Citations:Tainan
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English citations of Tainan
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- 1895 March, P. L. Simmonds, “Notes on Some Saps and Secretions Used in Pharmacy”, in American Journal of Pharmacy[1], Philadelphia, page 128:
- Camphora officinarum, Nees. The aggregate exports of camphor from China have increased considerably of late years. They were 22,231 cwt. in 1892, and 40,763 cwt. in 1893. The island of Formosa yields the principal quantities, the yearly output being now as much as 41,650 cwt., shipped from the ports of Tamsui and Tainan.
- 1914 October, “Unreached Aborigines of Formosa”, in Missionary Review of the World[2], volume XXXVII, number 10, page 790:
- The Council of the Mission, at its headquarters in Tainan appeals to the Church at home to make the jubilee year worthy of the name by an endeavor to reach with the Gospel the yet unevangelized tribes of uncivilized aborigines on the eastern side of the island.
- 2016 February 7, “After earthquake, Taiwan fighting against time to rescue trapped survivors”, in EFE[4], archived from the original on 17 May 2016[5]:
- Taiwan was fighting against time on Sunday to rescue some 120 people believed to be trapped in a building, which collapsed on Saturday when a 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern city of Tainan.
- 2021 January 26, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan air force flexes muscles after latest Chinese incursion”, in Jacqueline Wong, editor, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 2021-01-26, AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE[7]:
- The base in the southern city of Tainan, home to F-CK-1 Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighters (IDF), frequently scrambles jets to intercept China’s air force.