Citations:West Taiwan

English citations of West Taiwan

Proper noun: "(humorous, derogatory) the People's Republic of China"

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• 2022 October 23, MetaBotch, “Literally pulled an UNO reverse”, in Reddit‎^[1], LeopardsAteMyFace, archived from the original on 2022-10-24:

  West Taiwan got played.

Taichung, Tainan, Yunlin, Chiayi and Other Areas as a Region of Taiwan

• 1961, E. H. G. Dobby, “Insular Eastern Asia—Taiwan and the Philippines”, in Monsoon Asia (A Systematic Regional Geography)‎^[2], volume V, London: University of London Press, →OCLC, page 165:

  Japanese markets during the first half of the century gave rise to a well-organised commercial agriculture in West Taiwan, differing greatly from South China.

• 1964 August, C. C. Lin, “Geology and Ecology of Taiwan Prehistory”, in Wilhelm G. Solheim II, K. C. Chang, editors, Asian Perspectives‎^[3], volume VII, numbers 1-2, Hong Kong University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 211:

  The forms of movement of the Hualien and the Post-Hualien phases largely reflect the geological structures of the Tertiary and the T’ouk’oshan group which was overlain by post-T’ouk’oshan deposits in the tablelands and coastal plains of West Taiwan.

• 1973 October 21, “Freeway work on schedule”, in Free China Weekly [自由中國週報]‎^[4], volume XIV, number 41, Taipei, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:

  Premier Chiang Ching-kuo said October 12 that the North-South Freeway, a 373-kilometer (235-mile) artery along west Taiwan, will have to be completed on schedule by 1978.

• 1975 July 18, “ULCCs plan goes ahead”, in Marine Week‎^[5], volume 2, number 29, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:

  Mr. Tung apparently plans to lay up 10 tankers at Penghu, an island off West Taiwan (see map, page 1).

• 2010, Mark O'Neill, “Beginnings”, in Tzu Chi: Serving with Compassion‎^[6], John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:

  That year, members of the foundation began charity work in Taichung, West Taiwan.

• 2021 March 28, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 March 2021, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[8]:

  Meanwhile, due to a lack of wind, air quality in west Taiwan was poor yesterday, the Environmental Protection Administration said. Air quality could deteriorate early this morning, triggering a “red” alert — which signals unhealthy air quality — in some parts of Yunlin, Chiayi and Tainan counties, it said.