more territory, such as Erdan Island, to tourists, local officials and many military officers in Matsu on the islands have welcomed the development of the resort targeting mainland visitors.

2013 June 3, Sarah Mishkin, “Taiwan’s small islands turn to tourism to stay afloat”, in Financial Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-28, Asia-Pacific:

In a statement late Wednesday, the defence command of Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-controlled islands that sit opposite China's Xiamen and Quanzhou cities, said the incident occurred on Aug. 16 on Erdan islet, and confirmed the soldiers had thrown stones to see off what it called a civilian drone.

2022 August 24, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, “Taiwan to deploy drone defence systems after rock-throwing video emerges”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-25, Asia Pacific:

Kinmen defence command spokesman Chang Jung-shun said the live rounds were fired just before 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) at the drone which had approached Erdan islet, with flares being used previously. The drone then flew off back to China, he said.

2022 August 30, Ben Blanchard, Roger Tung, Yimou Lee, “Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone after president warns of 'strong countermeasures'”, in Tomasz Janowski, Angus MacSwan, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-31, Asia Pacific:

Chen was reported missing on Erdan island following a roll call, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said in a statement Thursday, adding it had set up a special task force to locate him.
Erdan, part of the Taipei-controlled Kinmen islands, is located less than 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the Chinese port city of Xiamen in southeastern Fujian province.

2023 March 13, Eric Cheung, Nectar Gan, “Taiwan says soldier who went missing has been found in China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2023-03-13:

An island of Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Dongshan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東山 /东山 (Dōngshān).


Chishan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 赤山 (Chìshān).

Most people may not have expected it, but for residents in Pingtung County’s two small villages of Wanjin (萬金) and Chishan (赤山) — with a combined population of about 5,000 — Christmas is the most important festivity of the year, since about 80 percent of the villagers are Catholics.

2012 December 31, Iok-sin Loa, “FEATURE: Pingtung villages’ Christmas parade a hit”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-01-03, Taiwan News, page 3:

On Dec. 24th Christmas Eve, Wanjin Christmas Festival opened on the weekend made the district crowded with people and cars. In the evening, there were more and more people came to the place to visit. This year, Wanjin Christmas Festival scattered in Wanjin village, Chishan village and Wulaluzi tribe.

2017 January 11, “Thousands of People Crowded to Wanjin to Celebrate the Christmas”, in Ping Tung County Police Bureau [屏東縣政府警察局], archived from the original on 2023-06-28:

Near Chihshan (赤山), I stumbled across a stretch of old Taiwan Sugar Corporation (台糖, TSC) railroad that’s being converted into a bicycle path. Avoiding the heart of Neipu (內埔), I joined County Road 48-1 (屏48-1), a route I hoped would go through quiet yet quaint villages.

[2020 March 27, Steven Crook, “Highways and Byways: Pingtung’s back country by bike”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-03-27, Features, page 13:

In December of the 8th year of Tongzhi (1869), a solid church was built in the Chishan area (now Chishan Village and Wanjin Village of Wanluan Township)

(Can we date this quote?), “Wanjin Catholic Basilica”, in Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Center [原住民族委員會原住民族文化發展中心], archived from the original on 2023-06-28:

A village in Wanluan, Pingtung County, Taiwan.


Zihguan

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 梓官 (Zǐguān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Zǐhguan.

Tzukuan (alternative)
Ziguan (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

The experimental design includes first the determination of the relationships of fish size and the price per weight (PPW) of the economic demersal fishes sold as the one-hundred Dollars-a-plate manner in Tunkang and Zihguan fish markets in the southwestern coast of Taiwan.

2008, Meng-Hsun Huang et al., “Mesh regulations of bottom trawl for the protection of economic immature fishes off southwestern Taiwan [2008]”, in Food and Agriculture Organization, archived from the original on 2023-03-06:

An AT-3 trainer aircraft used by Taiwan's Air Force Academy crashed during a routine training mission in Zihguan District in Kaohsiung Tuesday morning.

2014 October 21, “AT-3 trainer crashes in Kaohsiung, pilots survive”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-09-29, Politics:

The incident had a serious and significant impact on farmland in the Ciaotou and Zihguan districts.

2016, Tzung-Yuh (葉琮裕) Yeh, “Intergrated Phytoremediation Mitigate Heavy Metal Pollution”, in 土壤及地下水污染整治 [Journal of Soil and Groundwater Remediation], volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

At the criterion level, Zihguan in Kaohsiung ranks the highest (0.966) for economic structure (C7), and Anping District in Tainan ranks the lowest (0.229).

2016, Wu Chin-Cheng et al., “Application of Social Vulnerability Indicators to Climate Change for the Southwest Coastal Areas of Taiwan”, in Sustainability, volume 8, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Asked yesterday morning during a visit to a farm in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District (梓官) why he chose not to participate in the TV presentation, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Han said: “I am going to continue inspecting [agricultural losses].”

