Penghu Islands 澎湖縣 Pescadores | |
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| Penghu County | |
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| Coordinates:23°34′03″N119°34′39″E / 23.56750°N 119.57750°E /23.56750; 119.57750 | |
| Country |  Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Province | Taiwan Province (streamlined) |
| Seat | Magong City |
| Largest city | Magong |
| Boroughs | One city, five rural townships |
| Government | |
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| • County Magistrate | Chen Kuang-fu (DPP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 141.052 km2 (54.460 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 22 of 22 |
| Population (December 2014) | |
• Total | 101,758 |
| • Rank | 21 of 22 |
| • Density | 721.422/km2 (1,868.47/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (National Standard Time) |
| ISO 3166 code | TW-PEN |
| Website | www.penghu.gov.tw |
| Symbols | |
| Bird | Small Skylark (Alauda gulgula) |
| Flower | Firewheel (Gaillardia pulchella) |
| Tree | Chinese Banyan (Ficus microcarpa) |
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Song dynasty (1170–1279)
Yuan dynasty (1281–1368)
Ming dynasty (1368–1622, 1624–1644)Dutch Empire (1622–1624)
Kingdom of Tungning (1661–1683)
Qing dynasty (1683–1895)
Empire of Japan (1895–1945)
ThePenghu (/ˈpʌŋˈhuː/PUNG-HOO,[1]HokkienPOJ:Phîⁿ-ô͘ orPhêⁿ-ô͘ ) orPescadores Islands are anarchipelago of 90 islands andislets in theTaiwan Strait, about 50 kilometres (25 nautical miles) west of the mainisland of Taiwan across thePenghu Channel, covering an area of 141 km2 (54 sq mi). The archipelago collectively formsPenghu County. The largest city isMagong, on the largest island, which is also named Magong.
The Penghu islands first appear in the historical record in theTang dynasty and were inhabited by Chinese people under theSouthern Song dynasty, during which they were attached toJinjiang County ofFujian.[2] The archipelago was formally incorporated as an administrative unit of China in 1281 underTong'an County ofJiangzhe Province in theYuan dynasty.[3] It continued to be controlled by Imperial China with brief European occupations by theDutch Empire (1622–1624) andSecond French colonial empire (1885), until it was ceded to theEmpire of Japan in 1895.Japan’s surrender in 1945 ended its colonial rule over the Islands, which has since then been governed by theRepublic of China (ROC). Under the terms of theSino-American Mutual Defense Treaty and the subsequentTaiwan Relations Act between the ROC and theUnited States, Penghu is defined and geographically acknowledged as part of Taiwan.[4][5]
Penghu Islands rely solely on sea and air transportation, with air transport having a significant role in outside access. The islands are served by three local domestic airports:Penghu Airport,Qimei Airport, andWang-an Airport. ThePenghu National Scenic Area comprises most of the islands and islets of the archipelago. It is also renowned for its unique natural feature ofcolumnar basalt landscape.Tourism is one of the main sources of income to the county.
The "Penghu" islands were mentioned in a series of poems from theTang dynasty (618–907). In theSong dynasty (960–1279), it was mentioned that in the Tang period, "Pinghu" barbarians from beyondQuanzhou had laid siege toFuzhou, now the capital ofFujian Province.[2] In 1171, poetLou Yue [zh] described a place across the sea fromQuanzhou, identified as Penghu, that had thousands of sandbars called "Pinghu" (flat lake) because of the "encircling shape of its inner coastline".[6] Song sources describe migrants from Fujian cultivating land on Pinghu.[7] In 1225, the Song historianZhao Rukuo called the islands attached toJinjiang County "Penghu".[8] In 1227, Wang Xiangzhi described Penghu as a group of 36 islands in an "outlying region" which took three days to reach by sailing from Jinjiang.[9] In theSouthern Min language, both Pinghu and Penghu are pronounced similarly, and scholars in Taiwan believe them to be the same place.[8] In Southern Min it is pronouncedPhêⁿ-ô·.[10]
According to the officialPenghu County Chronicle, Penghu's original name had been "Pinghu" (平湖), but as "Ping" (平) sounded similar to "Peng" (彭) inHokkien, "Pinghu" (平湖) was also written as "Penghu" (彭湖), and ultimately the consensus, is to write "Penghu" (澎湖).[11][12] The islands have also been calledPehoe from theMinnan namePhêⁿ-ô·.[10]
The name "Pescadores" comes from thePortuguese nameIlhas dos Pescadores ("Fishermen Islands"). TheEuropean Portuguese pronunciation is[pɨʃkɐˈðoɾɨʃ][13] but, in English, it is typically closer to/ˌpɛskəˈdɔːrɪz,-iːz/.[10]
Penghu 1, a fossil jaw (mandible) dating to the Middle or LatePleistocene that belonged to a member of an extincthominin species, possibly aDenisovan, was discovered in thePenghu Channelc. 2008.[14]
Finds of fine redcord-marked pottery at Guoye,Huxi, indicate that Penghu was visited byAustronesians from southwestern Taiwan around 5,000 years ago, though not settled permanently.[15]
Han Chinese from southernFujian began to establish fishing communities on the islands in the 9th and 10th centuries,[15] and representatives were intermittently stationed there by theSouthern Song andYuan governments fromc. 1170.[16] Chinese fishermen had settled on the Penghu Islands by 1171, when a group of "Bisheye" bandits with dark skin speaking a foreign language landed on Penghu and plundered the fields planted by Chinese migrants. The Song government sent soldiers after them and from that time on, Song patrols regularly visited Penghu in the spring and summer. A local official,Wang Dayou [zh] had houses built on Penghu and stationed troops there to prevent depredations by the Bisheye.[17][18][16] Coins dating to the Xining (1068–1077) and Zhenghe (1111–1117) reign periods as well as many Song pottery and porcelain shards have been unearthed in Penghu.[9]
