Chukuang

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 莒光 (Jǔguāng), romanization: Chü³-kuang¹.

Proper noun

Chukuang

1. Alternative form of Juguang
   • 1978 January 5 [1977 December 30], “PRC Vessel Collides with ROC Fishing Boat off Matsu”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific‎^[1], volume IV, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B 2:

     The 6-ton fishing boat Kuanghua 15638 was slammed by the communist vessel near the Liuchuan reefs off the coast of Chukuang and drifted toward Nanchu after the collision.

   • 1997, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific‎^[2], numbers 2818-2831, British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:

     As for the eligible sites for nuclear waste in Taiwan Pingtung's Mutan village, Matsu's Chukuang and Taitung's Tajen and Chinfeng - Taipower will strengthen communications with the four villages and speed up its nuclear waste plan […]

   • 2001, Richard Bennett, “Taiwan”, in Fighting Forces‎^[3], Barron's Educational Series, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173, column 1:

     There are three army groups and one airborne special operations headquarters. Major garrisons are to be found on the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy), Matsu, P'enghu, Hualien-T'aitung, and the smaller Tungyin Island and Chukuang Island^[sic] commands.

   • 2004 May 10, Yu-Tzu Chiu, “Matsu: environmental outpost”, in Taipei Times‎^[4], archived from the original on 04 June 2004:

     At a Chukuang Township pier where tourists go ashore to visit a lighthouse built in 1842 by British engineers, floating garbage seems to dampen both the visitors' and the hosts' spirits.
     "The situation during rainy times is really awful," said Chukuang Township Chief Wang Ta-chieh (王大捷), pointing at waste along the pier.

   • 2009 December, Wei-Chih Hsu, et al., “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Somatic and Autonomic Neuropathy in Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients”, in Neuroepidemiology‎^[5], →DOI, →ISSN , →OCLC, page 345:

     The Matsu islands are archipelagos in the Taiwan Straits which are composed of five main islets under the four administrative townships called Nankan, Beigan, Chukuang, and Donyuin^{[sic – meaning Dongyin]}.

   • 2019 March 18, Olivia Li, “Another Dead Pig That Drifted Ashore in Taiwan Found to Have African Swine Fever”, in The Epoch Times‎^[6], archived from the original on 19 March 2019:

     Previously, two other pigs with swine fever virus had drifted onto the shores of Kinmen. The county government also suspected they originated from mainland China, as local pig populations were healthy. One was found on December 30, 2018 on the shore of Tianpu, Jinsha Town, Kinmen County, the other was found on Jan. 17, on the shore of Chukuang township in the Matsu Islands.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chukuang.