taiping

Example Sentences

• "Chiang-su was the main centre of the great Tʻai Pʻing rebellion, Nanking being the rebel capital from 1853 to 1864."
• "From the age of thirteen, Huang Pin-hung was able to study paintings in private collections that were being dispersed in the area around his ancestral home in She-hsien, An-hui Province, in the wake of the T’ai-p’ing Rebellion; he was particularly impressed by the works of Tung Ch’i-ch’ang (1555-1636) and Cha Shih-piao (1615-98)."
• "The Nien Rebellion was made up of insurgents who opposed the Qing dynasty, which also had to contend with yet another movement, the Taiping, which was active in the south."
• "Taiwan’s coastguard has said it plans to hold rescue drills in waters around Taipei’s sole territorial holding in the disputed South China Sea at the end of this month, and that the drills could involve its navy. The exercises to be held around Itu Aba, known by Taiwan as Taiping, would include drills in rescuing shipwrecked personnel, the coastguard said. More details would be released later, it said in a statement on its website late on Sunday. “Currently the navy regularly patrols near Taiping Island. We don’t rule out the navy playing a supporting role in future humanitarian rescue drills being held near Taiping,” the Coast Guard Administration said in the statement."
• "Taiping, also known as Itu Aba, is the biggest natural feature in the Spratly islands. It is currently occupied by Taiwan but is also claimed by China, the Philippines and Vietnam."
• "Taiping, also known as Itu Aba, the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), lies 1,600 kilometers southwest of Kaohsiung and is administered as part of the special municipality's Cijin District."