Citations:Orchid Island

English citations of Orchid Island

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• 1977 January 9, “Visitors drawn to Lanyu, Land forgotten by time”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[1], volume XVIII, number 2, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 4:

  Orchid Island is a rocky, mountainous bit of land thrown up from the sea by volcanic action eons ago. It has barely more than ten and a half square miles of area, with little arable or level land. Yet it is home to some 2,600 people.
  There really are orchids on Orchid Island, although they are found at higher elevations not usually seen by visitors—also sizeable trees and numerous birds and butterflies. Almost everything is green from the combination of a tropical climate and heavy rainfall.
  The people of Orchid Island are Yamis, members of the smallest of the Taiwan aborigine tribes. They are handsome people. with black hair, brown eyes and complexions deeply bronzed from exposure to sun and wind.

• 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “The East Coast”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[2], 1st edition, Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 432:

  Jutting sharply out of the sea some 91km southeast of Taitung, LANYU (Orchid Island), is one of Taiwan's most precious places, overflowing with unbridled beauty and holding endless cultural fascination.

• 2011 March, Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], 8th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 301, column 2:

  The Yami people call their island home ‘Pongso No Tao’ (Island of the People) in their native tongue. The Taiwanese call it Lanyu (蘭嶼; Lányǔ, Orchid Island), naming it after the flowers that have almost been picked to near extinction.

• 2015, Simon Foster, Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)‎^[4], 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 253:

  The 3500 Tao or Dawu (達悟族; dáwùzú; previously known as the Yami) retain the strongest identity of any tribe in Taiwan, mainly because of their relative isolation. The only seagoing tribe, they inhabit Lanyu (Orchid Island) off the southeast coast, their language more closely related to that of the Philippines than to the aboriginal languages of mainland Taiwan.

• 2015 November 11, “Ministry to aid UNESCO bid for caves”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2022, Taiwan News, page 15‎^[6]:

  If Basiandong is added to the list, it will be the third potential world heritage site in the county, after the Peinan Archeological Site in Beinan Township (卑南) — the largest-known ancient stone coffin burial ground in the Pacific Rim area — and Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu).

• 2020 July 28, Taiwan Affairs Office, “Basic facts about Taiwan”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China‎^[7], archived from the original on 31 July 2020‎^[8]:

  China’s Taiwan refers to Taiwan province (including Taiwan Island, Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, and the Penghu Islands) and Fujian province’s Jinmen, Mazu, Wuqiu and other islands, with a total land area of 36,000 square kilometers.

• 2020 November 4, Sally Jensen, “Indigenous Tao way of life under threat on Taiwan island”, in Reuters‎^[9], archived from the original on 05 November 2020, Big Story 10‎^[10]:

  While 2020 will be remembered by many as a year of travel bans and cancelled vacations, the indigenous Tao people of Orchid Island will remember it as the year unprecedented numbers of visitors descended on their once tranquil home.

• 2021 December 28, “Orchid Island to catch first sunrise of new year: CWB”, in Taipei Times‎^[11], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 December 2014, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[12]:

  Sunrise would be at 6:32am on Saturday in Orchid Island’s Dongcing (東清), while on Taiwan proper, it would occur at 6:35am in Lungkeng (龍坑) in Pingtung County’s Kenting (墾丁) area, the bureau forecast.

• 2022 February 8, Sen-hong Yang, “Chasing away the devil: Restoring Indigenous names on Taiwan's Orchid Island”, in Taiwan News‎^[13], archived from the original on 09 February 2022, Opinion‎^[14]:

  Lanyu, or Orchid Island, is Taiwan’s second-largest outlying island, inhabited by the Indigenous Tao. Tao author and anti-nuclear waste activist Syaman Rabongan recently published a Chinese-language book titled “I Long To Be a Fish’s Scale in That Ocean.” In it, he recalls that on Feb. 20, 1988, his people began the Chase Away the Devil movement, initiating a fight against the Taiwanese government and Taipower’s nuclear waste colonization.

• 2022 April 26, Tyson Lu, Matthew Mazzetta, “Ship delivering supplies to Orchid Island sinks after collision”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[15], archived from the original on 26 April 2022, Society‎^[16]:

  A ship transporting cargo from Taitung to Orchid Island sank early Tuesday after it was struck by a large merchant vessel off Green Island, but all nine crew members were safely rescued, according to the Coast Guard Administration (CGA).