Makung

English Etymology Borrowed from en cmn - *馬公 Mǎgōng en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ma³-kung¹. Proper noun en Magong. en 1845 June w:Richard Collinson Sailing Directions for the Panghú, or Pescadore Archipelago, with notices of the islands. w:The Chinese Repository https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor1461unse/ Canton XIV 6 1554371 249 https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor1461unse/page/249/ We may remark here, that the Pescadore Group of islands forms one of the six districts which constitute Táiwán fú zh 臺灣府, the department of Táiwán, or Formosa. The Group is called by the Chinese, in their statistical works, Panghú ting, zh 澎湖廳, or the district of Panghú, and is under the immediate government of a magistrate, a subordinate of the prefect, or chífú, of Formosa. He resides at Mákung (Macon, as the place is called by foreigners), and has under his command a few hundred soldiers. on en April 9, 1885 Summary of the Week's News The Nation https://archive.org/details/sim_nation_1885-04-09_40_1032/ XL 1032 0027-8378 1643268 295 https://archive.org/details/sim_nation_1885-04-09_40_1032/page/295/ 1 The situation of the French troops is better than recent overdrawn accounts have indicated. The French fleet has bombarded the forts defending Pong-Hon and Makung, dismantling the forts and burning the village of Makung. The Chinese garrison suffered severely. en October 5, 1887 TAMSUI. North-China Herald https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1887.10.05/ Shanghai XXXIX 1053 311405954 372 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1887.10.05/page/372/ 3 All that night the weather seems to have remained quiet but in the morning the sea began to rise and the wind to freshen. This with the tide-rush made so great a surf round the vessel that the fishing boats, (which by this time had been brought off by a small official who observed the disaster from his station in Makung,) could do no more than dodge round at a distance. en 24 August 1895 The Formosan Imbroglio. Saturday Review (London newspaper) The Saturday Review https://archive.org/details/saturdayreviewof8018unse/page/225/ 80 2078 230 https://archive.org/details/saturdayreviewof8018unse/page/230/ 2 The Emperor of China sent a high mandarin to meet an official delegated for the purpose by the Mikado, and the island was transferred to the Japanese with all due formality, last month, at Makung, the chief city of the Pescadores. en 1926 H. W. Wilson V Battleships in Action https://archive.org/details/battleshipsinact0001wils/ Toronto w:Ryerson Press I 3055140 82 https://archive.org/details/battleshipsinact0001wils/page/106/ On March 29, Courbet, with a landing force, arrived at the Pescadores and bombarded the weak forts protecting the harbours at Ponghun and Mahung, where landings were effected, and Makung was occupied on March 31. en April 16, 1953 April 15, 1953 Chinese Nationalist Steamer Missing w:The Washington Post https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1953-04-16_28063/ 28063 0190-8286 2269358 29 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1953-04-16_28063/page/n28/ 1 The official Central News Agency said the steamer was sailing from Kaohsiung in southwest Formosa to Makung in the Pescadores Islands. en 1968 November Welcome Home w:All Hands https://archive.org/details/allhands6126unit/page/n684/ 622 0002-5577 2555618 43 https://archive.org/details/allhands6126unit/page/n728/ 1 During the exercise Cavalier steamed to Makung in the Pescadores Islands off Taiwan to pick up units of the Chinese First Marine Division who were to be embarked for landings near Kaohsiung. Cavalier became the largest U. S. ship to call at Makung since World War II. en July 13, 1980 Vietnamese refugees find new life in ROC Free China Weekly zh 自由中國週報 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1980-07-13_21_27/ XXI 27 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1980-07-13_21_27/ 1 The refugees, who are either flown in from Bangkok by China Airlines, or have been picked up at sea by the ROC’s naval craft and fishing boats, are sent to the Indochinese Refugee Center at Paisha in the Penghu (Pescadores) islands, near the county capital of Makung. en 1982 October Geoff