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Chaojhou
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English
thumb|zh 潮州車站 Chaojhou Station
Etymology
From en cmn 潮州 en cmn-tongyong -en 2006 Taiwan place names https://web.archive.org/web/20061001212733/https://pinyin.info/taiwan/place_names.html Pinyin.info zh 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old formszh 潮州鎮 / Chaozhou / Cháozhōu / Chaojhou / Chaochou romanization: Cháojhou.
Proper noun
en Chaozhou.
en https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781843535270/ The Rough Guide to Taiwan w:Rough Guides Stephen Keeling; Brice Minnigh Penguin 2007 978-1-84353-527-0 466340762 510 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781843535270/page/510/ Born in 1866 in Pingdong County in the south of the island, Lin became an outlaw after a brief stint as a Qing dynasty official, but after the Japanese invasion in 1895 he used his bandit experience to organize guerrilla resistance. This culminated in successful attacks on Donggang in 1897, and Chaojhou in 1898 with an army of two thousand that included Paiwan and Hakka troops as well as Taiwanese.
en 2008 Alison Behnke For More Information Taiwan in Pictures Visual Geography Series https://archive.org/details/taiwaninpictures0000behn/ w:Twenty-First Century Books 978-0-8225-7148-3 2006101990 77011652 71 https://archive.org/details/taiwaninpictures0000behn/page/71/ LEE ANG (b. 195 Lee Ang (known in the West as Ang Lee) was born in Chaojhou in southern Taiwan.
en November 07, 2017 Lin Chia-nan Kerry logistics accused of work-related injury cover-up https://web.archive.org/web/20171106234909/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/11/07/2003681829 06 November 2017 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/11/07/2003681829 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 3 The company on Nov. 3 last year asked an employee surnamed Tai (zh 戴) to deliver 10 barrels of silane — a flammable alkaline substance — from Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (zh 潮州) to Sinyuan Township (zh 新園) without telling him what the cargo would be, Tseng said at a news conference on behalf of Tai, adding that the company did not even have a license to deliver the dangerous substance.
en October 25, 2020 George Liao Green iguanas continue to wreak havoc in southern Taiwan w:Taiwan News https://web.archive.org/web/20250318080548/https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/4037440 https://taiwannews.com.tw/news/4037440 March 18, 2025 Environment Agricultural authorities said that the 'Godzilla-like' reptiles have mainly been found in Pingtung City, Wandan Township, Zhutian Township, Linluo Township, Chaojhou Township, and Jiuru Township.People who try to catch the reptiles themselves are advised to watch out for their tails, which they use to attack, and to avoid being bitten, the department said. It went on to advise that those who catch green iguanas measuring 20 centimeters in length should bring them to Pingtung County Bureau of Fire and Emergency Service’s Pingtung and Chaojhou branches to exchange them for agricultural produce.
en 2021/04/25 George Liao Tree-lined country road in southern Taiwan becomes popular destination https://web.archive.org/web/20210425113822/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4186570 25 April 2021 w:Taiwan News 1607-2626 994459033 Travel & Cuisine Chaojhou Township Office Chief Secretary Wang Chien-yuan (zh 王建元) said the scenic Silin Green Tunnel used to be part of a network of sugar railroads on the Pingtung Plain during the era of Japanese rule.
en October 28, 2021 Shelley Shan Wang defends his high-speed rail network idea https://web.archive.org/web/20211027182045/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/10/28/2003766893 27 October 2021 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 Premier Su Tseng-chang (zh 蘇貞昌) on Tuesday said that the government is assessing the possibility of extending the high-speed rail line from Kaohsiung’s Tsoying District (zh 左營) to Pingtung County’s Chaojhou Township (zh 潮州).
en June 19, 2022 Jake Chung Name of new TRA depot must reflect location: Su https://web.archive.org/web/20220618183847/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/06/19/2003780133 18 June 2022 w:Taipei Times 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 At the new Kaohsiung Railway Workshop Depot, which was relocated to Pingtung’s Chaojhou Township (zh 潮州), only 18 workers are needed to service a train within just 40 minutes, Su said.
en April 22, 2025 Pao Chien-hsin Lery Hiciano Pingtung speaker’s vote-buying sentence shortened w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20250422074723/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/04/22/2003835627 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/04/22/2003835627 April 22, 2025 1563-9525 464696902 Taiwan News 2 To help Gou’s petition campaign reach the necessary threshold to run as a candidate in last year’s presidential election, Chou paid Chaojhou Township (zh 潮州) Mayor Chou Pin-chuan (zh 周品全) NT$1.5 million on Sept. 1, 2023, and NT$3.5 million on Sept. 18, 2023, to buy signatures, the Pingtung District Prosecutors’ Office said.Chou Pin-chuan then gave NT$4.5 million of the NT$5 million to Chen Liang-yuan (zh 陳亮源), an employee of the Chaojhou Township Office, and others to recruit people to sign the petition, prosecutors said.
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