Hsin-chu

Hsinchu English Etymology From en cmn 新竹 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsin¹-chu². Pronunciation shĭnʹjo͞oʹ Proper noun 1 1 en Hsinchu. en https://archive.org/details/diplomaticconsul1280grea/ 1893 August Report for the Year 1892 on the Foreign Trade of China Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance London w:Harrison and Sons 23–24 https://archive.org/details/diplomaticconsul1280grea/page/n30/ The railway has been extended south, nearly to Hsin-chu (Teckcham on the maps), and trains now run from Taipei to Kelung—20 miles, and about 35 miles to the south-west. en https://archive.org/details/chinesetheaterin0000crum_i8y2/ 1895 Formosa John Dodd (tea merchant) John Dodd w:Scottish Geographical Magazine XI XI T. and A. Constable Edinburgh 567 https://archive.org/details/scottishgeograph11scotuoft/page/567/ During the eighteenth century Chinese immigrants continued to pour into the country, and soon Hakka and Fo-kienese villages sprang up all along the coast. On their arrival they were sent inland by the local authorities in search of suitable localities outside the territory already cleared by other pioneers. Large towns sprang up in course of time, like Tai-wan-fu with its 200,000 inhabitants, Ka-gi or Ka-i to the west of Mount Morrison, and Chang-hua a little north of lat. 24″, and, in the north, Teckcham, the local name for Hsin-chu, the populous town of Banka with 40,000 inhabitants, and Twa-tu-tia with 20,000 to 30,000. en 1999 w:Humphrey Hawksley; Simon Holberton Dragon Strike (novel) Dragon Strike https://archive.org/details/dragonstrike00hawk/ w:St. Martin's Press 0-312-20531-7 99-045344 1038161002 9462453M 370 https://archive.org/details/dragonstrike00hawk/page/370/ Our best guess is that Beijing, which as you can see is well informed about affairs on Taiwan, has acted on the belief that General Yen was an ally and that the Taiwanese military is deeply divided. We further believe that the troops landed at Hsin-chu are no more than a token, symbolic force and are not intended to spearhead a major invasion. en 2010 Krystina Castella Persimmon Festival Cakes A World of Cake https://archive.org/details/chinesetheaterin0000crum_i8y2/ w:Storey Publishing 978-1-60342-576-6 2010020752 769039593 265 https://archive.org/details/worldofcake150re0000cast/page/265/ The Taiwanese city of Hsin-chu is famous for its dried-persimmon cake, and this recipe takes that cake as its inspiration. en 2013 w:George Katsiaficas Asia's Unknown Uprisings https://archive.org/details/Asias_unknown_uprisings_V2_9781604868562/ 2 w:PM Press 978-1-60486-488-5 2011917551 1223385445 26155733M In Hsin-chu in the northwest, crowds set fire to the city hall, the Monopoly Bureau branch office, the courthouse, information office, and mainlanders' dormitories. Translations Hsinchu Further reading en 1998 Hsin-chu or Xinzhu 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 1319 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1319/ 2 Hsin-chu, in Encyclopædia Britannica