2020 May 31, “Han ditches presentation to inspect vegetable farms”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-06-08, Taiwan News, page 3:

This European style building in Kaohsiung's Zihguan District has a history of 120 years. The building was suspected of being damaged by the earthquake on the 23rd and rain in the past few days. Not only did its lintel collapse, but the building's outer walls also became a pile of rubble.
Liu Ying-kai, Chihhsi Borough Chief, Zihguan District, Kaohsiung: “We'll clear these bricks first. And then we'll talk to the owner to discuss what to do next.”

2022 March 24, P. Hsu, “全台155校因地震受損 金額達3500多萬 [155 Schools in Taiwan Damaged from Earthquake]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2023-03-05:

After visiting Kezailiao fishing port, head north on Provincial Highway 17, which divides the Zihguan District into Chikan, famous for its artistic products, and Zihping, known for its traditional architecture.

2022 May, “Experience Coastal Zihguan”, in Love Kaohsiung 愛‧高雄, number 19, 高雄畫刊 [Kaohsiung Pictorial], archived from the original on 2022-12-07:

A woman harvests water spinach in Kaohsiung’s Zihguan District on July 26.

2023 September 15, “《TAIPEI TIMES》 Benefits to be hiked 7％ amid inflation”, in Liberty Times, archived from the original on 2023-09-18:

Kezailiao Harbor
Located in Zihguan District, this small fishing village was once a gold mine for oyster farming, but had since transformed into a popular tourist port and fish market. It is also a key production area for mullet roe.

2024 June 28, Charlie Chang, “The Ultimate Guide to Kaohsiung for Sea Lovers”, in Michelin Guide, archived from the original on 2024-08-11, Travel:


Wugu

Guanyinkeng River Bridge in Wugu District, New Taipei City collapsed on Friday afternoon (April 21), injuring three construction workers.

2023 April 21, Stephanie Chiang, “New Taipei bridge collapses, 3 construction workers injured”, in Taiwan News, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-21, Society:


Gukeng

The signature desserts are all naturally sweetened and the café also offers a special coffee from the singer’s hometown of Gukeng in Taiwan.

2009 July 2, “A Toilet for Two?”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-21, Magazines:

Authorities in Taiwan’s Yunlin County are considering measures to stop the growing population of macaque monkeys from endangering bamboo groves in Yunlin’s Gukeng Township.

2024 May 4, Duncan DeAeth, “Bamboo groves in Taiwan's Yunlin under threat from macaques”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-05-29, Environment:

A rural township in Yunlin County, Taiwan.


Lucao

The rats grow up on crops from fields surrounding the 18,000-population village of Lucao in Chiayi county -- which means they are not dirty rats from sewers, Lin said.

2008 January 28, Ralph Jennings, “No ratatouille on Taiwan menu, but plenty of rat”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-09-11, Entertainment News:

Chiayi Prison, which is currently being renovated, is slated to open in October as the nation’s first prison museum, where artifacts and documents will be on display offering visitors a taste of what prison life was like in the past.
Its inmates were moved to a new prison in Chiayi’s Lucao Township (鹿草) in 1994, leaving the fate of the old building undecided.

2011 February 27, Yu Hsueh-lan, Hsiang Cheng-chen, “Prison building to offer taste of life behind bars”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-07-03, Taiwan News, page 2:

On Sunday (Sept. 1), local media outlets reported that a female student surnamed Huang (黃) lived in a tiny ramshackle hut only 7 ping (one ping equals 3.5 square meters) in size in Chiayi County's Lucao Township, and had no desk of her own, usually opting to study under a tree.

2019 September 2, Keoni Everington, “Daughter of Vietnamese immigrant receives desk after testing into top Taiwan school”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-09-03, New Immigrants:

A rural township in Chiayi County, Taiwan.


Beidou

At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees.

2011 April 7, Noah Buchan, “Walking with Matsu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2011-04-10, Home / Features, page 13:

At 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday (April 25), a fire broke out at the Lian Hwa Foods Corp. factory on Sihai Road, Section 1 in Changhua County's Beidou Township.

2023 April 28, Keoni Everington, “4th Filipino worker dies in central Taiwan food factory fire”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-07-08, Society:

An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.


Beinan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán).

Peinan (alternative)
Pei-nan (alternative)

[…]6) Bureaus for appeasing tenants engaged in reclamation and cultivation of the wastelands were established in Beinan, Qilai and Puli. ("Private Law of Taiwan, Property Rights," Vol 1 pp 9-12)

1982, China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, numbers 355-360, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 215:

If Basiandong is added to the list, it will be the third potential world heritage site in the county, after the Peinan Archeological Site in Beinan Township (卑南) — the largest-known ancient stone coffin burial ground in the Pacific Rim area — and Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu).

2015 November 11, “Ministry to aid UNESCO bid for caves”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-05, Taiwan News, page 5:

In Taitung County some damage to banana crops in Beinan Township was reported, but crop losses overall were not large, County Magistrate Rao Ching-ling said.

