Meaning of Chang-hua | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“September, 1895. 1st.—The following telegram from Taipeh, indicates Japanese progress⟳ in Formosa:—"Chang-hua, the principal inland city, about half-way down the island, was taken by the Japanese on the 28th ult., after a battle in which the Chinese lost nearly six hundred, and the Japanese nine."”

“In Chang-hua and Tainan the local gentry who managed the finances and supplies for the war effort had a more difficult task. Records indicate⟳ that they relied heavily on salt, likin, and customs duties, but also had to resort to more extraordinary means to gain⟳ revenue and provisions. The Chang-hua managers, for instance, sometimes confiscated the properties of wealthy inhabitants who had fled the scene.”

“Under Liu, an east-west road was also built, starting from Chang-hua in the west and crossing the mountains.”

“The ministry may have⟳ been more anxious to sell⟳ property in the Chang-pin Zone than DuPont or other outsiders realized. Construction of the zone, a massive landfill off the coast of Chang-hua County, began in 1979 as part of a plan⟳ to bring⟳ more industry, particularly petrochemicals, to the center of the island, which had lagged behind the magnets of development in the north and south.”

“She grew up in Chang-hua, a city in central Taiwan with a decidedly country flavor.”

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