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"text": "Ying-ying answered apologetically, feeling that she had been reprimanded. “I got married last year in T’ai-tung.",
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"text": "The Central Range plunges abruptly to the sea along the eastern coast, except for an area north of Tʻai-tung, where the Tʻai-tung Rift Valley and a short coastal ridge farther to the east are located.",
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"ref": "(Can we date this quote?), “Know how the stunning coastline of T'ai-tung county in Taiwan is an ideal destination for the open surfing competition”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on 2021-04-22",
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