2021 September 12, “Typhoon alert lifted: Chanthu leaves Taiwan relatively unscathed”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 2021-09-12:


Magong

My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong. This was to be my home for several weeks during my first and third trips. The city of Magong, the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Pescadores, is a sleepy fishing harbor of about 30,000 residents. In appearance much more like a Mediterranean fishing village than a Chinese city, Magong is the center of the important fishing industry in the Pescadores.

1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 2:

Forty-seven people were killed on Wednesday in a plane crash on the one of the Penghu Islands off Taiwan's coast, officials said, revising downwards an earlier toll of 51.
Eleven injured people were taken to hospital, the government said.
Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that the plane, a turboprop ATR Model 72, appeared to have crashed after attempting to make an emergency landing in stormy weather in the city of Magong.

2014 July 23, “Plane crash kills dozens in Magong, Taiwan”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2015-09-10, Disasters:

Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area.

2015 July 2, Austin Ramzy, “TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-07-02, Asia Pacific:

Andy Huang, who runs an ice cream shop in the main town of Magong, has more experience than most in facing Beijing’s belligerence.

2022 June 17, Sean Chang, “'Life goes on' for unfazed Taiwanese on front-line islands”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 2022-06-17, Asia Pacific:

A county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.


Neihu

From Mandarin 內湖 (Nèihú), Wade–Giles romanization: Nei⁴-hu².

The coal-bearing rocks consist of two ENE-WSW trending coal belts extending from the coast at the west of Keelung to the eastern edge of the Taipei basin near Sungshan and Neihu. The northern belt is formed of the Lower coal-bearing formation, beginning from Waimushan on the northern coast westwards through Neimushan, Tawulun, Luliao, to Neihu in a total extension of nearly 16 km.[…]Neihu 內湖

1953, Ch'un-sun (何春蓀) Ho, Mineral Resources of Taiwan, Ministry of Economic Affairs, →OCLC, pages 31, 307:

The area is 3,678 kilometers and the population exceeds 3,650,000. First projects will be a new city of 300,000 at Linkou and another new community at Neihu to relieve Taipei population pressure.[…]
Some 700,000 housing units will be built along with industrial parks, transportation facilities, public utilities, parks and playgrounds, drainage systems, etc. Development of Linkou and Neihu are high on the priority list.

1969, Free China Review, volume 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 9, 28:

Linkou in Taipei county and Neihu district of Taipei city will receive priority attention.

1969, Taiwan Trade Monthly of the Republic of China, Taipei: Epoch Publicity Agency, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 2:

ᵇRural area includes Musha and Neihu, which were made part of Taipei on July 1, 1968.

1972 April—June, Ronald Freeman, Albert Hermalin, T. H. Sun, “Fertility Trends in Taiwan: 1961-1970”, in Population Index, volume 38, number 2, Office of Population Research, Princeton University; Population Association of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 151:

The section between Keelung and Neihu (northeast of Taipei) of the North-South Freeway is scheduled to be completed by the end of May and will be opened to traffic in July, according to the Taiwan Area Freeway Construction Bureau.

1977 May 1, “North-South Freeway”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVIII, number 17, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:

On one of our morning excursions we went to the Neihu district of Taipei to visit the National Fu Hsing Dramatic Arts Academy.

1989 April, Fred Ferretti, “Taipei”, in Gourmet, page 190, column 2:

The arrival of Taipei Sky Tower and Fubon Xinyi Headquarters is unlikely to hurt the office space market, Mr. Huang said. Fubon, for instance, is moving many of its operations from older buildings in nearby Neihu District.

2017 July 11, Chris Horton, “Lonely Giant of the Taipei Skyline Is About to Get Some Company”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2017-07-11, Commercial Real Estate:

AIT’s roughly 500 staff members will move to the new office complex in Taipei’s Neihu district in the fall.

2018 June 12, Ralph Jennings, Gerry Shih, Christopher Bodeen, “US lauds Taiwan ties in dedication of new de-facto embassy”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-10-11:


Shilin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín).

The Shida District appeals to the young and chic, and the Shilin District market is impressive for its sheer size.

2013 April 11, Yeou-Jey Hsu, “36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-10-16, Travel:

At Taoyuan International Airport, he flagged a taxi and was soon on his way home, north of Taipei. Last year his wife had convinced him to buy a town house out in Shilin District at the edge of Yangmingshan National Park.[…]
Traditionally, the suburban area of Shilin District had been populated by politicians and diplomats, since they were the ones who had money.

2016 December, Wendy Lee, The Art of Confidence: A Novel (Fiction), Kensington Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 67–68:

If you want to watch sakura, but wish to get away from crowds during the Lunar New Year holiday, Zhongshe Rd. (中社路) in the mountains of Taipei’s Shilin District is the place for you.

2019 January 27, “Sakura bloom quietly in the mountains of Taipei's Shilin”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2025-01-15, Travel:


Beitou

Beitou is a nice place of Taipei and is the best of the best. It is the new hometown of hot springs known throughout the world. It is also a tourist attraction located in the suburb of Taipei with a land area of 56.82 square kilometers.[…]Yangmingshan Valley is green and lovely; Guandu wet land provides a wonderful spot for watching birds; Hot spring baths offer a comfortable and refreshing experience. They all indicate the unique natural resources and various traditional activities that Beitou District boasts, making it the best choice for tourists home and abroad.

