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"text": "In the case of Liouciou township, most of the residents are engaged in fishing related industries, so their living conditions and background are very similar and thus they usually encounter the same living and health issues such as dieting, drinking and disease management.",
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"text": "Photo taken on April 21, 2014 shows mango trees in Liouciou Township in Pingtung County, southeast China's Taiwan. Liouciou township, which locates 8-9 nautical miles away from the Taiwan Island, has an area of 6.8 square meters.",
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"ref": "2021 August 17, Chen Yen-ting, Jonathan Chin, “COVID-19: Siaoliouciou groups call for exemptions for tourism”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-03-13, Taiwan News, page 3",
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"text": "Liouciou Island (Figure 1) is only 6.8 km2 and is primarily coral limestone which is dry and barren and not suitable for cultivation.",
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"ref": "2016 July 27, “小琉球觀光熱潮 垃圾恐破2千公噸 [Visitors leave 2,000 tons of trash in Liouciou]”, in Public Television Service, archived from the original on 2016-07-28",
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