Lienkiang

English Alternative forms en Lienkiáng Etymology 1 From the en cmn 連江. Proper noun en Lianjiang. en 1893 w:Good Words https://books.google.com/books?id=xYlMAAAAMAAJ 34 Alexander Strahan and Company 708 hundred miles south of Ningpo, relates that on the short of a pleasant lake outside the gates of Lienkiang there is an ancient tomb guarded by two colossal statues, the one of a military, the other of a civil dignitary, which stand facing each other. en https://archive.org/details/acd5869.0038.001.umich.edu/ June 1941 The "China Incident" Lin Yu w:A. V. H. Hartendorp 38 6 Philippine Magazine 245 In Foochow the fighting was gradually turning in China's favor. Fuching and Lienkiang on the coast were harrassed by the Chinese, while northwest of the fallen provincial capital of Fukien, Chinese forces gradually gained the upper hand. Despite Japanese reinforcements, Chinese guerillas filtered in to the very outskirts of Foochow, which made the Japanese remove their puppet "government" to Pagoda Anchorage. en https://archive.org/details/oddday00copp 1962 The Odd Day DeWitt S. Copp w:William Morrow and Company 66 The islands prevented Communist shipping from making use of two big ports, Foochow on the Min River and Lienkiang on the Tai River. en Lienchiang. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226178/ 1959 China Yearbook 1958-1959 Sampson C. Shen Taipei, Taiwan China Publishing Co. 1019-374X 185496792 99 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226178/page/n117/ Matsu IslandsLike the Kinmens, the Matsu Islands are part of Fukien Province. A political affairs commission is the administrative organ, supported by the Lienkiang Hsien Government. They form the northern anchor of the offshore defense line and seal the mouth of the Min River. en https://archive.org/details/pictorialhistory02taip/ A Pictorial History of the Republic of China : Its Founding and Development 2 1981 Internet Archive Taipei Modern China Press 528 Outlying the island of Kinmen, the Matsu Islands are well known to the world because of its valiant defense. These consist of Kaoteng, Peikan, Nankan, Tungchuan and Sichuan and spread out at the mouth of the Min River. They form a part of Lienkiang county, Fukien. en https://archive.org/details/administrativesu0000lawg/ 1999 Administrative Subdivisions of Countries : A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 Gwillim Law w:McFarland & Company 356-357 Fukien province consists of two island groups, each constituting a hsien. One of them is Kinmen (islands of Quemoy (Kinmen), Tatan Tao, Hsiaochinmen Tao, Tungting Tao). The other is Lienkiang (islands of Matsu, Changhsu Chan, Tungyin Tao, Tungchuan Tao). Translations Lianjiang Lienchiang Etymology 2 From the en cmn 廉江. Proper noun en Lianjiang. en https://archive.org/details/administrativesu0000lawg/ 1972 A Chronology of the People's Republic of China from October 1, 1949 Peter Cheng w:Rowman and Littlefield 99 Among the new lines built and put into operation this year are the Paotow-Lanchow line, and the one linking Lienkiang with Mowming. Translations Lianjiang