2020 June 1, Beitou District Office, Taipei City, “About Beitou District”, in Taipei City Government, archived from the original on 2020-06-30, Administrative Districts:

The 3.1 magnitude quake shook buildings in Taipei. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.

2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-11-22, Commodities:


Xinyi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 信義 (Xìnyì).

The modern, glass-fronted buildings surrounding the massive skyscraper Taipei 101 in the Xinyi District suggest a shift toward cleaner, starker development, but a trip to older parts of the city reveals hidden corners untouched by modernity.

2011 April 8, Erin Meister, “Reveling in the real Taiwain^([sic – meaning Taiwan])”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-26, Travel:

Taiwan blue magpie, which is legally protected but raised by nobody in Taiwan, appears in Sinyi District, Taipei.

[2022, “Unicorn and Taiwan Blue Magpie”, in Law Office of Eric Chung, archived from the original on 2023-03-05:

Taipei 101, in the capital’s prime Xinyi District (信義), won the “King of the Land” title for the 10th straight year, with the value of office space in the skyscraper rising to NT$6.55 million (US$213,286) per ping (3.3m2), the Taipei City Government said.

2022 December 17, Crystal Hsu, “Taipei 101 remains ‘King of the Land’ for 10th year”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-19, Business, page 12:

Tao Zhu Yin Yuan is a^([sic – meaning an]) art-deco building located in the Taipei City Sinyi District at the corner of Sung Yung Road and Sung Kao Road.

[(Can we date this quote?), “Project Overview”, in Tao Zhu Yin Yuan, archived from the original on 2023-03-05:

A mountain indigenous township in Nantou County, Taiwan.


Wanhua

From Mandarin 萬華 (Wànhuá), Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-hua².

On the other hand, the local people are for the most part crowded in the western part of this city, that is, the districts of Ta-tao-ch'-en and Wanhua.

1956, Cheng-siang Chen, The City of Taipei, →OCLC, page 12:

The population of Taipei is concentrated in two areas, each having a population density of more than 260,000 persons per square mile. One, the northeast part of the city, roughly coincides with the old Tai-tao-chen area. The other, the southeast part, is approximately the old Meng-Chia, which is now called Wanhua.

1964, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Settlement and Transportation”, in Taiwan-ilha formosa; a geography in perspective, Butterworths, →LCCN, page 235:

It is not at all uncommon in Hsiachichou for married men to seek the services of prostitutes in the nearby market towns or the Wanhua section of Taipei.

1966 August, Arthur P. Wolf, “Childhood Association, Sexual Attraction, and the Incest Taboo: A Chinese Case”, in American Anthropologist, volume 68, number 4, American Anthropological Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 889:

The Taipei city government said 1,000 soldiers trained for chemical warfare would disinfect the city's Wanhua and Chungcheng districts on Monday.

2003 May 12, Thomas Crampton, “Viruses seem to attack cells in the same fashion, expert says : AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-08, WORLD:

The modern, glass-fronted buildings surrounding the massive skyscraper Taipei 101 in the Xinyi District suggest a shift toward cleaner, starker development, but a trip to older parts of the city reveals hidden corners untouched by modernity.
The oldest section, Wanhua, with its winding corridors and quiet decay, offers a glimpse of the city’s bygone days. At its bustling heart is the busy Longshan Temple. I bump past a flurry of tourists, worshipers and monks selling prayer beads outside the gates to reach the controlled chaos within, where hundreds of faithful light incense and present offerings at myriad shrines to Buddha and other deities.

Soon enough I was back in the Wanhua District. I think it’s the oldest part of Taipei, but it’s hard to tell with the constant tearing down and building up all over the city.

2014, Ed Lin, Ghost Month, Soho Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:

The first location, in the Wanhua District of old Taipei, was a tiny, standing-room-only affair that drew complaints from neighbors who took their story to Taiwan’s raucous local news media.

2017 November 19, Chris Horton, “Where Stinky Tofu Is at Its Malodorous Best”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-11-20, Asia Pacific:

Health Minister Chen Shih-chung told a news conference that of the 29 new domestic infections many were connected with an outbreak in Taipei's Wanhua district, a mix of old temples, trendy shops and hostess bars.
Chen called on people who think they may have had contact with infected patients to go to rapid testing stations the government is setting up around Wanhua.

2021 May 14, Ben Blanchard, “Bars in Taiwan's capital to close as COVID-19 infections spread”, in Tom Hogue, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-05-15, World:

The teahouse culture in Taipei’s Wanhua district is responsible for the recent spike in Covid-19 infections, official figures suggest.

2021 May 21, Lawrence Chung, “Taipei’s Covid-19 spike traced back to hostess teahouses”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-21, China:


Ruifang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 瑞芳 (Ruìfāng).

