Penghu

Pénghú P'eng-hu English Penghu County thumb|zh 澎湖縣政府PENGHU COUNTY HALL Alternative forms en P'eng-hu Pênghu also from _ Wade-Giles Etymology From the Wade-Giles romanization of en cmn 澎湖 Pénghú, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pʻêng²-hu². Pronunciation pŭng′ho͞o′Penghu Island 1449 3 Penghu Island (pŭng′ho͞o′), Chinese P’eng-hu Tao (dou), Jap. [Japanese] Boko-to (bō′kō-tō′) or Hoko-to (hō′-), en uː 2 en Peng hu en Proper noun en insular county of country/Taiwan. 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 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1978-12-17_19_50/ December 17, 1978 Home in Penghu for Vietnam refugees Free China Weekly XIX 50 Taipei 2 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1978-12-17_19_50/page/n1/ A total of 829 Vietnamese refugees is now being cared for in Penghu (the Pescadores) with the assistance of the Free China Relief Association (FCRA) and military personnel on the islands between Taiwan and the mainland of China.. . .A special bank account has been opened at a post office in Penghu to collect the cash donations for future distribution to the refugees.The Penghu county government is planning to set up an overseas middle school on the island for young refugees. en 23 July 2014 TransAsia Airways Taiwan crash leaves dozens dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140724031348/http://www.france24.com/en/20140723-taiwan-transasia-airways-emergency-landing-deadly/ 24 July 2014 w:France 24 The aircraft took off from Taiwan’s southern city of Kaohsiung, headed for the island of Makong, but crash-landed in Huxi township of Penghu County, the main island of an archipelago also known as the Pescadores.“It was thunderstorm conditions during the crash,” said Hsi Wen-guang, a spokesman for the Penghu County Government Fire Bureau. en 2022/09/01 George Liao High-speed ferry services between Taiwan’s Tainan and Penghu resume operation https://web.archive.org/web/20220902134146/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4645062 02 September 2022 w:Taiwan News The high-speed passenger ship Natchan Rera resumed operation on Wednesday (Aug. 31) to ply the route between Tainan’s Anping Harbor and the outlying island county of Penghu three days a week, according to a press release from Tainan’s Tourism and Travel Bureau. en Short for Penghu Island, the largest of the Pescadores, an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait, part of the Republic of China (Taiwan) en https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabri21chisrich/ 1911 PESCADORES w:Encyclopædia Britannica 21 282 The anchorage is at Mako (Makyū or Makun) on the principal island of Penghu. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80805/ 1926 The Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China w:Hosea Ballou Morse w:Clarendon Press 1 48 From his base at Amoy the Emperor Kanghi dispatched a fleet of 600 junks against Formosa. In two naval battles, on July 1 and 7, 1683, they defeated the Formosans, and occupied Penghu, one of the Pescadores Islands, forming the key of Taiwan. en https://archive.org/details/americanaannual029885mbp/ 1946 PESCADORES The American Annual An Encyclopedia of the Events of 1945 Americana Corporation 593 The Japanese constructed a formidable naval base at Mako (Makung Harbor), on Penghu, largest of the islands. en July 18, 1975 ULCCs plan goes ahead Marine Week https://archive.org/details/sim_marine-week_1975-07-18_2_29/ London 2 29 0306-347X 1794340 7 https://archive.org/details/sim_marine-week_1975-07-18_2_29/page/n6/ 2 Mr. Tung apparently plans to lay up 10 tankers at Penghu, an island off West Taiwan (see map, page 1). en March 15, 1996 w:Jonathan Mirsky Taiwan President visits islanders to bolster morale w:The Times https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1996UKEnglish/Mar%2015%201996%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365528%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/ 65,528 0140-0460 502384265 Overseas News 15 https://archive.org/details/NewsUK1996UKEnglish/Mar%2015%201996%2C%20The%20Times%2C%20%2365528%2C%20UK%20%28en%29/page/n14/ 1 Mr Lee descended on Penghu, one of the Pescadores, with a population of 90,000, in the afternoon, immediately after military jets had buzzed the airstrip to ensure his safety. Penghu lies in the middle of the Taiwan Strait.Addressing a large rally, he compared himself to the native goddess Matsu, who gave her life for others. "Your President should love and protect the people like her," he said. "Matsu will not abandon Penghu, and I will not either." Short for Penghu Islands, the Pescadores collectively. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.5543/ 1947 China Handbook Hollington Tong Hollington K. Tong 33 FORMOSADuring the Cairo Conference in November, 1943, it was agreed among President Chiang Kai-Shek, President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Churchill that China should recover all the territories she had lost to Japan, including Fomosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores (Penghu) Islands ceded to the invaders after the first Sino-Japanese War in 1894-95. en https://archive.org/details/sim_focus-on-geography_1966-12_17_4/ 1966 December Taiwan 17 4 Focus w:American Geographical Society Alice Taylor 4 https://archive.org/details/sim_focus-on-geography_1966-12_17_4/page/n3/ In the Penghu Islands, the fourth agricultural region, scanty rainfall, poor soils, and strong winds, limit agricultural production to sweet potatoes and peanuts. en 2004 Phil Macdonald National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan w:National Geographic Society 9780792265559 54962554 32 Koxinga's son Jheng Jing succeeded his father and ruled for the next 20 years until his death, when his son, only 12 years old, was placed on the throne. A year later, in 1684, the Jheng navy was all but wiped out near the Penghu Islands. en July 1, 2016 Austin Ramzy Taiwan Navy Accidentally Fires Antiship Missile, Killing Fisherman w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20160701084913/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/taiwan-china-missile.html 01 July 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/taiwan-china-missile.html 0362-4331 1645522 Sinosphere The supersonic missile flew for about two minutes toward the Penghu Islands, in the direction of China, but did not cross the midway line in the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China, said the official, Vice Adm. Mei Chia-shu. en August 15, 2022 Ryan Woo; Ben Blanchard Himani Sarkar; Robert Birsel; Raissa Kasolowsky Angry China stages more drills near Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit https://web.archive.org/web/20220815144648/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-stages-more-drills-near-taiwan-us-lawmakers-visit-2022-08-15/ 15 August 2022 w:Reuters Asia Pacific The theatre command said the exercises took place near Taiwan's Penghu islands, which are in the Taiwan Strait and are home to a major air base, and showed close up video of the islands taken by a Chinese air force aircraft. en 2022/09/01 George Liao High-speed ferry services between Taiwan’s Tainan and Penghu resume operation https://web.archive.org/web/20220902134146/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4645062 02 September 2022 w:Taiwan News Penghu, an archipelago made up of 97 islands, is located in the middle of the Taiwan Strait. en Synonyms en Pescadores Translations island group in the Taiwan Strait Chinese: Cantonese: yue 澎湖 paang4 wu4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 澎湖 Phêⁿ-ô͘ Mandarin: cmn 澎湖 Pénghú Japanese: ja 澎湖 ほうこ, Hōko Vietnamese: vi Bành Hồ References Further reading Penghu, P'eng-hu, Peng-hu en 1998 Penghu Islands or Pescadores Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2398 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2398/ 3 en Counties of Taiwan