Liuqiu

English Liouciou Township Alternative forms en Liuchiu Wade-Giles en Liouciou Tongyong Pinyin en Loochoo, en Loo Choo, en Lewchew, en Lew Chew, en Luchu, en Liqueo, en Lequio, en Liquea, en Lieuchieu, en Liukiu, en Liu Kiu, en Lekeyo, en Leoo-keoo, en Leookeoo, en Lūchū Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of en cmn - 琉球. en Ryukyu. Pronunciation lyō′chyō′ en Liu qiu Proper noun en Ryukyu island chain: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. from 20th c. en https://archive.org/details/b30320586/ 1663 The Voyages and Adventures of Ferdinand Mendez Pinto 285 https://archive.org/details/b30320586/page/285/ There is moreover in the woods marvelous ſtore of Braſil and Ebony, wherewith an hundred Juncks are every year laden to be tranſported to China, Hainan, the Lequios, Camboya and Camphaa ; on en 1981 China: A Country Study Area Handbook Series https://archive.org/details/chinacountrystud0000unse/ 3rd w:Government Printing Office 81-12878 7738928 21 https://archive.org/details/chinacountrystud0000unse/page/21/ Japan, emerging from its century-long seclusion, annexed the Liuqiu (Ryukus) Islands and, by defeating the Chinese in Korea (1894-95), began to exert control over that peninsula as well as the island of Taiwan. en 1996 D. R. Howland Encountering Japan Borders of Chinese Civilization: Geography and History at Empire's End https://archive.org/details/bordersofchinese00howl/ w:Duke University Press 0-8223-1772-9 95-49999 33817884 17 https://archive.org/details/bordersofchinese00howl/page/17/ Relations between the Qing court and the king of the Liuqiu Islands were maintained regularly; as the Qing emperors welcomed ambassadors and tribute missions from the Liuqius, Chinese coastal trade with the Liuqiu Islands flourished. en en rural township of county/Pingtung County c/Taiwan encompassing Liuqiu Island. en 2022/04/10 George Liao 'First tuna fish’ caught in Pingtung this year sells for over NT$2 million in southern Taiwan auction https://web.archive.org/web/20220410134859/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4502822 10 April 2022 w:Taiwan News With the coming of the bluefin tuna fishing season, a Liuqiu Township-based fishing boat caught the county's first tuna fish of this year, CNA reported. en en The island rural township/Liuqiu county/Pingtung County c/Taiwan. en 01/13/2021 'Corals are being cooked': A third of Taiwan's reefs are dying https://web.archive.org/web/20210113085016/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210113-corals-are-being-cooked-a-third-of-taiwan-s-reefs-are-dying 13 January 2021 w:France 24 Much of the ocean they surveyed last summer was above 30 degrees Celsius for three months. The worst area was in Little Liuqiu, a coral island off the southwest coast in the Taiwan Strait where 55 percent of corals have now been seriously bleached. en August 7, 2022 Chris Buckley; Amy Chang Chien; John Liu After China’s Military Spectacle, Options Narrow for Winning Over Taiwan w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20220807072026/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/07/world/asia/china-taiwan-military-unification.html 0362-4331 1645522 “Nothing is going to change after the military exercises, there’ll be one like this and then another,” said Li Wen-te, a 63-year-old retired fisherman in Liuqiu, an island off the southwestern coast of Taiwan, less than six miles from China’s drills.“I cherish our freedom of speech and don’t want to be unified by China,” said Huang Chiu-hong, 47, the owner of a shop that sells fried sticks of braided dough, a local snack, on Liuqiu, the Taiwanese island. en August 10, 2022 Ann Wang; I-Hwa Cheng; Aleksander Solum; Sarah Wu; Ben Blanchard; Yimou Lee; Farah Master Taiwan residents largely calm in the face of Chinese anger Robert Birsel https://web.archive.org/web/20220810065229/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-residents-largely-calm-face-chinese-anger-2022-08-10/ 10 August 2022 w:Reuters Asia Pacific China said this week it would conduct more drills focusing on anti-submarine and sea assault operations - confirming the fears of some security analysts and diplomats that it would keep up the pressure on Taiwan's defences. read moreBut on Liuqiu island, a picturesque tourist spot near one of the areas where the Chinese military was conducting exercises last week, people were largely indifferent. en Translations Chinese: Cantonese: yue 琉球 Mandarin: cmn 琉球 Liúqiú Polish: pl Liuqiu n Further reading Liuqiu, Liuchiu, Loochoo, Loo Choo, Lewchew, Lew Chew, Luchu, Liqueo, Lequio, Liquea, Liukiu, Liu Kiu, Lekeyo, Leoo-keoo, Leookeoo, Lūchū