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  Kinmen
Quemoy is geographically very near Xiamen (also known as Amoy).
Because of its military situation, development on Quemoy was extremely limited and it is now a popular weekend tourist destination for Taiwanese and is known for its quiet villages and beaches.
Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen.
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  Quemoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As part of Fukien, Quemoy was not colonised by Japan, as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores were.
Lieyu Township encompasses the entire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen.
Wuciou Township is comprised of Greater Ciou Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ciou Islet (小坵).
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 Encyclopedia: Fukien   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Quemoy is included as a county and Matsu as a township.
Thus, Quemoy is included as one of the 45 counties and Matsu as one of the 334 townships.
Quemoy County is nominally controlled by Quanzhou prefecture-level city, but it is administered in its entirety by the Republic of China on Taiwan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Fukien   (2829 words)

  
 Fujian - Wikipedia Mirror
Quemoy is the seat of the ROC's Fuchien provincial government, though in practice most powers in ROC-controlled Fuchien are delegated to the two counties of Quemoy and Matsu Islands.
Thus, Quemoy is included as one of the 45 counties and Matsu as one of the 334 townships.
Quemoy County is nominally controlled by Quanzhou prefecture-level city, but it is administered in its entirety by the Republic of China on Taiwan.
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 Station Information - Quemoy
The island was a military preserve until the mid-1990s when it was returned to civilian government and travel to and from Taiwan was allowed.
Lieyü Township encompasses the entire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen.
Wuch'iu Township is comprised of Greater Ch'iu Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ch'iu Islet (小坵).
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quemoy.html   (440 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Kinmen (Chinese: 金門; literally "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate") is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China (ROC) government on Taiwan: Greater Quemoy (大金門), Lesser Quemoy (小金門), and some islets.
Wuciou Township is comprised of Greater Ciou Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ciou Islet (小坵).
Altogether, there are 37 Quemoy villages, Three of which -- all in Jhen (鎮, Zhen) -- are Li-village (里), the rest are Cun-villages (村).
www.kses.km.edu.tw /jinsa_web/Jinsa_eng.htm   (789 words)

  
 Quemoy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Quemoy is geographically very near (Click link for more info and facts about Xiamen) Xiamen.
Direct travel between (A communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world) mainland China and Quemoy was opened in 2002, and there has been extensive tourism development on the island in anticipation of Mainland tourists.
However, direct travel was suspended in 2003 as a result of the (A respiratory disease of unknown etiology that apparently originated in mainland China in 2003; characterized by fever and coughing or difficulty breathing or hypoxia; can be fatal) SARS outbreak.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/Q/Qu/Quemoy.htm   (650 words)

