Ch'ung-ming

English thumb|Map including CH'UNG-MING and CH'UNG-MING TAO (Army Map Service AMS, 1955) Etymology From en cmn 崇明 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Chʻung²-ming².Chongming Island, (Wade-Giles romanization) Ch’ung-ming Tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Chongming. en 1937 w:Michael Calvert Jon E. Lewis Shanghai The Giant Book of Battles https://archive.org/details/giantbookofbattl0000lewi/ London Magpie Books 2006 978-1-84529-362-8 799269048 129 https://archive.org/details/giantbookofbattl0000lewi/page/129/ Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base. en 1976 Lawrence D. Kessler K'ang-hsi and the Consolidation of Ch'ing Rule, 1661–1684 https://archive.org/details/kanghsiconsolida0000kess/ w:University of Chicago Press 0-226-43203-3 75-20897 802832661 5198222M 91 https://archive.org/details/kanghsiconsolida0000kess/page/91/ Cheng's presence along the southeast coastline made the Manchus nervous about the security of Ch'ung-ming island off the Kiangsu coast, which they promptly reinforced. en 2016 Daniel Bacon 15 Frisco https://archive.org/details/frisco0000baco/ Fiction Quicksilver Press 978-0-9646804-4-9 948616144 108 https://archive.org/details/frisco0000baco/page/108/ The ship steamed past Ch'ung-ming Island and veered south into the Whangpu River, a quarter-mile wide tributary flanked on both sides by dirt levees. en Translations Chongming References