Meaning of Pingtung | Babel Free

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1. A county in southern Taiwan.
2. A city in and the administrative seat of Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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“Another obvious deficiency of the Nationalists is their lack of understanding of the importance of maintaining equipment. They're great at repairing equipment, but they also have a talent for wrecking it. At the Pingtung air base is a hangar full of airplane engines, 101 of them at last count. They haven't run a mile, and they are rotten with rust.”

“Following article was published in Central News Agency's English Bulletin of October 28, 1947: "President of the Executive Yuan, Chang Chun, returned to the capital at 2:50 this afternoon from Taiwan, after having taken off from Pingtung, Taiwan at 10:40 in the morning.”

“The Taiwan Provincial Government has decided to spend US$6.4 million in three years starting this fiscal year to build a tourist recreation park near Fuku Bay in Pingtung county in Southern Taiwan.”

“Villagers and tourists watch as a wooden boat is engulfed by flames during a traditional ceremony in Pingtung county, Taiwan, yesterday to celebrate the end of the eight-day Donggang Wang Ye festival.”

“"This is really a genuine Paiwan outfit?" I asked. "Absolutely," said Jenny. "The gods smile upon anyone who wears this. That's why it feels so uncomfortable. They feel your suffering and your sacrifice." "It hurts, all right," said Nancy. "It's painful to look at, too!" I said. Nancy slapped my shoulder. "It's the real thing," said the girl with the innocent face. "I'm from Pingtung. My grandmother was part Paiwan."”

“A family walked through floodwaters in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan on Saturday, as Typhoon Nesat drenched the island.”

“Pingtung county hosts many of Taiwan’s critical military installations. These include the Jiupeng base, Taiwan’s primary missile and rocket research and testing facility, as well as the Joint Operations Training Base Command, the mechanised infantry brigade barracks and the Dahanshan radar station, which provides early warning.”

“Under Japanese colonial rule, Pingtung city and its environs had been famous for anti-Japanese activities. After retrocession, the KMT local cadres used local factions to establish their influence and control.”

“Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy head of the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, was in the southern city of Pingtung on a work trip.”

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