peikan

Example Sentences

• "The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest island, Peikan. Between Nankan and Peikan lay the Matsu Straits, a twisted riptide-torn channel, boasting freak winds and bouldered shores. It was on this seaway that amphibian aircraft landed, wind and sea permitting."
• "A preliminary PLA attempt in late September to land forces on Peikan T'ang island (one of the Matsu group) was beaten back by the island's defenders and counterattacked by ROC bombers, which claimed to have sunk five motorised junks and damaged six others, out of a total fleet of forty to fifty."
• "Based on the variation diagrams (Figs. 1 and 10) and the occurrence of gabbroic rocks in Peikan, the author suggests that Matsu granite might have derived by differentiation from normal calc-alkali parent magma."
• "Mainland fishing boats that had disapperared^([sic – meaning disappeared]) for many days massed again on waters near Peikan, Matsu. Peikan residents pointed out that because mainland fishing boats had come too close, ROC [Republic of China] troops opened fire to disperse them; but the Peikan Headquarters said they knew nothing about the matter and believed fishermen were possibly using explosives to catch fish."
• "As Reece Overhalt spoke to the President, the first reports came in of China’s invasion of the Taiwanese island of Peikan, just off the coast of Fujian."
• "The 7km journey by boat between Nankan and Peikan takes either 10 or 40 minutes depending on which vessel you take."