Chin-men

Chinmen English thumb|Map including Kinmen (labeled as zh 金門 CHIN-MEN (QUEMOY)) and surrounding area (Army Map Service AMS, 1954) Etymology From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of the en cmn 金門// Chin¹-mên².Quemoy Island, island, Taiwan, Chinese (Wade-Giles) Chin-men Tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Kinmen. en 1989 w:Wing-tsit Chan Chu Hsi and Chin-men (Quemoy) Chu Hsi New Studies https://archive.org/details/chuhsinewstudies0000chan/ Honolulu w:University of Hawaii Press 0-8248-1201-8 89-4799 246807084 561 https://archive.org/details/chuhsinewstudies0000chan/page/561/ Chʻiu was a native of Hsiao-teng Township, Chin-men, and was also a fourth-generation pupil of Chu Hsi.⁸ The list of outstanding men of Chin-men in section 4 of chapter 9 includes only Chʻiu Kʻuei, thus indicating that the other Tʻung-an natives were not from Chin-men. en https://archive.org/details/changinggeograph0000unse/ 1992 The Changing Geography of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau Richard Louis Edmonds The Changing Geography of Asia Graham P. Chapman; Kathleen M. Baker w:Routledge 0-415-05707-8 1010539844 1563276M 160 https://archive.org/details/changinggeograph0000unse/page/160/ Since 1949, Taiwan has remained under Nationalist (Kuomintang) control along with the off-shore islands of Chin-men (Kinmen) and Ma-tsu (Lien-chiang County) in Fujian Province. Chin-men and Lien-chiang County are to end their period of direct military rule and to elect their first country magistrates in 1993. en 2003 w:Tu Cheng-sheng Paul Cooper Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century https://archive.org/details/ilhaformosaemerg00duzh/ 474225446 53 https://archive.org/details/ilhaformosaemerg00duzh/page/53/ He was succeeded by his eldest son, Cheng Ching (zh 鄭經), who pulled out of Amoy and Chin-men (zh 金門) not long after taking the reigns from his father. en 2004 October w:National Intelligence Council Introduction (English) Tracking the Dragon: National Intelligence Estimates on China During the Era of Mao, 1948-1976 https://archive.org/details/tracking_the_dragon__national_intelligence_estimates_on_china_during_the_era_of_mao_1948_1976/ w:Government Printing Office 0-16-073173-9 56836699 xix https://archive.org/details/tracking_the_dragon__national_intelligence_estimates_on_china_during_the_era_of_mao_1948_1976/page/n20/ When the PLA artillery units across from Chin-men began shelling the island heavily in late August 1959, the National Security Council requested an Estimate on Chinese Communist intentions. SNIE 100-9-58 reiterated that the actions were intended to test U.S. and “Republic of China” government intentions, but that China’s armed forces, while they had the capability to attack the offshore islands, were “probably deterred because of their fear of U.S. intervention.” Translations Kinmen References Further reading Anagrams en cehimnn inchmen minchen en Taiwan