Citations:Green Island

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English citations of Green Island

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  • 1970, Douglas Mendel, The Politics of Formosan Nationalism[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 120–121:
    Green Island, a small islet of 1,000 people off Taitung on the southeastern coast, is popularly regarded as a major center for political punishment and "thought reform."[...]According to one of the students, "Gangsters are imprisoned on another island south of Green Island because Chiang is afraid they are a source of support for anti-KMT politicians, as he himself had relied on Shanghai gangs in his youth.[...]Once I was guided to a "political reform" camp near Taitung, but not allowed to speak to any prisoners. "It would be useless for you to take the rough trip over to Green Island," said the guide, "because they're even stricter with foreign visitors there than on Formosa. Moreover, important political offenders are kept in Taipei."
  • 1975 December 7, “Deer help to prosperity”, in Free China Weekly[2], volume XVI, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
    Many deer farms also are located on Green Island in the Pacific, off Taiwan's east coast.
  • 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:
    The prison is now the Green Island Human Rights Memorial Park.
  • [2011 June 28, “Residents of Lyudao stage first protest in 50 years”, in Focus Taiwan[3], archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Society:
    Residents of Lyudao Township in eastern Taiwan's Taitung County launched their first street protest in 50 years to protest over the island's poor transport system, land development and medical services.]
  • [2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities[4], archived from the original on 02 March 2022, page 6:
    The remote offshore areas set forth in the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 include:
    1. Lanyu Township and Lyudao Township under the jurisdiction of Taitung County, Taiwan Province.
    ]
  • 2021 July 6, Barbara Lee, “H.R.4373 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022”, in Congress.gov[5], archived from the original on 30 July 2021:
    SEC. 7075. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.
  • [2021 October 5, Stephanie Chiang, “Taiwan's Green Island installs new batfish mailboxes”, in Taiwan News[6], archived from the original on 2021-10-05[7]:
    Lyudao Township worked with Tatung University’s Department of Industrial Design and invited seven students to dive and scout the location in the Chaikou Snorkeling Area before they created their designs.]
  • 2022 August 1, “Chungshan institute to test-fire missiles from military base in Pingtung County”, in Taipei Times[8], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 July 2022, Taiwan News, page 2:
    They would have an “unlimited” projectile altitude, with an area about 200km off the coast of Taitung to be avoided by ships and aircraft, the agency said, adding that the zone includes Orchid Island (Lanyu, 蘭嶼) and Green Island (綠島).