Nankang

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 南康 (Nánkāng).

Pronunciation

• enPR: nänʹkängʹ

Proper noun

Nankang

1. A district of Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China, formerly a county.
   • 1921 February, C. A. Bunting, “From House to House in South Kiangsi”, in China's Millions‎^[1], volume XXIX, number 1, China Inland Mission, →OCLC, page 26, column 1:

     This was a great spiritual blessing to him and he returned a different man. He is now out with five others at this work making his centre at Nankang.

   • 1971, Dick Wilson, “Breaking Out of the Circle”, in The Long March 1935: The Epic of Chinese Communism's Survival‎^[2], New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76:

     The Communists now divided into two groups which crossed the Hsinfeng River by the Wangmu and Kupo ferries respectively. One group struck north-west, crossed the Chang River between Nankang and Tayu and cut across the Kanchou-Nanhsiung road to occupy Chengkuo, north of Jenhua in Kwangtung province, on November 5.

   • 1973, Rewi Alley, 中国见闻 [Travels in China, 1966-71]‎^[3], Peking: New World Press, →OCLC, page 276:

     Going south by highway from Kanchow, the seat of the Kanchow prefecture, we first passed through Nankang county.

   • 2009 June 15, Yu Le, “Furniture makers protest higher taxes in east China”, in Jeremy Laurence, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, Latest Crisis‎^[5]:

     Hundreds of Chinese furniture makers overturned police cars and blocked roads in the southeastern city of Nankang on Monday, to protest a government plan to raise taxes on an industry already suffering from a decline in demand from export markets.

   • 2018 August 14, “People’s Government of Ganzhou Nankang Builds Up Furniture Industry in China with SAP Ariba”, in AP News; Business Wire‎^[6], archived from the original on 11 October 2022‎^[7]:

     Nankang district is in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. The industrial economy of Nankang has continued to grow.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nankang.

Descendants

• Translingual: Nankangia

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南康 (zh) (Nánkāng)

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Nankang or Nan-k'ang”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1282, column 1
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nankang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[9], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2116, column 2

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 南港 (Nángǎng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nan²-kang³.

Proper noun

Nankang

1. Alternative form of Nangang (Taiwan)
   • 1965, Akira Iriye, “Bibliography”, in After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921-1931 (Harvard East Asian Series)‎^[10], Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 337:

     The Academia Sinica (Nankang, Taiwan) has not made available for research the Nanking government's diplomatic papers, but it has a valuable collection of documents for the pre-1927 period which are available.

   • 1974 January [1973], Chang-Hung Chou, Yea-Tzer Chung, “The Allelopathic Potential of Miscanthus Floridulus”, in Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica‎^[11], volume 15, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14:

     There is an^[sic] unique pattern of herb exclusion by the Miscanthus stands, which occupies a large area in the mountains, particularly in Nankang, suburb of Taipei.

   • 1983 November 6, “Annual Tea Contest”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly]‎^[12], volume XXIV, number 44, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

     Tea growers from Taipei's Mucha and Nankang districts have entered their best produce for the annual tea contest.

   • 1992 October 25, Michael Stroud, “A Shakeout Looms for Taiwan's Computer Companies”, in The Washington Post‎^[13], archived from the original on 14 October 2022, Business‎^[14]:

     The Government's most ambitious plan is to create a software industry almost from scratch. Encouraged by the success of a technology park in Hsinchu, near Taipei, planners are investing millions of dollars in a software park in Nankang, also near Taipei, to open in about three years.

   • 1994 July, Robert Storey, “Taipei”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎^[15], 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 147, column 1:

     Nankang Tea Park
     (nángǎng guānguāng cháyuán) 南港觀光茶園
     Similar to Mucha Tea Park, the tea park in the Nankang District is less developed but still very interesting. There are a number of hiking trails here winding through the forested hillsides, plus the area is dotted with small temples.

   • 1994 July 19, Edward A. Gargan, “High-Tech Taiwanese Come Home”, in The New York Times‎^[16], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-26‎^[17]:

     Over the next year, a software park will be set up in a suburb of Taipei, in Nankang, where officials hope it will be able to attract American-trained software engineers.

   • 1995, Roger Mark Selya, “Economy”, in Taipei‎^[18], John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 53:

     At their peak mining employed only some 1.5 percent of the Taipei workforce, and by 1986 the figure had shrunk to 0.5 percent. Furthermore, although coal and other mining companies had offices in every district of Taipei, it was only in Nankang and Chingmei districts that coal was actually mined.

   • 2000, Law of the Sea: The Common Heritage and Emerging Challenges‎^[19], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310:

     Yann-huei Song is Research Fellow and Head, Division of Legal and Political Studies, in the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

   • 2008 September 17, “New Songshan-Nankang railway tunnel to help local development: Ma”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[20], archived from the original on 04 October 2022, Society‎^[21]:

     President Ma Ying-jeou said Wednesday that the new underground railway tunnel between Songshan and Nankang in eastern Taipei City will assist in the development of the area.

   • 2018 May 21, “Minutes of Tainan City Government’s 337th Municipal Administrative Meeting 05/16/2018”, in Tainan City Government‎^[22], archived from the original on 11 September 2022‎^[23]:

     The establishment of Academia Sinica – Southern Branch represents a new milestone for R&D in scientific industries for the new generation dwelling in Southern Taiwan. The responsibilities of Academia Sinica – Southern Branch in promoting research and regional development are comparable to those of its headquarters in Nankang District.

   • 2018 October 15, “National Biotech Research Park opens”, in Radio Taiwan International‎^[24], archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎^[25]:

     Academia Sinica President James Liao said that the government worked with environmental groups who had concerns about the project. As a result, the park’s area was decreased to three hectares. It also will include four hectares of ecological pools and other green areas. The park is located in Taipei’s Nankang District.

   • 2020 August 27, Lyla Liu, “Taipei Music Center opens after long construction period”, in Taiwan News‎^[26], archived from the original on 28 August 2020‎^[27]:

     The Taipei Music Center in Nankang District officially opened on Thursday (Aug. 27) with President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), Culture Minister Li Yung-te (李永得), and Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) all in attendance.

   • 2021 April 19, “Becoming backbones for disabled elders: the opening of first officially owned and privately managed long-term care institution in Nankang district”, in Department of Social Welfare, Taipei City Government‎^[28], archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎^[29]:

     Dongming long-term care institution held a celebration event on July 10, one month after their opening and announced that Taipei Aiai Nursing Home is entrusted for management. The institution is located on the second floor in the Dongming Public Housing in Nankang district.

   • 2021 July 29, “Parking Information”, in National Palace Museum‎^[30], archived from the original on 02 August 2021‎^[31]:

     4. From Taipei's Nankang district, take HuanDong and TiDing Boulevards, proceeding as above to the ZiQiang Tunnel and then the Museum.

   • 2022 February 15, Crystal Hsu, “Robust economy, property boom prompt new projects”, in Taipei Times‎^[32], archived from the original on 14 February 2022‎^[33]:

     A building under construction in the Nankang district of Taipei is pictured on Nov. 24 last year.

   • 2022 August 28, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: Civilians enter the Martyrs’ Shrine”, in Taipei Times‎^[34], archived from the original on 27 August 2022‎^[35]:

     On Sept. 3, 1999, Lin became the first civilian to be inducted into the Martyrs’ Shrine after the Ministry of the Interior revised the laws a year earlier to allow non-military personnel to receive such honors. Her spirit tablet was placed in the Taipei Martyrs’ Shrine in Nankang District (南港).

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Nankang.

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Nankang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[36], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2116, column 2