  
 Quemoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Direct travel between the Mainland China and Quemoy was opened in 2002, and there has beenextensive tourism development on the island in anticipation of Mainland tourists.
Lieyu Township encompasses theentire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen.
Wuciou Township is comprised ofGreater Ciou Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ciou Islet (小坵).
www.therfcc.org /quemoy-8307.html   (441 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Fujian
The Chinese Civil War was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (The Nationalist Party; The Nationalists; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Lesser Quemoy is one of the islands of the Quemoy (Kinmen) group.
Fujian is a province of China, with the vast majority administered by the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), and the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu administered by the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.
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The minilinks, however, have not led to greater contacts or lesser tensions between the two countries.
The commissioner remembered when the U.S. 7th Fleet was deployed to defend Quemoy in 1958 during the conflict.
The communist bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu another close-in island ruled by Taiwan drew major headlines in U.S. newspapers during the 1950s and became a political issue in the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate over whether the United States should defend the islands.
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 Quemoy Definition / Quemoy Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
43,000) is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and the Matsu.
Quemoy is a group consisting of Quemoy, Little Quemoy, and 12 islets in Xiamen Bay.
Quemoy is a unique mixture of three cultural streams---Ming-nan (the southern part of Fukien Province, China), overseas Chinese and battlefield culture.
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 Fujian Province (Republic of China) at AllExperts
During the Chinese Civil War, the Republic of China (ROC) lost mainland China, including most of Fujian province, and was forced to relocate to Taiwan, while the victorious communist forces established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949.
In the Battle of Kuningtou, however, ROC forces were able to defend the island of Quemoy just off the coast of Fujian from communist attack.
As a result, the Republic of China has been able to hold on to a number of offshore islands of Fujian, and has continued to maintain a separate Fujian provincial government to govern these islands, parallel to the province of Fujian in mainland China.
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 Kinmen at AllExperts
POJ: Kim-mn̂g; also romanized Quemoy from Southern Min (in early Spanish romanization); literally "Golden Door" or "Golden Gate"), located at 24.44N, 118.33E, is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China (ROC) government on Taiwan: Greater Quemoy (大金闀), Lesser Quemoy (小金闀), and some islets.
Direct travel was suspended in 2003 as a result of the SARS outbreak, but has since resumed.
The calligraphy of Chiang Kai-shek etched on a stone in Kinmen states, "forget not that you're in Jü" as an analogy to the Warring States Period where the State of Qi, cornered to the City of Ju, successfully counterattacked and retook his country from the State of Yan.
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 ::TAIWAN National Parks::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Lesser Quemoy’s circum-island bicycle path built by the Jinmen National Park Headquarters is now complete and formally open to the public.
The establishment of Lesser Quemoy’s circum-island bicycle path was based on the improvements of the original tank road (also called the Sea-Front Broadway).
Due to the flourishing coastal landscape and ecology in Lesser Quemoy, Jinmen National Park Headquarters hoped that eco-tour consisting of cycling around Lesser Quemoy could be promoted through the completion of the circum-island bicycle path and the introduction of appropriate interpretation facilities.
np.cpami.gov.tw /english/act/2006030101.asp   (134 words)

  
 Quemoy Island --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Quemoy is the principal island of a group of 12, the Quemoy (Chin-men) Islands, which constitute Chin-men hsien (county).
Amoy is situated on the southwest coast of Hsia-men Island at the mouth of the Chiu-lung River.
group of Lesser Antilles, West Indies; includes Virgin Islands of the United States; the island St. Martin (French and Dutch); the islands Saba and St. Eustatius (both Dutch); Guadeloupe and dependencies (French); and the British possessions Saint Kitts-Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua, Montserrat, and British Virgin Islands; pop.
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 Fujian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quemoy is the seat of the ROC's Fujian provincial government, though in practice most powers in ROC-controlled Fujian are delegated to the two counties of Quemoy and Matsu.
Fujian has a subtropical climate, with warm winters.
Those are in turn divided into 1107 township-level divisions (605 towns, 328 townships, 18 ethnic townships, and 156 subdistricts).
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 Quemoy - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Lieyü township encompasses the entire Lesser Quemoy Island, and is closest to Xiamen.
Wuch'iu Township is comprised of Greater Ch'iu Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ch'iu Islet (小坵).
Altogether, there are 93 Quemoy villages, four of which -- all in Chinsha -- are ''li''-village (里), the rest are ''tsun''-villages (村).
www.indexsuche.com /Quemoy   (391 words)

