Hsichu

English Etymology 1970s, from en cmn 西莒 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Hsi¹-chü³. Proper noun en Xiju. en June 03, 1977 REPORTED GROC ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRING AT PRC AIRCRAFT IN VICINITY OF MATSU https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1977-127151/ 2009 !1977STATE128240 Department of State Cable 1 https://archive.org/details/State-Dept-cable-1977-127151/ 1. THE EMBASSY HAS JUST LEARNED THAT ADMIRAL SOONG, CHIEF OF GS, MND, HAS INFORMED COMUSTDC BY LETTER DATED MAY 9 (NOT RECEIVED UNTIL MAY 18) THAT ON APRIL 30, A FLIGHT OF FOUR PRC FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 20,000 FEET AND 450 NM/PER HOUR "INTRUDED INTO THE AIRSPACE OF TUNGCHU AND HSICHU OF OUR MATSU AREA". SOONG FURTHER ADVISED THAT "THE INTRUDING AIRCRAFT THEN ESCAPED UPON THE FIRING OF OUR ADA UNITS". SOONG INTERPRETS INCIDENT AS MANIFESTING PRC INTENT "TO MAKE PROVOCATIONS"; AND THAT "THIS PROVOCATIVE ACT MIGHT LEAD TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR MUTUAL DEFENSE POSTURE". SOONG ASKS COMUSTDC TO "TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS IN ORDER TO PREVENT ESCALATION OF THE STRAINED SITUATION IN THE TAIWAN STRAITS". en August 01, 1980 19 July 1980 Ching-kuo Chiang President Chiang Ching-kuo continues his period of mourning and finds that visits to countryside and people give him renewed strength https://web.archive.org/web/20200517074534/https://taiwantoday.tw/print.php?unit=4&post=5149 17 May 2020 w:Taiwan Today In the morning I had a discussion with military leaders, then left for Hsichu, where I was brief­ed by the commander and visited the troops.At noon I called at Chingfan Village and saw that living conditions were much improved. Every family has vegetables and frequently meat. I took a boat across the strait to Tungchu. en March 19, 1996 TAIWAN: MATSU ISLANDS ARE ANCHOR OF TAIWAN'S LINE OF DEFENCE https://archive.is/McpK5 31 March 2023 https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=a651788eeab4c37ef7c5a6a0b624b1b1 w:AP News One of the least defended islands of the chain, Hsichu, and another island, Tungchu, are regarded by locals as potential targets for Chinese attack. en March 19, 1996 Edward A. Gargan Off China, Isle Waits Nervously w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150526165637/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/19/world/off-china-isle-waits-nervously.html 26 May 2015 0362-4331 1645522 World https://archive.is/wKvkv This morning, Chao Chuan-sun, the county head from Matsu, festooned in campaign buttons and a hat proclaiming his support for President Lee, clambered into a boat heading for Hsichu, Tungchu's neighbor. "I'm going to the island because it is closest to the exercise," he said. en 1997 Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific https://books.google.com/books?id=wP9WAAAAMAAJ w:British Broadcasting Corporation 3090-3102 28685680 12 Chuang was attacked and abducted by mainland fishermen on 11th October near Hsichu island, part of the ROC-governed Matsu island group, while searching their fishing vessel which had been detained for illegal entry into ROC en 1998 Robert Storey Islands of the Taiwan Straits Taiwan w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/ 4th 0-86442-634-8 970524541 8314799M 323 https://archive.org/details/taiwan00stor/page/323/ 1 The main centre of business on Hsichu is Chingfan Village (qīngfán cūn), which has some reasonably good restaurants but no accommodation. en 2000 May Keyuan Zou Redefining the Legal I Status of the Taiwan Strait The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238425389_Redefining_the_Legal_I_Status_of_the_Taiwan_Strait 15 2 10.1163/157180800X00091 0927-3522 27907296 247 The main island of the complex is Nankan, more commonly known as Mazu, from the name of the major port of the island. It is 114 nautical miles north-west of Keelung, the port city on the northern tip of Taiwan, and is the same distance north of the Jinmen Islands. Other major islands of the group are Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungyin, Hsiyin, Tungchu and Hsichu. https://web.archive.org/web/20250814211448/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238425389_Redefining_the_Legal_I_Status_of_the_Taiwan_Strait 14 August 2025 en 2010-06-07 Jurisdiction https://web.archive.org/web/20210517193050/https://www.ljc.moj.gov.tw/292014/292015/292018/596604/post 17 May 2021 zh:福建連江地方檢察署<t:Fuchien Lienchiang District Prosecutors Office> https://archive.is/ZuuJ9 Lienchiang County has four townships – Nangan, Beigan, Jyuguang (Dungchu, Hsichu) and Dongyin. Its total size is 29.6 square kilometers; its population is a little over 9000. en 2017 May Piera Chen; Dinah Gardner Taiwan's Islands Lonely Planet Taiwan w:Lonely Planet https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000chen/ https://books.google.com/books?id=73fDDgAAQBAJ Travel 10th Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 978-1-78657-439-8 992727890 299 https://archive.org/details/taiwan0000chen/page/299/ The islands of Jyuguang Township (zh 莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (zh 東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (zh 西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery. en Further reading Hsichu Anagrams en chhisu Chu-hsi