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Nankang
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Etymology 1
Nankang District
From en cmn - 南康.
Pronunciation
nän′käng′Nankang or Nan-k’ang 1282 1
en Nan kang
Proper noun
en district prefecutre-level city/Ganzhou p/Jiangxi c/China formerly a county.
en 1921 February C. A. Bunting From House to House in South Kiangsi China's Millions https://archive.org/details/millions1921chin/ w:China Inland Mission XXIX 1 70993138 26 https://archive.org/details/millions1921chin/page/26/ 1 This was a great spiritual blessing to him and he returned a different man. He is now out with five others at this work making his centre at Nankang.
en 1971 Dick Wilson Breaking Out of the Circle The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival https://archive.org/details/longmarch1935epi00wils/ New York w:Viking Press 0-670-43845-6 73-174663 219788716 22007830M 76 https://archive.org/details/longmarch1935epi00wils/page/76/ The Communists now divided into two groups which crossed the Hsinfeng River by the Wangmu and Kupo ferries respectively. One group struck north-west, crossed the Chang River between Nankang and Tayu and cut across the Kanchou-Nanhsiung road to occupy Chengkuo, north of Jenhua in Kwangtung province, on November 5.
en 1973 w:Rewi Alley zh:中国见闻<t:Travels in China, 1966-71> https://archive.org/details/travelsinchina1900allerich/ Peking w:New World Press 462299220 276 https://archive.org/details/travelsinchina1900allerich/page/276/ Going south by highway from Kanchow, the seat of the Kanchow prefecture, we first passed through Nankang county.
en JUNE 15, 2009 Yu Le Furniture makers protest higher taxes in east China Jeremy Laurence https://web.archive.org/web/20210518021920/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK34289 18 May 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK34289 w:Reuters Latest Crisis Hundreds of Chinese furniture makers overturned police cars and blocked roads in the southeastern city of Nankang on Monday, to protest a government plan to raise taxes on an industry already suffering from a decline in demand from export markets.
en August 14, 2018 People’s Government of Ganzhou Nankang Builds Up Furniture Industry in China with SAP Ariba https://web.archive.org/web/20221011150847/https://apnews.com/press-release/business-wire/technology-business-china-economy-palo-alto-b27746d85f9641c6a47b7223ba6f38d4 11 October 2022 AP News; Business Wire Nankang district is in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. The industrial economy of Nankang has continued to grow.
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Descendants
Translingual: Nankangia genus
Translations
district
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南康 Nánkāng
References
Further reading
en 1998 Nankang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2116 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/2116/ 2
Etymology 2
From en cmn - 南港 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Nan²-kang³.
Proper noun
en Nangang (Taiwan)
en 1965 w:Akira Iriye Bibliography After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931 Harvard East Asian Series https://archive.org/details/afterimperialism0000iriy/ Cambridge, Mass. w:Harvard University Press 65-22052 279619 337 https://archive.org/details/afterimperialism0000iriy/page/337/ The Academia Sinica (Nankang, Taiwan) has not made available for research the Nanking government's diplomatic papers, but it has a valuable collection of documents for the pre-1927 period which are available.
en 1974 January 1973 Chang-Hung Chou; Yea-Tzer Chung The Allelopathic Potential of Miscanthus Floridulus Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica https://archive.org/details/sim_botanical-studies_1974-01_15_1/ 15 1 0006-8063 1554645 14 https://archive.org/details/sim_botanical-studies_1974-01_15_1/page/14/ There is an unique pattern of herb exclusion by the Miscanthus stands, which occupies a large area in the mountains, particularly in Nankang, suburb of Taipei.
en November 6, 1983 Annual Tea Contest zh:自由中國週報<t:Free China Weekly> https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1983-11-06_24_44/ XXIV 44 0016-0318 1786626 Taipei 4 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1983-11-06_24_44/page/n3/ Tea growers from Taipei's Mucha and Nankang districts have entered their best produce for the annual tea contest.
en October 25, 1992 Michael Stroud A Shakeout Looms for Taiwan's Computer Companies https://web.archive.org/web/20221014170523/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/25/business/a-shakeout-looms-for-taiwans-computer-companies.html 14 October 2022 w:The Washington Post Business The Government's most ambitious plan is to create a software industry almost from scratch. Encouraged by the success of a technology park in Hsinchu, near Taipei, planners are investing millions of dollars in a software park in Nankang, also near Taipei, to open in about three years.
en 1994 July Robert Storey Taipei Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanettaiw00rob_fn4/ 3rd w:Lonely Planet 0-86442-228-8 38833257 8314521M 147 https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanettaiw00rob_fn4/page/147/ 1 Nankang Tea Park(nángǎng guānguāng cháyuán) zh 南港觀光茶園Similar to Mucha Tea Park, the tea park in the Nankang District is less developed but still very interesting. There are a number of hiking trails here winding through the forested hillsides, plus the area is dotted with small temples.
