Hualian

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Hualian

  1. Alternative form of Hualien (City)
    • 1983 April 24, “Taiwanese Pilot Defects to China”, in The Japan Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4:
      The official Xinhua News Agency said Maj. Li Dawei, 33, flew a U-6a aircraft from the town of Hualian on the east coast of Taiwan on Friday and landed safely in a coastal area in Fujian province.
    • 2007, Marc L. Moskowitz, “Magic Tricks, Midnight Grave Outings, and Transforming Trees: Performance and Agency in Taiwanese Religion”, in Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern, editors, Asian Ritual Systems: Syncretisms and Ruptures[2], Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
      According to Mrs. Li, he had only lived in Gaoxiong for eight years. He used to live in Hualian, a smaller city on the East Coast, but moved because the gods told him that there were many ghosts that needed taking care of in Gaoxiong.
    • 2013 October 31, Keith Bradsher, “Earthquake Shakes Remote Area of Taiwan”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 November 2013, Asia Pacific‎[4]:
      The earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 6.3 by the United States Geological Survey and by Taiwan’s authorities, occurred in a sparsely inhabited area roughly 30 miles south-southwest of Hualian, a resort town on the east coast.
  2. Alternative form of Hualien (County)
    • 2017 December 15, Sheryl Cheung, “Art exhibition listings”, in Taipei Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 15, 2017, Features, page 14:
      The twisted rubber sole of a shoe, a bent plastic ruler, and a flattened drink bottle are among 111 artifacts that the team collected from Hualian County’s Chihsingtan Beach (七星潭海邊). Chihsingtan Beach offers scenic ocean views, but is also contaminated with garbage, much of which has been eroded by the sea.