Juifang (alternative)
Rueifang (alternative)

Along the Pingxi Branch Line that departs from Ruifang, an unremarkable market town to the southeast of Keelung City that grew up as a railway junction during the mining boom of the early 20th century, runs an old locomotive, its no-frills carriages connected by traditional round doors.

2017 November 9, Thomas Bird, “Taiwan’s northern tip: weird nature, wonderful street food”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-11-11, Travel:


Luzhu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 蘆竹 (Lúzhú).

Taiwan's Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) confirmed Saturday (Dec. 31) it had cracked down on a gang of ketamine dealers in the Luzhu District of Taoyuan, in the north of Taiwan.

2022 December 31, “Ketamine gang in north Taiwan raided”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2024-08-13, Society:

A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a rural township.


Pingzhen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 平鎮 /平镇 (Píngzhèn).

Pingchen (alternative)
Pingjhen (alternative)

On April 30, this construction site for a parking lot for a park in Taoyuan City's Pingzhen District suddenly collapsed.

2020 May 1, C. Chuang, “Worker Killed in Taoyuan Construction Accident [桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2023-08-21:

桃園文化公園停車場工程坍塌 1死2傷

Authorities in Taoyuan are searching for a non-native baboon, possibly a chacma baboon, which has been spotted several times in the city's Pingzhen District over the past 12 days and was most recently seen in the coastal district of Xinwu.

2023 March 23, Yeh Chen, Kuo Hsuan-wen, Tseng Yi-ning, Matthew Mazzetta, “Sightings of non-native baboon reported in Taoyuan”, in Focus Taiwan, sourced from Taipei, CNA, archived from the original on 2023-03-23, Society:


Xindian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn).

Hsintien (alternative)
Sindian (alternative)

"All of them were only carrying out orders," Tsai I-hsueh, a detective from New Taipei City's Xindian district in charge of the investigation, told the . "We are still investigating the motive and the whereabouts of any mastermind."

2015 October 29, Samuel Chan, Clifford Lo, “Taiwan-Hong Kong police story: inside the secret joint operation to rescue the wealthy businessman kidnapped by the world's most notorious triad”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-29, Hong Kong/Law and Crime:

In July 2016, a fire in a retirement home in New Taipei’s Xindian District killed six people and injured 28.

2018 August 13, Chris Horton, “Hospital Blaze in Taiwan Kills 9 and Injures Dozens”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-13, Asia Pacific:

An invitation Lam said he received from the American Institute in Taiwan, the United States de facto embassy, lists the National Human Rights Museum in Xindian, New Taipei City, as the location for a meeting. Pelosi is not specifically mentioned in the invitation.

2022 August 3, Sarah Wu, “Bookstore owner to ask Pelosi to help Hong Kongers at Taipei meeting”, in Anne Marie Roantree, Lincoln Feast, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2022-08-03, Asia Pacific:


Lion Rock

From lion + rock.
* (Lion Rock, Kowloon): From being a rock formation having a form reminiscent of a crouching lion

The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu island just after noon.

[2022 September 1, “Taiwanese troops shoot down drone over island outpost”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2022-09-01:

The Kinmen command said in a statement on Tuesday evening that soldiers stationed on three islets — Dadan (大膽), Erdan (二膽) and Shiyu (獅嶼) — each detected a Chinese commercial drone flying in restricted areas near their respective outposts at about 4:23pm.

[2022 September 1, Chen Cheng-yu, Jake Chung, “Defense ministry lauded after action against drones”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-31, Front Page, page 1:

Troops on Kinmen's Shi Island (獅嶼) shot down a Chinese civilian-operated drone Thursday, the first such shootdown since Taiwan ordered a more robust response to unauthorized incursions.
In a statement, the Kinmen Defense Command said soldiers stationed on the county's Shi Island (獅嶼) detected an unidentified Chinese drone flying in restricted areas near its outpost at 12:03 p.m. Thursday.

[2022 September 1, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan troops on Kinmen shoot down Chinese drone for first time”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-09-01, Cross-Strait:

After the shoot-down of the drone, Taiwan’s military rushed extra drone jammers — which can disrupt signals of approaching drones — to its bases on Kinmen and Matsu Islands, said Maj. Gen. Chang Jun-Shen of the Kinmen Defense Command. The two islands, with substantial garrisons, send soldiers to Shiyu, or Lion Islet, the tiny outlying island where soldiers shot down the drone. Fewer than 20 soldiers are posted on the islet, defense analysts said.[…]
“There is no evidence these commercial drones flown over outlying islands, including Lion Rock, were under military control,” he said.

2022 September 10, Jane Perlez, Amy Chang Chien, quoting Drew Thompson, “Chinese Drones: The Latest Irritant Buzzing Taiwan’s Defenses”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-11, Asia Pacific:

An island of Kinmen County, Taiwan, in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet


Alian

Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County.

1999, Charles Brewer Jones, “The Early Japanese Period”, in Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:

A community development association in Greater Kaohsiung’s Alian District (阿蓮) and environmental protection groups yesterday called for the protection of farmland owned by Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) and demanded that it not be developed into a metal-processing facility.

