Meaning of Wuchiu | Babel Free

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“He departed with the Naniwa and the Hashidate²⁰ for a two day cruise, skirting the Wuchiu and Hui Ch’uan Islands and the shore of Fukien Province.”

“The offshore island defense commands included those for Quemoy, Matsu, and the Pescadores and the Wu-ch'iu and Tung-yin island groups.”

“[1965 Nov.] 13— The Chinese Navy sank four Chinese Communist gunboats off the Wuchiu Islands near the Chinese mainland.”

“Knowland expressed grave fears that the administration was about to be duped by the “Trojan Horse of co-existence” being advanced by the Soviet Union. Then he called upon the Congress to investigate current American foreign and defense policy. Days later, after Communist China announced its imprisonment of thirteen Americans captured during the Korean War and fired on the Nationalist-held island of Wuchiu, Knowland urged an immediate blockade of Red China. When Knowland subsequently sided with Senator McCarthy, pundits believed that he had gone over to the Republican Right, severing all connections with the Eisenhower administration.²⁹”

“Between Kinmen and Matsu - and also just a stone’s throw from the Chinese mainland - is a third island called Wuchiu. The island is so small and insignificant that the Communists didn’t even bother shelling it.[...]For 40 years, Kinmen, Matsu and Wuchiu even had their own currency to prevent capital flight, but these days standard NT$ are acceptable.”

“Another plan to build an undersea repository off the Wuchiu islands in the Taiwan Strait has set off local protests. China also reportedly objected to shipping facilities that could have military uses so close to its coast.”

“Republic of China President Chen Shui-bian visited Wuchiu Wednesday and instructed the troops garrisoned on the tiny outlying island to remain on guard to prevent mainland Chinese infiltration. Accompanied by Minister of National Defense Wu Shih-wen and Chief of the General Staff Gen. Tang Yao-ming, Chen was the first ROC president ever to visit Wuchiu during his term in office. The president said that Wuchiu is strategically located between Kinmen and Matsu in the Taiwan Strait and serves as a forward post in the defense of Taiwan that can provide early warning on incoming aircraft.”

Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)

“The Wuchiu (Wuqiu) Islands are nominally administered in the PRC by the Xiuyu District of the Putian prefecture, but are in reality controlled by the Republic of China, which administers Wuchiu (Wuqiu) as part of Quemoy (Jinmen) County.”

“Because of its remoteness, Wuchiu was called 'the offshore islands of the offshore islands'. Even now, military ships only provide supplies between Wuchiu and Taichung once every ten days.”

“We were looking out over the Taiwan Strait just south of Wuchiu Island, toward Mainland China. It was a cloudy day, but we clearly saw a very strange object in the sky.”

“On Monday, the weather on the outlying islands will remain cold, with Dongyin in Lienchiang County to experience temperatures as low as 7 degrees at 2:30 p.m., while Wuchiu in Kinmen can expect temperatures of 9.3 degrees at 3:50 p.m.”

“Live-fire drills will take place in a coastal part of China's Fujian province on Friday and Saturday, just north of the tiny Taiwan-controlled Wuchiu islands in the Taiwan Strait, Fujian authorities said on Wednesday, announcing a no-sail zone.”

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