chiayi

Example Sentences

• "In Chiayi and Ilan peasant uprisings broke out and could not be put down until the army had taken more than 700 farmers into custody."
• "Since many factories have not been repaired or are operating at low capacity, there is much unemployment. Repatriation of overseas Taiwanese has aggravated the problem, which the government has made no real effort to solve. During the war the Japanese built at Chiayi a large factory for making high-octane gas. Now it is closed, and one-fifth of the town's population are out of work. It is not surprising that at Chiayi last month there was fierce fighting against the mainlanders."
• "Thus one of C. L. Yang's teams recently spent three months studying the efficiency of the PVC and polyurethane (PU) packaging divisions of Nan Ya. By the time they left, 272 jobs had been eliminated and $7.45 million saved per year on materials. The same approach halved the steam used by FCFC to produce a ton of rayon and tripled productivity over three years in Nan Ya's PVC pipe plant in Chiayi."
• "Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in addition to its vibrant colours, koji is unique in that everything is handmade."
• "There would also be traditional dishes associated with different regions of Taiwan, which covers 36,000 square kilometers (an area comparable to the Netherlands) and is home to more than 23.5 million people. In central Chiayi City, that would be a rice bowl topped with local chicken that’s pulled into soft shreds, and dressed with its own juices and fat."
• "Under the social security program, the government will expand insurance coverage to include dependents of public functionaries, and establish more clinics in Tainan, Chiayi, and Hsinchu countries^([sic – meaning counties])."