Citations:Toucheng

English citations of Toucheng

• 1963, The Invincible Island: Ten Years of Reconstruction on Kinmen‎^[1], Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →OCLC, page 25:

  f) Instituting training classes in 1954, 1955, and 1960 to give 48 fishermen training in fishing methods and engine operation, and sending nine fishermen to Taiwan to practise at the Toucheng township Fishermen's Association in Yilan […]

• 1979 July 15, “Taiwan-Okinawa cable link”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:

  A ceremony to mark the opening of the first submarine cable between Taiwan and Okinawa, was held at Toucheng in Ilan, county, the cable’s Taiwan terminal.

• 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[3], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53, column 1:

  On the last day of Ghost Month, the gates of hell close and hungry ghosts return to the underworld. In the month's last hour, contests called ciang gu - in which men race to climb tall bamboo towers to collect meat and rice dumplings - are held; the most famous is in Toucheng near Yilan, while a similar event also is staged in Hengchun in the southwest.

• 2012 September 30, “Taiwanese protest against Japan over disputed Diaoyu islands”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-10-03, China‎^[5]:

  Nearly 1,000 people marched through the town of Toucheng, in northeastern Ilan county, clutching banners and flags and chanting slogans. […] Taiwan has placed the islands – which are controlled by Japan – under the administration of Toucheng town government.

• 2020 June 22, “Ishigaki renames area containing Senkaku Islands, prompting backlash fears”, in The Japan Times‎^[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2020‎^[7]:

  Taiwan’s northeastern county of Yilan has adopted a proposal to rename the islands from “Tiaoyutai” to “Toucheng Tiaoyutai,” to include the name of a local township.

• 2020 August 3, “Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Turtle Island’s Opening to Tourism, the Taiwan Tourism Bureau Invited Old Friends to Return for a Reunion.”, in AP News‎^[8], archived from the original on 07 January 2024‎^[9]:

  Turtle Island is a turtle-shaped island off the coast of Yilan County’s Toucheng Township.