Crowther Taiwan — Around the Country Korea & Taiwan: A Travel Survival Kit w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/koreataiwan00geof/ 0908086105 9870743 170 https://archive.org/details/koreataiwan00geof/page/170/ 2 Kaohsiung is where you get the car ferry to Makung, the capital of Pescadores Island (Penghu). en 1997 First Success: The Evolution of Japanese Naval Tactics and the Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895 Kaigun: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology in the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1887-1941 https://archive.org/details/kaigunstrategyta0000evan/ Annapolis w:Naval Institute Press 1848321597 97-11455 808330858 50 https://archive.org/details/kaigunstrategyta0000evan/page/50/ With China’s cession of these territories at the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, Japan acquired a strategic dimension appropriate to the age of imperialism. Not only could the navy establish an important base at Makung (known to Japanese navy men as Bakō) in the Pescadores, but these new semitropical territories could now be considered as stepping stones for a nanshin (southward advance) of Japanese power, commerce, and influence into southern China, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. en May 26, 2002 w:Keith Bradsher Taiwanese Airliner With 225 Aboard Crashes in Sea https://web.archive.org/web/20110216070606/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/world/taiwanese-airliner-with-225-aboard-crashes-in-sea.html 16 February 2011 w:The New York Times The Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan's air safety regulator, said rescuers began finding bodies and wreckage in the water less than three hours later about 12 miles north of Makung, the county seat of the Penghu Islands near the southern end of the Taiwan Strait. en 2002/06/18 Vice President Lu Tours Penghu and Promotes Tourism https://web.archive.org/web/20221010104641/https://english.president.gov.tw/NEWS/519 10 October 2022 zh:中華民國總統府<t:Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)> Reports said that fewer tourists have come to Penghu since the Hong Kong-bound plane crashed off Makung, Penghu, May 25, killing all 206 passengers and 19 crew aboard. en NOVEMBER 17, 2008 Ralph Jennings Taiwan nearing approval for casinos - sources Kim Coghill https://web.archive.org/web/20221009195943/https://www.reuters.com/article/taiwan-casinos-idUKTP29508420081117 09 October 2022 w:Reuters Breaking City News “We don’t want to exceed three licences. We’re not going to be the same as Macau,” said Su Kun-hsiung, mayor of Penghu’s main city Makung, citing concerns about theft and prostitution. Macau, East Asia’s major gaming city, has 28 casinos. en 2011 Barbara Weightman Korea and Taiwan: Tigers Rising Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia https://archive.org/details/dragonstigersgeo0000weig_z1u0/ 3rd w:John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 978-0-470-87628-2 2010050386 689858580 375 https://archive.org/details/dragonstigersgeo0000weig_z1u0/page/375/ The Penghu were colonized by the Portuguese, who named them the Pescadores (Fishermen). Here, fringing reefs provide good shelter for ships and there is an important naval base at Makung. en 2016 Matthew B. Christensen Visiting China A Geek in China: Discovering the Land of Bullet Trains, Alibaba and Dim Sum https://archive.org/details/geekinchinadisco0000chri/ w:Tuttle Publishing 978-0-8048-4469-7 915493681 137 https://archive.org/details/geekinchinadisco0000chri/page/137/ 3 The main city in the Penghu islands is Makung, which can be reached by plane or boat from several of Taiwan’s cities. en 07/02/2017 Kaohsiung-Penghu ferry services suspended Monday due to tropical storm https://web.archive.org/web/20221009205029/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/201707020015 09 October 2022 w:Focus Taiwan Society The Taiwan Navigation Company (TNC) announced Sunday that due to an approaching tropical storm, ferry services between KoahsiungKaohsiung and Makung in offshore Penghu County will be suspended the following day. en 2018/03/09 David Spencer Top 10 alternative things to see and do on Penghu https://web.archive.org/web/20181110120237/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3380635 