Citations:Tungyin

English citations of Tungyin

• [1902 October 22, “THE CHINA COAST”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette‎^[1], volume LXIX, number 1837, Shanghai, →OCLC, pages 831–832:

  "The Master of the Tramp Coaster" began by saying: "I hear that the Imperial Maritime Customs have nearly definitely decided to give up the idea of erecting a lighthouse on Tungying Island. […] The writer went on to criticise the Customs in terms that would possibly have been deserved had the idea of putting a lighthouse on Tungying, the island brought into prominence last year by the wreck of the Sobraon and the narrow escape of a German mail steamer, been really given up.]

• 1955 February 19, Current Intelligence Bulletin‎^[2], Central Intelligence Agency, published 2002, page 4:

  The Nationalist Defense Ministry also reports that four Chinese Communist planes bombed Tungyin Island, 40 miles south of Taishan, on 18 February. Tungyin is occupied by 64 Nationalist troops who man an air force communications and early warning station.

• 1962, DeWitt S. Copp, “The Mudcats”, in The Odd Day‎^[3], William Morrow and Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 67:

  "Way up here," Kueffer pointed thirty miles further north of the Matsus, "are two more islands we hold but, technically, although they're administered from here, they aren't part of this complex." He tapped the names on the map: Tungyin and Hsiyin.

• 1963 January 11, “The World”, in Time‎^[4], volume LXXXI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32, column 3:

  On the rocky island of Tungyin, 50 miles off the coast of Red China, is the headquarters of a little-known military unit called the Anti-Communist Salvation Army. The secret army, 30,000 strong, is Chiang Kai-shek's instrument for the long-promised return to the mainland.

• [1995, “Paper reports Taiwan deploying short-range missiles to counter PRC tests”, in Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific‎^[5], numbers 2383-2395, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:

  Taiwan's military has deployed short-range Hsiung Feng antiship missiles on the island of Tung-yin off China's Fujian province in […]]

• [1995 August 12, “Taiwan market drops over more China missiles”, in The Times-News‎^[6], volume 90, number 224, Twin Falls, Idaho, →OCLC, page A-7, column 3:

  Taiwanese warplanes also will keep away from the test area, 36 miles east of the Taiwanese islet of Tungying, the United Evening News said, quoting unidentified officials.]

• 1996 March 15, Michael Evans, “China offensive cannot be ruled out, experts say”, in The Times‎^[7], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 3:

  The sources said the Chinese would not risk attempting an amphibious landing on one of the heavily fortified islands, in particular Quemoy, which is guarded by 40,000 Taiwanese troops, or Matsu, which has a defence force of 9,000. Two other islands, however, Wuchiu and Tungyin, are less heavily defended and may pose an easier target, the sources said.

• 1998, Robert Storey, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[8], 4th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 323–324:

  TUNGYIN TOWNSHIP
  (dōngyǐn xiāng) 東引鄉
  This northernmost outpost of the Matsu archipelago is a remote place that sees few visitors. The largest island in the township is Tungyin (dōngyǐn) and to the west of that is Hsiyin (xīyǐn). […]
  TUNGYIN ISLAND
  (dōngyǐn) 東引
  Tungyin is a very windy island and therefore is almost totally devoid of trees. Grass is the main vegetation. The local population (soldiers excluded) is around 700, but military personnel far outnumber civilians.

• 2006, Bernard D. Cole, “Taiwan Army”, in Taiwan's Security: History and prospects‎^[9], Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 93:

  The Mazu and Penghus Defense Commands each contains two infantry brigades, artillery support units, and an Amphibious Reconnaissance company. Additionally, a radar surveillance and missile complex is reportedly located on Tungyin Island, in the Mazus, and a similar facility in the Penghus.

• 2022 February 11, Minnie Chen, “Was it Beijing testing Taiwan’s defences with unidentified Matsu island flyover?”, in South China Morning Post‎^[10], archived from the original on 11 February 2022, China Military:

  Residents of Tungyin, a frontline islet under Taiwan’s Matsu islands cluster, said they spotted an unidentified aircraft flying overhead at 2.45pm on February 5, while video footage from the watchtower monitor showed an aircraft crossing the skies and flying out towards the east.
  The military commanding centre of Tungyin confirmed that “a fixed-wing twin-propeller aircraft [had] briefly entered the airspace and soon left”.