hsichu

Example Sentences

• "1. THE EMBASSY HAS JUST LEARNED THAT ADMIRAL SOONG, CHIEF OF GS, MND, HAS INFORMED COMUSTDC BY LETTER DATED MAY 9 (NOT RECEIVED UNTIL MAY 18) THAT ON APRIL 30, A FLIGHT OF FOUR PRC FIGHTER AIRCRAFT FLYING AT 20,000 FEET AND 450 NM/PER HOUR "INTRUDED INTO THE AIRSPACE OF TUNGCHU AND HSICHU OF OUR MATSU AREA". SOONG FURTHER ADVISED THAT "THE INTRUDING AIRCRAFT THEN ESCAPED UPON THE FIRING OF OUR ADA UNITS". SOONG INTERPRETS INCIDENT AS MANIFESTING PRC INTENT "TO MAKE PROVOCATIONS"; AND THAT "THIS PROVOCATIVE ACT MIGHT LEAD TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE AND ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR MUTUAL DEFENSE POSTURE". SOONG ASKS COMUSTDC TO "TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS IN ORDER TO PREVENT ESCALATION OF THE STRAINED SITUATION IN THE TAIWAN STRAITS"."
• "In the morning I had a discussion with military leaders, then left for Hsichu, where I was brief­ed by the commander and visited the troops.[…] At noon I called at Chingfan Village and saw that living conditions were much improved. Every family has vegetables and frequently meat. I took a boat across the strait to Tungchu."
• "One of the least defended islands of the chain, Hsichu, and another island, Tungchu, are regarded by locals as potential targets for Chinese attack."
• "This morning, Chao Chuan-sun, the county head from Matsu, festooned in campaign buttons and a hat proclaiming his support for President Lee, clambered into a boat heading for Hsichu, Tungchu's neighbor. "I'm going to the island because it is closest to the exercise," he said."
• "Chuang was attacked and abducted by mainland fishermen on 11th October near Hsichu island, part of the ROC-governed Matsu island group, while searching their fishing vessel which had been detained for illegal entry into ROC[…]"
• "The main centre of business on Hsichu is Chingfan Village (qīngfán cūn), which has some reasonably good restaurants but no accommodation."