en July 19, 1994 Edward A. Gargan High-Tech Taiwanese Come Home w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150526104451/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/19/business/high-tech-taiwanese-come-home.html?pagewanted=2 0362-4331 1645522 Over the next year, a software park will be set up in a suburb of Taipei, in Nankang, where officials hope it will be able to attract American-trained software engineers.
en 1995 Roger Mark Selya Economy Taipei https://archive.org/details/taipei0000sely/ w:John Wiley & Sons 0-471-94981-7 94-31794 30915122 53 https://archive.org/details/taipei0000sely/page/53/ At their peak mining employed only some 1.5 percent of the Taipei workforce, and by 1986 the figure had shrunk to 0.5 percent. Furthermore, although coal and other mining companies had offices in every district of Taipei, it was only in Nankang and Chingmei districts that coal was actually mined.
en 2000 Law of the Sea: The Common Heritage and Emerging Challenges https://books.google.com/books?id=34tFEAAAQBAJ 90-411-1401-7 44019679 310 https://books.google.com/books?id=34tFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 Yann-huei Song is Research Fellow and Head, Division of Legal and Political Studies, in the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
en 09/17/2008 New Songshan-Nankang railway tunnel to help local development: Ma https://web.archive.org/web/20221004164407/https://focustaiwan.tw/society/200809170015 04 October 2022 w:Focus Taiwan Society President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday that the new underground railway tunnel between Songshan and Nankang in eastern Taipei City will assist in the development of the area.
en 2018/05/21 Minutes of Tainan City Government’s 337th Municipal Administrative Meeting 05/16/2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20220911085948/https://www.tainan.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=13207&s=1395642 11 September 2022 Tainan City Government The establishment of Academia Sinica – Southern Branch represents a new milestone for R&D in scientific industries for the new generation dwelling in Southern Taiwan. The responsibilities of Academia Sinica – Southern Branch in promoting research and regional development are comparable to those of its headquarters in Nankang District.
en 15 October 2018 National Biotech Research Park opens https://web.archive.org/web/20220910204836/https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/91098 10 September 2022 w:Radio Taiwan International Academia Sinica President James Liao said that the government worked with environmental groups who had concerns about the project. As a result, the park’s area was decreased to three hectares. It also will include four hectares of ecological pools and other green areas. The park is located in Taipei’s Nankang District.
en 2020/08/27 Lyla Liu Taipei Music Center opens after long construction period https://web.archive.org/web/20200828221459/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3996245 28 August 2020 w:Taiwan News The Taipei Music Center in Nankang District officially opened on Thursday (Aug. 27) with President Tsai Ing-wen (zh 蔡英文), Premier Su Tseng-chang (zh 蘇貞昌), Culture Minister Li Yung-te (zh 李永得), and Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (zh 柯文哲) all in attendance.
en 2021/04/19 Becoming backbones for disabled elders: the opening of first officially owned and privately managed long-term care institution in Nankang district https://web.archive.org/web/20220910184935/https://english.dosw.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=C8EB8BBFC46E8287&sms=0C5FEA24090E26E4&s=460D8AE5C4A59B3A 10 September 2022 Department of Social Welfare, Taipei City Government Dongming long-term care institution held a celebration event on July 10, one month after their opening and announced that Taipei Aiai Nursing Home is entrusted for management. The institution is located on the second floor in the Dongming Public Housing in Nankang district.
en 2021/07/29 Parking Information https://web.archive.org/web/20210802103055/https://www.npm.gov.tw/Articles.aspx?sno=03009081&l=2 02 August 2021 w:National Palace Museum 4. From Taipei's Nankang district, take HuanDong and TiDing Boulevards, proceeding as above to the ZiQiang Tunnel and then the Museum.
en February 15, 2022 Crystal Hsu Robust economy, property boom prompt new projects https://web.archive.org/web/20220214185209/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2022/02/15/2003773118 14 February 2022 w:Taipei Times A building under construction in the Nankang district of Taipei is pictured on Nov. 24 last year.
en August 28, 2022 Han Cheung Taiwan in Time: Civilians enter the Martyrs’ Shrine https://web.archive.org/web/20220827171859/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2022/08/28/2003784279 27 August 2022 w:Taipei Times On Sept. 3, 1999, Lin became the first civilian to be inducted into the Martyrs’ Shrine after the Ministry of the Interior revised the laws a year earlier to allow non-military personnel to receive such honors. Her spirit tablet was placed in the Taipei Martyrs’ Shrine in Nankang District (zh 南港).
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Further reading
en 1998 Nankang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2116 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/2116/ 2
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