Lieyu

English Lieyu Township, Kinmen County Alternative forms en Lieh-yü Liehyu Wade-Giles Etymology From pinyin romanization of en cmn - *烈嶼 Lièyǔ. Pronunciation lyĕ′yü′ en Lie yu Proper noun en rural township county/Kinmen c/Taiwan. JUNE 7, 2016 Michael Forsythe Caught Between China and Taiwan, and Leaning Toward China https://web.archive.org/web/20160607135748/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/world/asia/china-taiwan-kinmen-lieyu.html June 07, 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/world/asia/china-taiwan-kinmen-lieyu.html Asia Pacific Lieyu Township, encompassing what is known as Lesser Kinmen Island, is not controlled by the People’s Republic of China, nor is the much larger Kinmen Island nearby, even though both sit on the approaches to one of the mainland’s busiest ports. en March 9, 2022 Ben Blanchard; Yew Lun Tian Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now Clarence Fernandez https://web.archive.org/web/20220309105612/https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-says-china-is-too-busy-with-party-congress-raise-tensions-now-2022-03-09/ 09 March 2022 w:Reuters World The flag of Taiwan is seen painted on Shihyu Islet in front of Xiamen, a coastal city in China, in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2021. en island rural township/Lieyu county/Kinmen c/Taiwan. en November 10, 1937 November 1, 1937 JAPANESE WARSHIPS OFF AMOY North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1937.11.10/ Shanghai CCV 3666 311405954 211 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1937.11.10/page/211/ 1 Japanese blue jackets, who occuipied the Liehyu Islet "to the west. of the Quemoy Island on October 28, have been withdrawn, but those who landed on the Quemoy Island, numbering more than 1,000, and all belonging to Manchoukuo and Formosan armies, are still there. on en 1998 Robert Storey Islands of the Taiwan Straits Taiwan w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/ 4th 0-86442-634-8 970524541 8314799M 317 https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/page/317/ 2 Liehyu Island is another one of those 'Koxinga Slept Here' attractions. Koxinga's Well (guó xìng jǐng) is where the great warrior took a drink, and has since become a favourite pilgrimage spot for Taiwanese tour groups. on en 2004 Phil Macdonald National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan w:National Geographic Society 9780792265559 54962554 206 From the pier at Sijhai (Xizhai) Village on Lieyu, you pass through Victory Gate—celebrating Nationalist troop heroics against the mainland Communists—and throuh to the Bada Memorial, which honors local soldiers who died in 1933 fighting in the Sino-Japanese War. en JUNE 7, 2016 Michael Forsythe Caught Between China and Taiwan, and Leaning Toward China https://web.archive.org/web/20160607135748/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/world/asia/china-taiwan-kinmen-lieyu.html 07 June 2016 Asia Pacific Cold War-era steel barricades on the shores of Taiwan’s Lieyu Island. The Chinese city of Xiamen is just over three miles away. en 07/29/2022 Watchdog urges reinvestigation of 1987 killing of Vietnamese refugees https://web.archive.org/web/20220729025453/https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202207290003 29 July 2022 w:Focus Taiwan According to the report, a total of 20 Vietnamese refugees were shot dead by Taiwanese soldiers from the Army's 158th Division that was responsible for the defense of Kinmen at that time, either immediately after coming ashore on the county's Lieyu Island or later on a boat stranded off the island. en Synonyms island en Little Quemoy en Lieh Hsü Translations rural township in Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan (ROC) named for its main island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 烈嶼 lit6 zeoi6 Hokkien: nan-hbl 烈嶼 Lia̍t-sū Mandarin: cmn 烈嶼 Lièyǔ