2012 July 22, I-chia Lee, “Eco-groups demand farm is protected from industry”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-09-01, Taiwan News, page 3:

According to the Central Weather Bureau, Luzhu District received over 50 millimeters of rain on the morning of the 20th while Cianjhen, Siaogang, Cijin and Alian received over 30 millimeters.

2018 June 20, “高雄地區強降雨 市區馬路變水路! [Heavy Rain in Kaohsiung Leads to City-wide Flooding]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2022-10-19:

This study examined the types of illnesses and health issues of the residents living in the countryside of Alian District, Kaohsiung City. The research methods of the study included structured interviews and coding. The interviewee was a retired doctor who had served at a clinic in the countryside of Alian District.

2019, Chiung-Wei Huang, Zhi-Yuan Su, “Common Chronic Illnesses of the Elderly: An Analysis of a Retired Doctor's Perspectives”, in 2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS), →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-19:

They were caught drunk driving for the second time from April 4-10 in Kaohsiung's Dashu District, Alian District, and Nanzih District, with three found to be driving without a license.

2022 April 28, Keoni Everington, “Photos of 5 repeat DUI offenders posted in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-05-07, Society:


津沙

→ English: Jinsha

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/

(～村) Jinsha (a village in Nangan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan)


Jinhu

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金湖 (Jīnhú).

Kinhu (alternative)
Chinhu (alternative)

Erected in 1812, the Memorial Arch to Ciou Liang-gong’s (Qiu Liang-gong) Mother, on Jyuguang (Juguang) Road in Jinhu District, to the east of Jinning, celebrates the virtuous mother of Ciou Liang-song^([sic – meaning Liang-gong]) (Qiu Liang-gong), a governor-general of Zhejiang province in mainland China who was a resident of Kinmen.

2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 201–202:

Kinmen’s second-largest settlement, SHANWAI (often referred to as Jinhu township), is mostly populated with young soldiers.

2015 August, Simon Foster, Stephen Keeling, “The Taiwan Strait Islands”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), 3rd edition (Travel), Penguin Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 364:

At a press conference Wednesday, the center announced that a pig carcass was found to have drifted ashore in Kinmen's Jinhu Township on Sunday (April 7).

2019 April 11, Keoni Everington, “3rd dead pig found on Kinmen shore tests positive for ASF”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-04-12, Food Safety & Health:

Chiseled into rock in Kinmen County’s Jinhu Township (金湖) are the Chinese characters for one of Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) favorite memes. Translated they read: “Remember our days at Ju” (毋忘在莒), referencing the Warring States period when the armies of the state of Qi were forced to retreat to the city of Ju. Once there, they regrouped and returned to regain their lost territory.

2021 May 26, Jerome Keating, “The Kinmen and Matsu challenge”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-05-25, Editorials:

An urban township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Jinning

Kinning (alternative)
Chinning (alternative)

On Kinmen’s northwest tip, in Jinning District, the Guningtou Battlefield was the scene of a 56-hour bloodbath that began when Communist troops landed on the shore in the early hours of October 24, 1949.[…]
Erected in 1812, the Memorial Arch to Ciou Liang-gong’s (Qiu Liang-gong) Mother, on Jyuguang (Juguang) Road in Jinhu District, to the east of Jinning, celebrates the virtuous mother of Ciou Liang-song (Qiu Liang-gong), a governor-general of Zhejiang province in mainland China who was a resident of Kinmen.

2007, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 2nd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 200–202:

Reaching NTD12,878 in average alcohol spending per capita in 2014, Jinning Township of Kinmen County is defined as outliers for out valuing the other regions; and is accommodated beyond graph boundary. The high alcohol spending in Jinning Township also vastly contributes to the majority of alcohol expenditure of Kinmen County. For examples, the total expenditure in Kinmen County is NTD369,011,239.91 in 2014; while the expenditure of Jinning Township, Kinmen County reaches NTD351,670,052. Moreover, the total expenditure of 2015 in Kinmen County decreased by NTD200 million NTD, which corresponds to the declining total expenditure in Jinning Township, Kinmen County.

2018, Chien-wen Shen et al., “Big Data Visualization of the Alcohol Expenses in Taiwan”, in Data Mining and Big Data: Third International Conference, DMBD 2018, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 219:

Significant differences in place attachment were also founded among those coming from different townships. An ANOVA post hoc test - the Fisher's LSD test - reveals that the place attachment of residents in Jincheng Township and Jinning Township was significantly higher than that of residents in Jinhu Township and Jinsha Township.

2021, Wan-Yu Liu et al., “Impacts of Environmental Change on Place Attachment”, in Joseph S. Chen, editor, Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, volume 16, Emerald Publishing, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108:

According to the Kinmen County Tourism Department website, Wind Lion Gods, or "Wind Lion Masters" (風獅爺) in Chinese, are stone lions originally brought to Kinmen from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in China to protect the group of islands from evil spirits, bad luck and natural disasters, including monsoon winds which are particularly fierce during the winter months.[…]
For those in the county, Chang recommended that visitors check out a chubby yellow wind lion in Jinning Township's Huxia Village that he found particularly cute.

