Tiaoyutai
Tiaoyutai proper noun: synonym of Senkaku Islands.
Proper noun
Tiaoyutai
- Synonym of Senkaku Islands.
- Student demonstrations were mounted against the proposed transfer of the Senkaku, or Tiaoyutai, Islands, northeast of Taiwan, from U.S. to Japanese control despite the claim of Chinese sovereignty.1971, Dick Wilson, “HONG KONG”, in 1972 Year Book, Crowell-Collier Educational Corporation, →OCLC, page 272, column 2
- The students were concerned only with demanding American support for Nationalist China's claims to the uninhabited Tiaoyutai Islands, known as the Senkakus to the Japanese, which lie 120 miles northeast of Taiwan in an area thought to be rich in underwater oil reserves.1971 April 16, “Taiwan Appears Resigned to a U.S.‐Red China Thaw”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2018, page 10
- Synonyms:
- Senkaku Islands
Examples of Tiaoyutai in a sentence
- When the Tiaoyutai islands were included in the territory of Okinawa given back to Japan, it provoked anti-Japanese and anti-American reactions in both Peking and Taipei.1976, Jacques Guillermaz, “Foreign Policy 1966-1976 (3): Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia”, in Anne Destenay, transl., The Chinese...
- The Tiaoyutai lie a short distance north of Taiwan and are said to be highly promising as a subsea oil-production area.1980, Kim Woodard, “Rapid Change and Constraints in China's Energy Policy”, in The International Energy Relations of China, Stanford...
- It wasn't until 1970, when a movement arose to defend claims to the Tiaoyutai island group, did Taiwan's campuses resume political activism.2005 March 13, Sen-lun Yu, “Mapping the History of Taiwan's Student movements”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...
- A Taiwanese fishing boat, with some activists aboard, returned to Taiwan late Wednesday after a 25-minute standoff with Japanese coast guard ships in disputed Tiaoyutai waters.2011 June 29, “Taiwan boat returns after standoff with Japanese ships near Tiaoyutais”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 10...
Synonyms of Tiaoyutai
Forms of Tiaoyutai
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Origin of Tiaoyutai
From the Mandarin 釣魚臺 /釣魚台 /钓鱼台 (Diàoyútái) Wade–Giles romanization: Tiao⁴-yü²-tʻai².
Words formed from Tiaoyutai
Questions about Tiaoyutai
- What does Tiaoyutai mean?
- Tiaoyutai means synonym of Senkaku Islands.
- How do you use Tiaoyutai in a sentence?
- When the Tiaoyutai islands were included in the territory of Okinawa given back to Japan, it provoked anti-Japanese and anti-American reactions in both Peking and Taipei.
- What part of speech is Tiaoyutai?
- Tiaoyutai is a proper noun.
Words near Tiaoyutai in the dictionary
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