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"ref": "1903, James W. Davidson, “The Formosan Camphor Industry”, in The Island of Formosa Past and Present, page 209",
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"ref": "1958 April, “Taiwan (Formosa)”, in Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 20, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, page 74",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1982 September 12, “First national park: 'Hawaii of the Far East'”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 36, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3",
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"ref": "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",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "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",
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"ref": "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",
"text": "In Penghu County, an archipelago west of Taiwan, the wind gusted to 134 mph. Hengchun township reported gusts to 113 mph.",
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"ref": "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",
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"ref": "1958 April, “Taiwan (Formosa)”, in Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 20, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, page 74",
"text": "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.",
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"ref": "1982 September 12, “First national park: 'Hawaii of the Far East'”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 36, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3",
"text": "Chialoshui is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Hengchun Peninsula 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) east of the town of Hengchun.",
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"ref": "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",
"text": "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.",
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"text": "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.",
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"ref": "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",
"text": "In Penghu County, an archipelago west of Taiwan, the wind gusted to 134 mph. Hengchun township reported gusts to 113 mph.",
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"text": "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.",
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