2025 January 29, Wu Wen-jung, Wu Kuan-hsien, “Wind Lion Gods preserve Kinmen's history and folk culture”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2025-01-29, Culture:

A rural township in Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Xiyu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西嶼 (Xīyǔ).

In September 1953, Father Antonio Crotti was sent to Magong. Employing resources from the order, Crotti helped construct a fishing harbor on Dacang Islet (大倉島), two residential areas — Huei Ming New Village and Huei Ming Second Village — for the poor in Magong, as well as breakwaters and simple harbors for smaller boats and bamboo rafts in Xiyu Township (西嶼) and Paisha.

2020 April 17, Lu Chun-yi [盧俊義], “Donations reflect a charitable past”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-04-20, Editorials, page 8:

Coral spawning has been observed off Penghu, along the coasts of Magong City and Xiyu Township, since early May, and the annual phenomenon is likely to continue until July, according to the Council of Agriculture.

2023 May 14, Hsin-Yin Lee, “Coral spawning turns Penghu waters pink”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-05-14, Society:

A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

Taiwan's first Mazu temple, dating back to the 14th century, can be found here, along with the ancient West Fort Xitai on Xiyu and a wealth of restored houses in the southern Fujian style.

2011, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 3rd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192, column 1:

There is much to see and do in Magong City and the adjacent township of Huxi, but even those staying on the islands for just one night should make good use of the bridges and causeways that provide access to the islands of Baisha and Xiyu.[…]
Xiyu was originally known as Yuweng Island, which is why the beacon on its westernmost promontory is called Yuweng Island Lighthouse.

2018 June 4, “The Windswept Allure of Penghu”, in Taiwan Business TOPICS, archived from the original on 2020-09-25:

In the 11 years since he moved from Taipei to one of Taiwan’s outlying Penghu islands for the peace and fishing, Lin Chih-cheng has grown accustomed to the roar of PLA fighter jets puncturing the lull of the surf.
“If there’s a day where they don’t take off, it feels weird,” said Lin, an affable 61-year-old who runs a juice stall with his wife on the western Xiyu Islet.[…]
Xiyu also hosts a radar station that would give vital early warning of any planned attack.

2022 June 17, “On Taiwan’s frontline islands ‘life goes on’ as jets scream overhead”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-18:

An island of Xiyu, Penghu County, Taiwan.


景美

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

/kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

/t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bi⁴¹/

/kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bi⁵³/

(～區) a historical district of Taipei, Taiwan


九份

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ fɐn²²/

/t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵¹/

/kɐu̯³⁵ fɐn²²/

Jiufen (an area of Ruifang district, New Taipei City, Taiwan)


紅毛港

ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄤˇ

ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄍㄤˇ

/xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁵³/

/xʊŋ³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/aŋ²³⁻³³ mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kaŋ⁴¹/

/aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kaŋ⁵³/

Dutch-built harbor in present day Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan


Taiwu

Rainfall totals in excess of 20 inches were measured in the mountains of Taiwan, while Taiwu Township in Pingtung County recorded just over 30 inches of rain.

2016 September 14, Jane Onyanga-Omara, Doyle Rice, “Typhoon Meranti slams into China after battering Taiwan”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-15, Weather:

Pingtung, Taitung and Hualien counties all reported one-day rainfall totals over 19 inches. The mountainous Taiwu Township measured an incredible 31 inches.

2016 September 14, Angela Fritz, “Typhoon Meranti blasted Taiwan, and now it’s headed to China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-15:

The performers are students from the Taiwu Elementary School in Pingtung County’s Taiwu Township (泰武) who belong to the Taiwu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe (泰武古謠傳唱), as well as elders of the Puljetji community.

2017 March 10, Diane Baker, “Highlight: Singing of life and history”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-12, Features, page 13:

Hou has been well regarded since her earlier days editing magazines for Pingtung's Taiwu Township and Mutan Township, with some remarking at the time that "these township magazines are better produced than central government magazines."

2020 September, Lan-Shu (曾蘭淑) Tseng, “公部門刊物華麗變身《Amazing Pingtung》、《本事》 [The Metamorphosis of Government Magazines—Amazing Pingtung and Benshi]”, in 台灣光華雜誌 [Taiwan Panorama], volume 45, number 9, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:

Pingtung's Taiwu Township, meanwhile, has gotten over 1,000 millimeters of rain in the last two days.

2021 October 13, M. Chuang, “圓規外圍雲系發展旺盛 東部.恆春豪雨特報 [Firefighters Rescue Family of Seven in Hualien]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2022-10-19:

A mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.


二膽

→ English: Erdan, Erhtan

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～島) Erdan (an island of Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan)


West Taiwan

A reversal of the People's Republic of China's claim to Taiwan, possibly also a reference to the claims of the Republic of China on Taiwan to Mainland China.

