Bailongwei

Proper noun

Bailongwei

1. Synonym of Bạch Long Vĩ: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
   • The victimized Overseas Chinese are fishermen who used to live on (Pailungwei) Island in the Gulf of Tonkin.[…]These Overseas Chinese firmly asked the Vietnamese authorities many times to let them go back to (Pailungwei) Island, where they have lived for generations, to earn a living.[1978 June 6 [1978 June 4], “Haikow's Refugees Accuse SRV”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 109, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A 12
   • According to materials not yet publicly disclosed, Mao Zedong, as early as the fifties and with extreme generosity, gave Bailongwei Island, which is located in the middle of the Gulf of Tonkin and which is in an extremely important strategic position, to the Ho Chi Minh government.1990 July 16 [1988 October], Ai Hongren (5337 1347 0088) [艾宏仁], “Chinese Naval Actions Since the Beginning of the Seventies”, in An Inside Look Into the Chinese Communist Navy—Advancing Toward the...

   Synonyms:

   Bạch Long Vĩ