Citations:Baiquan

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English citations of Baiquan

  • [1955, Hsinhua News Agency Release[1], →OCLC, page 201, column 2:
    [] machinegun bullets at the "Incharran" while it was sailing near the Paichuan Islands. After forcing it to stop, the Chiang pirates boarded and searched the ship. They also took the ship to the Paichuan Islands, detaining it for 48 hours.]
  • 2007, Z. Y. Jing et al., “Numerical Study on the Coastal Upwelling and Its Seasonal Variation in the East China Sea”, in Journal of Coastal Research[2], →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 560, column 2:
    The upwelling centres of Fujian coast are mostly nearby the Baiquan Archipelago at 120°15′E 26°N, of which the positions generally move southwards in relation to that in summer and the phenomena are similar with that in winter.
  • 2015, Weichung Cheng, “Sailing from the China Coast to the Pescadores and Taiwan: A Comparative Study on the Resemblances in Chinese and Dutch Sailing Patterns”, in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient[3], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 311:
    The new directions also stipulated that when the captain departed from Mejima Island (女島) outside the Nagasaki port, he should set his course to Southwest until the Baiquan Islands was in sight (白犬, named ”Baboxin” or “Crocodile” by the Dutch). He should then turn south, and go on sailing until the coast of Taiwan was in sight. He should see a highland landscape at the coast of Erlin.
  • (Can we date this quote?), “Basic information”, in China Daily[4], archived from the original on 12 October 2019[5]:
    It is the fifth largest island in China and the largest in Fujian, covering an area 2.3 times as large as Xiamen Island. It faces the Taiwan Straits to its east, Haitan Straits to its west, Southern Putian Island to its south and Baiquan Island Chain to its north.
  • 2021, Wei-Ping Lin, “Forbidden Outpost”, in Island Fantasia: Imagining Subjects on the Military Frontline between China and Taiwan[6], Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:
    The British Navy provided more information about navigation in the sea of Fujian, including entries about Baiquan (now called Juguang), Nangan, and Beigan (S. Li 2006: 98). [] Ships could obtain small amounts of freshwater in Baiquan and hire pilots capable of navigating ships to the Min River during ebb tide.
  • [2021, Keyuan Zou, “China and the Law of the Sea: Historical Aspects”, in Dai Tamada, Keyuan Zou, editors, Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan[7], →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 8–9:
    The islands inside the baseline, including Tungyin Island, Kaoteng Island, the Matsu Islands, the Paichuan Islands, Wuchiu Island, the Greater and Lesser Quemoy Islands, Tatan Island, Erhtan Island and Tungting Island, are islands of the Chinese inland waters.]