Lianjiang

Liánjiāng English Alternative forms en Lienchiang Lien-chiang Wade-Giles en Lienkiang Postal Pronunciation lyĕn′jyäng′Lienkong 1052 2 Lienkong (lyĕn′gông′), Mandarin Lien-chiang (–jyäng′), en Lienchiang en Lian jiang Etymology 1 Lianjiang County From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 連江. Proper noun en county prefecture-level city/Fuzhou p/Fujian c/People's Republic of China. en https://archive.org/details/transformingruss00rose/ 1982 0-19-502966-6 Transforming Russia and China William G. Rosenberg; w:Marilyn B. Young w:Oxford University Press 293 In Lianjiang, for example, teams of women apparently used collective funds to organize "large-scale play companies" and buy "ancient-style opera costumes. They have even taken young people to study acting. Some teams, in order to maintain play companies, have even asked counter-revolutionaries to direct them. Others have hired play companies from distant places and have continually put on performances." en 02 May 1995 28 April 1995 Zhou Xiang (0719 5046) Matzu Troops Fire at Fishermen, Killing One Daily Report: People's Republic of China https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033823074&seq=121 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service 95-084 0892-0141 1113433 88 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033823074&seq=214 2 When a fishing boat of Huangqi township of Fujian's Lianjiang county, which was engaged in nongovernmental trade, was having a transaction with a Matzu trader near the waters of Matzu island on the afternoon of 23 April, the troops garrisoned in Matzu opened fire at them, killing one and injuring two. en September 7, 2003 David W. Chen For Many Chinese, America's Allure Is Fading w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150527231145/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/world/for-many-chinese-america-s-allure-is-fading.html 27 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/world/for-many-chinese-america-s-allure-is-fading.html 0362-4331 1645522 World In a small store in Tingjiang, across the Min River in Lianjiang County, questions about smuggling people into America prompted a lively discussion. en 2008 Sheldon X. Zhang Chinese Human Smuggling Organizations https://archive.org/details/chinesehumansmug0000zhan/ Stanford, California w:Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-5741-6 210 https://archive.org/details/chinesehumansmug0000zhan/page/210/ A few years ago, this community leader’s wife had “divorced” him, “married” a U.S. citizen, and immigrated to the United States with their two children. He was the only member of his family still in Lianjiang. en https://www.army.mil/article/235558/macarthur_awardee_proud_of_asian_pacific_heritage May 13, 2020 MacArthur awardee proud of Asian-Pacific heritage Gary Sheftick w:Army News Service Mei’s family lived in Lianjiang County, directly across from the island of Taiwan. Beginning in the late 1980s, the people of her county began a massive emigration to western nations like the United Kingdom and the U.S.As a young girl, Mei actually had dreams of someday joining the People’s Liberation Army in China. After beginning school, though, she was impressed with her instructors there and decided to aim her sights instead on becoming a teacher.She attended Lianjiang Shangde High School, which she said is one of the best schools in the area to prepare students for college.“It was very competitive,” she added. https://web.archive.org/web/20260115021912/https://www.army.mil/article/235558/macarthur_awardee_proud_of_asian_pacific_heritage 15 January 2026 en en @alt form:Lienchiang county p/Fujian c/Taiwan ; administrative name for the Matsu Islands. en 1996 T. K. Tong Winberg Chai; w:May-lee Chai Historical Relations zh:中國大陸與臺灣<t:Chinese Mainland and Taiwan: A Study of Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Relations with Documents> https://archive.org/details/chinesemainlandt0000unse/ w:Kendall Hunt Publishing Company 0-7872-2694-7 96-77560 716521762 1019571M 46 https://archive.org/details/chinesemainlandt0000unse/page/46/ With the promulgation of the StatueStatute for the Security and Guidance of Quemoy, Matsu, and the Pratas and Spratly Areas on August 7, 1992, the villagers in Jinmen and Lianjiang (Lienchiang, i.e. Matsu) counties held their first elections in November 1993 respectively to have their county magistrates locally elected. en Jun 09, 2019 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2019/06/09/2003716584 Taiwan in Time: The airwaves of ‘freedom’ Han Cheung w:Taipei Times With programs such as Taiwan’s Advancements and Every Road Leads to Freedom, the Matsu Broadcasting Station (zh 馬祖廣播電台) commenced its daily broadcasts toward the coast of China’s Fujian Province on June 15, 1959.At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, then-political warfare bureau chief Chiang Chien-jen (zh :zh:蔣堅忍 蔣堅忍) announced the station’s objectives: to provide entertainment to the soldiers stationed on the tiny island off the coast of China and to “broadcast the voice of justice and freedom to sway the hearts of our compatriots on the mainland.”According to the Chronicle of Lianjiang County (zh 連江縣誌), that year the station broadcast 1,872 hours of propaganda, leading to 53 communist defections.Although Taiwan had been broadcasting propaganda to China since 1949, the station’s establishment was part of a nationwide effort in 1959 to ramp up its psychological warfare operations. In Matsu, this included upgrading the existing loudspeakers and setting up a facility to send balloons containing propaganda messages. https://web.archive.org/web/20260113185337/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2019/06/09/2003716584 13 January 2026 en May 13, 2024 Jono Thomson Magistrate of Taiwan's Matsu seeks bridge, infrastructure connections with China w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20240513212709/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5685551 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5685551 May 13, 2024 Cross-strait Wang said the ancestral homes of Matsu's people are found in the Lienchiang area (written “Lianjiang” in China), which is now divided between the territories of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People’s Republic of China. “Their bloodline, language, religion, customs, and lifestyles are all extremely similar,” he said. en Alternative forms en Lienkong Postal Fujian/Taiwan Translations county in eastern China; town in eastern China ; alternative form of Lienchiang (Matsu Islands) Chinese: Cantonese: yue 連江 Hokkien: nan-hbl 連江 Liân-kang Mandarin: cmn 連江 Liánjiāng Japanese: ja Polish: pl Lianjiang m-in Etymology 2 Lianjiang, Guangdong From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 廉江. Proper noun en county-level city prefecture-level city/Zhanjiang p/Guangdong c/China. en March 2, 2017 Chen Aizhu Sinopec to start operating Zhanjiang commercial oil tanks; SPR site delayed -sources Christian Schmollinger https://web.archive.org/web/20170302142135/https://www.reuters.com/article/sinopec-oil-storage-idUSL4N1G83QE 02 March 2017 w:Reuters Energy The reserve project, located in Lianjiang county of Zhanjiang city is expected to start operating in early 2018, the sources said, nearly two years behind an earlier timeline estimated by market analysts. en Alternative forms en Limkong Postal Translations county-level city in southern China Chinese: Cantonese: yue 廉江 Mandarin: cmn 廉江 Liánjiāng Japanese: ja Polish: pl Lianjiang m-in References Further reading en 1998 Lianjiang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1728 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1728/ 3