10 November 2018 w:Taiwan News Travel & Cuisine The Chienyi Tang Chinese Traditional Medicine Store is located is a handsome building to the rear of the main Matsu Temple (zh 澎湖天后宮) in Makung. en President Tsai https://web.archive.org/web/20190523163304/https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/40 23 May 2019 中華民國總統府 Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) President & vice president 2019-04-17 Visits Air Defense Missile Command in Makung, Penghu County, and on behalf of the Taiwan people, shows appreciation and support to our brothers and sisters in uniform for staying on the alert and keeping us informed of China's military actions during this period. en 2019 Yadong Wang; et al. Separation of convective and stratiform precipitation using polarimetric radar data with a support vector machine method w:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210116043551/https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/14/185/2021/ 16 January 2021 14 1 10.5194/amt-14-185-2021 1867-8548 1052656241 In the current work, the SVM precipitation separation approach was developed and validated on a C-band polarimetric radar (RCMK) located at Makung, Taiwan (Fig. 1).Strong downdrafts triggered by this storm caused an aircraft crash at the airport of Makung at 11:06 UTC. en 2019/07/04 History https://web.archive.org/web/20210302035636/https://www.php.moj.gov.tw/284532/670709/670691/670697/674360/post 02 March 2021 zh:法務部矯正署澎湖監獄<t:Penghu Prison, Agency of Corrections, Ministry of Justice> Originally located on Hsinsheng Road in Makung City, the location proved to be inadequate to meet the expanding needs, and in 1986 a new setting was chosen. The new prison was finished and the transfer completed at the end of 1988. en 06 September 2019 Stuart Heaver When maritime disaster all but wiped out Hong Kong’s cricket team – the sinking of the SS Bokhara in 1892 https://web.archive.org/web/20190906082049/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3025830/when-maritime-disaster-all-wiped-out-hong-kong 06 September 2019 w:South China Morning Post https://archive.ph/PBymL On Thursday morning, the castaways were taken to Makung, the capital of Penghu, and placed under the care of the archipelago’s mandarin. en 2020 Fang-Chung (zh 張芳全) Chang 離島地區國中生的家庭社經地位與英語學習成就相關之研究：以父親與自我教育期望為中介變項 The Relationship Between Family Socioeconomic Status and English Learning Achievement of Middle School Students in Outlying Islands: With Fathers and Self-Education Expectations as Mediators 臺北市立大學學報 Journal of University of Taipei 53 1 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221010101427/http://163.21.239.11/dspace/bitstream/987654321/18128/1/3.離島地å%20€åœ‹ä¸%C2%AD生的家åº%C2%AD社經地ä½%20與英語å%C2%AD¸ç¿’æˆ%20.pdf 10 October 2022 10.6336/JUTEE.202206_53(1).0003 2310-2047 868200740 44 This study explores the relationship between family socioeconomic status (SES) and English learning achievement of grade 7 students in Makung, Penghu County. en July 31, 2022 Han Cheung Taiwan in Time: When the Dutch were twice kicked out of Penghu https://web.archive.org/web/20220730175222/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2022/07/31/2003782707 30 July 2022 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Features 13 In August 1624, a fleet of 200 ships and 10,000 troops surrounded Makung and cut off its supply routes. en July 19, 2023 Angelina Why is there a French cemetery in Keelung? zh 雨都漫步 Keelung For A Walk https://web.archive.org/web/20231004233045/https://keelung-for-a-walk.com/attraction/keelung-french-cemetery-20684/ October 04, 2023 Places The shape of the monuments is similar to the war memorial you can find in France too. You can observe the tombs of Dert, the purser of the French Navy, and of Lieutenant Johenne, another officer of the French Navy. Both were initially inhumed at Makung, in Penghu. They were later transferred to the cemetery of Keelung during its 1954 renovations, along the other tombs that laid in Makung. en Further reading en 1952 Makung Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1126 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1126/ 1 en 1998 Makung 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 1848 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1848/ 3