Jiulong
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九龍江 / 九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng).
Proper noun
[edit]Jiulong
- A river in southern Fujian, China.
- Synonyms: (former name) Longjiang, (former name) Zhangjiang
- 2007 August 9, Ralph Jennings, “FEATURE-Taiwan rankled by China litter washing up on beaches”, in Reuters[1], archived from the original on March 15, 2025[2]:
- Wind-driven ocean currents from China's booming coastal city of Xiamen, only about 2 km (1.25 miles) away, bring garbage across a sea channel that decades ago was the scene of fierce fighting between China and Taiwan during a protracted civil war.
The problem gets worse when it rains, as storms bring extra-large onslaughts from the mouth of the nearby Jiulong River in China.