Wuqiu

Proper noun

Wuqiu

1. A rural township of Kinmen County, Taiwan.
   • Wuqiu (population: 642) lies midway between Kinmen and Matsu, 9km from the nearest PRC-held territory. Save for the ROC servicemen posted there, very few outsiders have been able to visit Wuqiu and obtaining permission to go there is practically impossible.2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309
   • The county said the list of winners can be checked online and also will send a noticeto the lucky winners. In addition, KKL will provide interim regional service to those living in the townships of Lieyu, Jinsha and Jinhu, who can buy the products at nearby stations temporarily set up on Oct....2020 October 30, “Kinmen to launch another round of stimulus measure in November to boost economy”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2020
2. An island group making up Wuqiu, Kinmen County, Taiwan, originally part of Putien (Putian).
   • In January 1997, Taiwan rejected South Korean demands that it not ship its nuclear waste to North Korea for treatment and storage. The PRC intervened to extract maximum political capital from the dispute, offering to take the Taiwanese nuclear waste on condition that the island be considered an...2001, Elizabeth Economy, “The Greening of East Asia: The Quest to Tackle Environmental Dilemmas”, in Julian Weiss, editor, Tigers' Roar: Asia's Recovery and its Impact, East Gate Books, →ISBN, →LCCN...
   • The Wuchiu (Wuqiu) Islands are nominally administered in the PRC by the Xiuyu District of the Putian prefecture, but are in reality controlled by the Republic of China, which administers Wuchiu (Wuqiu) as part of Quemoy (Jinmen) County.2013, Rongxing Guo, Regional China: A Business and Economic Handbook, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44

   Synonyms:

   Ockseu