  
 FR Doc 06-2854
Award of decorations, and to a lesser degree, award of the Army Good Conduct Medal and of service medals, provide a potent incentive to greater effort, and are instrumental in building and maintaining morale.
The lesser degree than that required for the award of the LM, must nevertheless have been meritorious and accomplished with distinction.
Award may be made to a member of the Armed Forces of a friendly foreign nation who, after June 1, 1962, distinguishes himself or herself by an act of heroism, extraordinary achievement, or meritorious service, which has been of mutual benefit to a friendly nation and the United States.
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 Kinmen Taiwan - Travel
43,000) is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan: Greater Quemoy, Lesser Quemoy, and some islets.
(The modern Mandarin transcription is "Chin-men" (Wade-Giles) or "Jinmen" (Pinyin).) As part of Fukien, Quemoy was not colonised by Japan, as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores were.
As part of Fukien, Quemoy was not colonised by Japan, as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores were.
www.traveltaiwanplus.com /Kinmen.html   (532 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Wuchiu Wuciou Township is comprised of Greater Ciou Islet (大坵) and Lesser Ciou Islet (小坵).
Altogether, there are 37 Quemoy villages, Three of which -- all in ''Jhen'' (鎮, ''Zhen'') -- are ''Li''-village (里), the rest are ''Cun''-villages (村).
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Quemoy.
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Because of its military situation, development on Quemoy was extremely limited and it is now a popular weekend tourist destination for Taiwanese and is known for its quiet villages, old-style architecture, and beaches.
Until the early 1990s, proponents of Taiwan independence argued that they would consider handing Quemoy over to the PRC in any negotiated settlement.
Altogether, there are 37 Quemoy villages, three of which – all in Jhen (鎮, Zhen) – are Li-villages (里); the rest are Cun-villages (村).
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 Statist Rhetoric
Note 4 Such issues are selected more for immediate effect than for long-term significance, and to draw distinctions between candidates drawn from a narrow range rather than to address the most important issues of the society.
The American news media, ever on the lookout for a new angle or a twist in story, reduce substance in the campaign to implications on who is going to win, either directly or in contextualizing the story.
Campaigns for lesser offices are even more likely to focus upon the personality of the candidate.
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 STRAIT UP
It was here and at Quemoy Island (Qinmen), south of Mawei off the coast of Xiamen, that the world very nearly went to war in 1958 when the two sides bombarded each other, Taiwan with Washington's support, Beijing with the Soviet Union's.
The legacy of that engagement is a mainland coast that bristles with weapons while the nationalist islands are pitted with bunkers.
In many cities, investment from Taiwan and, to a lesser extent from Hong Kong, accounts for 80 per cent of all new monies flowing in.
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 Guardian | Taiwan's little ships sail into China, and history
Chen Shui-tsai, who led a delegation of Taiwanese officials to the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, lunched with Chinese officials responsible for Taiwan relations and met the mayor.
Unofficial trade with the mainland has been brisk for some time, but the three ships that arrived yesterday morning from the Taiwanese-controlled islands of Quemoy and Matsu are the first allowed to cross legally since 1949, when Taiwan split from China amid civil war.
The stock exchange closed 4.13 percentage points up yesterday and Premier Chang Chun-hsiung said the links could be "a very important step to herald the end of confrontations that have prevailed for 51 years".
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 Presidential Papers, Doc#855 To Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, 16 September 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
Additionally, there are lesser worries, some of them political.
The results in Maine were anything but encouraging, and a linking of Senator Knowland with a character named Joseph Kamp isn’t helping his campaign get off the ground.
Gruenther suggested that the crises involving Quemoy and Little Rock had so engrossed the President that he "justifiably" had no time to worry about Gruenther's tennis game.
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 Quemoy Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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 Presidential Papers, Doc#853 Personal To Howard Stix Cullman, 13 September 1958. In The Papers of Dwight David ...
I agree with him that there has been in our press a definite swing from critical to favorable comment; I know you are as gratified as I am.
The problems you faced were tremendous and the road blocks in your path would have defeated a lesser individual.
I shall always be grateful to you for accepting an assignment we both knew at the outset would be difficult, and for carrying it through, at times under fire, so successfully.
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 Jinmen County - Taiwanease the Knowledge - the guide to Taiwan you write
Jinmen was previously known in the west by the name of Quemoy, which was from an early romanization of Southern Min.
The other two rural townships are based on Lesser Jinmen and the two Qiu islets respectively:
Jinmen has played an important role in cross-Strait affairs since the end of the Chinese civil war.
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 Strategic Forum No. 201
Another consideration is possible erosion in the degree of influence that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) retains over the Korean People's Army (KPA), despite the long-term, close relationship between the two militaries.
Still, there is some potential for armed clashes to flare on a lesser scale, as possible consequences of Chinese actions.
Given Chinese sensitivity to these and similar scenarios and the plausible assumption that even the Chinese consider Kim Jong Il and his government unpredictable, China's generally risk-averse leadership probably finds itself under constant pressure to monitor North Korean reactions and assess the limits to which it can go before unintentionally precipitating unwanted North Korean responses.
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