The use of the term "West Taiwan" (西台灣) to mock China has steadily grown in popularity since January 2020 when President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said that Beijing needs to face the reality that Taiwan is already an independent country. At the time, netizens conjured terms such as "Mainland Taiwan," "Taiwanese Beijing," and "West Taiwan" to agitate Chinese nationalists, censors, and trolls.

2021 December 9, Keoni Everington, “German video game ad labels China 'West Taiwan'”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-12-09:

On 3 December 2021, Bytro Labs started advertising their mobile game on Facebook using a map of a tiny China, with a massive West Taiwan to the south, and even an Uyghur nation to the west![…]
Needless to say, the Conflict of Nations: World War 3 advertisement quickly went viral, with Chinese netizens outraged over the map showing West Taiwan and an Uyghur nation.

2021 December 13, Adrian Wong, “WW3 Game Goes Viral With Map Of West Taiwan + Uyghur!”, in TechARP, archived from the original on 2021-12-13, Business + Enterprise Articles + News!:

The pair of images, based on the popular “Hotline Bling” Drake meme, shows a Formosan black bear repulsed by an invitation to study in "West Taiwan," but apparently enthusiastic to do so in Taiwan.

2022 March 30, Carl Samson, “Taiwan’s foreign ministry makes viral 'West Taiwan' meme out of Drake meme”, in NextShark, Yahoo! News, archived from the original on 2022-04-03:

A few satirical maps describing China as “West Taiwan” or “South Mongolia” and “North Hong Kong” are also trending.

2022 August 9, Wichuta Teeratanabodee, Quah Say Jye, “Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit has Revived the Milk Tea Alliance”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 2022-08-09:

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

(chiefly Internet slang, derogatory) People's Republic of China; mainland China.


তাইপে

Borrowed from English Taipei, from Chinese 臺北 /台北 (Táiběi, literally “north Taiwan”).

der

Taipei (the capital and largest city of Taiwan)


東莒

→ English: Dongju, Dongjyu, Tungchu

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～島) Dongju, Dongjyu, Tungchu (an island of Juguang, Lienchiang, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands)


西莒

→ English: Hsichu, Sijyu, Xiju

/ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

(～島) Xiju (an island of Juguang, Lienchiang, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands)


Dongju

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 東莒 (Dōngjǔ).

Dongjyu (alternative)
Tungchu (alternative)

The main Nationalist island bases off Fukien include Big and Little Quemoy, which are within artillery range of Communist-held Amoy; Matsu, forty miles northeast of Foochow, and the Paichuan Islands (Hsichuan and Tungchuan), about fifteen miles southeast of Matsu. Among the major Chekiang bases are the Yüshan Islands, about 160 miles southeast of Shanghai; the Tachen Islands, about thirty miles southeast of Haimen on Taichow Bay, and Peishan about forty miles northeast of Wenchow.

[1972 [1952 November 24], Henry R. Lieberman, “Islands Outposts for War on Peiping”, in O. Edmund Clubb, editor, China, Arno Press, sourced from Hong Kong, The New York Times, December 7, 1952, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 161, column 2:

This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongjyu (Dongju) and Sijyu (Xiju).

2007, Phil Macdonald, “Straits Islands”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1:

This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongju and Xiju. About 600 civilians live on the islands, most in the village of Dapu, in the center of Dongju. At the island's northern tip is the Dongju Lighthouse, buijt by the British after the Opium Wars of the mid-19th century and still in use.

2011, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 3rd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1:

Three ferries per day sail from Nangan to Xiju’s Qingfan Port and Dongju’s Mengao Harbour (departs 🕘 07.00, 11.00 & 14.30; takes 50mins; NTD200 one-way). These boats sometimes stop at Dongju before Xiju; confirm the first destination when buying your ticket. Sailing time between Xiju and Dongju is 15 minutes. Ferries return to Nangan right away.

2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328:

The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.

2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299:

In addition to daily flights often disrupted by fog between March and May from and to Taiwan proper, ferries are the main means of transportation between Taiwan and Matsu and between islands in Matsu, including services from Nangan to Jyuguang Township two main islands -- Dongju and Xiju.

2023 March 6, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan military plane taking meat to frontline troops amid supply shortage”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-03-06, Politics:

Located in the border area of Matsu, Dongju Island (formerly known as Dongquan) has developed relatively slowly compared to the other three townships in Matsu. However, this has also preserved the natural resources, geographical landscapes, and historical assets of Juguang Township.

2023 September 14, “Dongju Community Development Association [東莒社區發展協會]”, in Ministry of Culture, archived from the original on 2023-11-04, Community Builders:

An island of Juguang, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.


Xiju

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西莒 (Xījǔ).

Sijyu (alternative)
Hsichu (alternative)

This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongju and Xiju.[…]Xijyu^([sic]) is a little more lively, but you'll likely be the main attraction, given the island's lack of actual tourist sights.

In the past, stowaways often used intermediaries at sea to pick them up and take them to Nangan (南竿) or Xiju (西莒) islands to wait for an opportunity to sneak into Taiwan proper, she said.

2019 June 19, “Matsu authorities aim to crack down on smuggling”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-06-18, Taiwan News, page 2: