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Juguang
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jǔguāng
English
Juguang, Lienchiang
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Alternative forms
en Chukuang Wade-Giles
en Jyuguang Tongyong Pinyin
Etymology
Late 20th c., from the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn - 莒光 Jǔguāng the glory of Ju. The glory of Ju references the spirit of recovering a lost country following the example of Tian Dan when he recovered the state of Qi from the small base area of Ju; the spirit of building a hardworking, thrifty military to carry forward the mission of the recovery of lost territory.en 2021 Lin Wei-Ping History of the Matsu Archipelago Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=-URFEAAAQBAJ Cambridge University Press 10.1017/9781009023481 978-1-316-51937-0 2021025024 1246623107 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=-URFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA22 The new ones generally connote military or governmental ideology; for example, Baiquan (White Dog) was renamed as Juguang (an allusion to a historical allegory about recovering national territory), By analogy, to apply to the situation of the Republic of China on Taiwan and mainland China under the People's Republic of China.
Pronunciation
jü′gwäng′
en Ju guang
Proper noun
en rural township and island group of county/Lienchiang c/Taiwan in the Matsu Islands.
en 21 March 1996 18 March 1996 He Jixiong (0149 2623 7160)<t:zh 何机雄> There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands Daily Report: China !96-056 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036099052&seq=575 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Hong Kong ZHONGGUO TONGXUN SHE zh 0892-015X 7522935 76 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015036099052&seq=656 1 Located at the northern end of the exercise area, Mazu Dao consists of Dongju [Tungchu] and Xiju [Hsichu] Islets. Formerly under the administration of Fujian's Lianjiang County, it is now called Four Townships and Five Islets. Prior to the Spring Festival, residents on Mazu's Juguang [Chukuang] Islet grew anxious amid reports that the mainland military would soon conduct exercises. Some residents withdrew their bank deposits. On 17 March, more than 70 island residents left for Taiwan on the Navy's AP [expansion unknown] transport ship. According to island residents, some 150 people plan to leave the island temporarily, and they account for one half of the current population.
en 2005-09-09 President Chen Receives the Delegation from the Chinese-American Elected Officials https://web.archive.org/web/20260511000817/https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/2030 11 May 2026 https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/2030 zh:中華民國總統府<t:Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)> The president said that from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. he had travelled to the Matsu County to visit seven of its islands, including Nangang, Beigan, Dongyin, Liangdao, Gaodeng, and the Jyuguang island. on
en March 16, 2019 Chia-nan Lin Kinmen halts transport of pork due to infected swine https://web.archive.org/web/20191106202112/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/03/16/2003711576 06 November 2019 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Front Page 1 It was the third infected pig carcass found in the nation’s outlying islands, following dead hogs found in Kinmen’s Jinsha Township (zh 金沙) in December last year and in Lienchiang County’s Jyuguang Township (zh 莒光) in January, Council of Agriculture data showed. on
en FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Yimou Lee; Ben Blanchard China's latest weapon against Taiwan: the sand dredger Peter Hirschberg https://web.archive.org/web/20210205123227/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-china-security-idUSKBN2A51EJ 05 February 2021 w:Reuters APAC DAMAGED CABLESOn five occasions last year, the dredgers damaged undersea communication cables between Nangan and Juguang, another isle in the Matsu group, the three Taiwanese officials told Reuters. Mobile phone and internet services for the islanders were disrupted, they said. There were no such incidents in 2019.
en
Synonyms
en Baiquan, en Paichuan, en White Dogs
Translations
insular rural township
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 莒光
Mandarin: cmn 莒光 Jǔguāng
References
Further reading
Juguang, Chukuang, Chu-kuang