Kulangsu

English Etymology From en cmn - 鼓浪嶼 Gǔlàngxù. Proper noun en Gulangyu. en https://archive.org/details/manualofmissions01lowr/mode 1854 John C. Lowrie A Manual of Missions; Or, Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church Anson D. F. Randolph, 683 Broadway New York 2948177 53 https://archive.org/details/manualofmissions01lowr/page/52/mode/ Accordingly it was deemed expedient for Mr. McBryde to occupy a station on Kulangsu, a small island close by the city of Amoy. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103767/mode 1903 Robert S. Rait The Life And Campaigns Of Hugh, First Viscount Gough, Field-Marshal I Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd. 470247778 210 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.103767/page/n245/mode/ Sir William Parker and Sir Hugh Gough agreed that a simultaneous attack must be made upon the fortifications of the two islands of Amoy and Kulangsu; that in each case a frontal attack was to be made by the navy, while the land forces made an attempt to carry the batteries in reverse. We shall follow, in the first place, the fortunes of the attack on Kulangsu. en 1953 w:John King Fairbank Trade and Diplomacy on the China Coast: The Opening of the Treaty Ports, 1842–1854 https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.536630/ paperback Stanford, Cal. w:Stanford University Press 1969 69-10365 1070509959 21323592M 202 https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.536630/page/202/ The Fukien authorities in their memorials made no mention of any promise to Gribble: barbarians were residing on Kulangsu until the indemnity should be paid up, but formal permission for permanent consular residence was another matter, which they referred to the imperial commissioner. Pottinger supported Gribble’s request, but Ch’i-ying throughout 1844 consistently and strongly supported the provincial authorities in objecting to the threatened use of Kulangsu for residential purposes after its military evacuation, fearing that this would really prevent Chinese recovery of the island. en Translations Gulangyu