In 1225, theBook of Barbarian Nations anecdotally indicated that Penghu was attached to Jinjiang, Quanzhou Prefecture.[3]A group of Quanzhou immigrants lived on Penghu.[19]
In November 1281, theYuan dynasty underEmperor Shizu officially established thePenghu Patrol and Inspection Agency under the jurisdiction ofTong'an County, incorporating Penghu into China's borders 403 years earlier than Taiwan.[3]
Wang Dayuan gave a detailed first-hand account of the islands in hisDaoyi Zhilüe (1349).[20]
There are thirty-six islands, large and small, so close together that the slopes of one are visible from another. Among them are seven harbors which are named. With a favoring wind they can be reached from Ch'üan-chou in two days and nights. There is grass but no trees ; the land is barren and not suited for growing rice. The Ch'üan-chou people make their houses by thatching grass. The weather is always warm. The customs [of the residents] are rustic. Many of the people are long-lived [or, the people are mostly old]. Men and women both wear long cloth gowns girded with local cotton cloth. They boil sea [water] to get salt, and ferment millet to make liquor. They gather fish, shrimp, snails, and clams to supplement their [staple of grain]. They burn ox dung to cook fish fat for use as oil. The land produces sesame and green beans. The goats multiply into flocks of several tens of thousands. A family [which owns some goats] brands their hair and cuts their horns as marks of identification, but does not gather them in during the day or night, so that they all forage for themselves. Their workmen and merchants enjoy the profits of a flourishing trade.
The territory is attached to Chin-chiang county [hsien] of Ch'üan-chou [prefecture]. During the reign-period Chih-yüan 至元[1280-1294] a sub-county magistrate was assigned there to be in charge of the annual tax fixed on salt; during the Chung-t'ung 中統 reign-period [1260-1279] this amounted to ten ingots [ting 錠] and twenty-five ounces. No other tax or corvée is levied.[21]
In the 15th century, theMing ordered the evacuation of the islands as part of theirmaritime ban. When these restrictions were removed in the late 16th century, legal fishing communities, most of which hailed fromTong'an County,[22] were re-established on the islands. These fishermen worshiped at theMazu Temple that gaveMagong its name and themselves gave rise to the Portuguese namePescadores.[16] The Ming established a permanent military presence starting in 1597.[23]
At this time, theDutch East India Company was trying to force China to open a port inFujian to Dutch trade and expel the Portuguese fromMacau.[24][25][26] When the Dutch were defeated by the Portuguese at theBattle of Macau in 1622, they seized Penghu, built a fort there, and threatened raids on Chinese ports and shipping unless the Chinese allowed trading with them on Penghu and that China not trade with Manila.[27] In response, the Chinese governor of Fujian demanded that the Dutch withdraw from Penghu to Taiwan, where the Chinese would permit them to engage in trade.[28][29] The Dutch continued to raid the Fujian coast between October 1622 and January 1624 to force their demands, but were unsuccessful.[30] In 1624, the new governor of Fujian sent a fleet of 40–50 warships with 5,000 troops to Penghu and expelled the Dutch, who moved toFort Zeelandia on Taiwan.[31][32]
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For a period in the mid-17th century,Taiwan and the archipelago were ruled by theKingdom of Tungning under the Zheng family, which was overthrown by theQing dynasty in 1683 after theBattle of Penghu. Military personnel were stationed on Penghu afterwards. Penghu became a sub-prefecture ofTaiwan Prefecture,Fujian Province, in the Qing period.[33]
The Penghu archipelago was captured by the French in March 1885, in the closing weeks of theSino-French War, and evacuated four months later. ThePescadores Campaign was the last campaign of AdmiralAmédée Courbet, whose naval victories in the war had made him a national hero in France. Courbet was among several French soldiers and sailors who died ofcholera during the French occupation of Penghu. He died aboard his flagshipBayard inMakung harbour on 11 June 1885.[34][non-primary source needed]
Towards the end of theFirst Sino-Japanese War, having defeated the Qing in northern China, Japan sought to ensure that it obtained Penghu and Taiwan in the final settlement. In March 1895, theJapanese defeated the Chinese garrison on the islands and occupiedMakung. The Japanese occupation of Penghu, with its fine harbor, gave theImperial Japanese Navy an advanced base from which their short-range coal-burning ships could control the Taiwan Straits and thus prevent more Chinese troops from being sent to Taiwan. This action persuaded the Chinese negotiators at Shimonoseki that Japan was determined to annex Taiwan, and, after Penghu, Taiwan and theLiaodong Peninsula had been ceded to Japan in the Sino-JapaneseTreaty of Shimonoseki in April, helped to ensure the success of theJapanese invasion of Taiwan in May.[35][non-primary source needed]
Penghu County was then called theHōko Prefecture by theJapanese government of Taiwan. InWorld War II,Makō (Makung) was a major base for the Imperial Japanese Navy and the embarkation point for theinvasion of the Philippines.[citation needed]
In 1944, Penghu was extensively bombed in thePenghu air raids.
In theCairo Declaration of 1943, the United States, the United Kingdom and China stated it to be their purpose that "all the territories that Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Formosa and The Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China". On 26 July 1945, the three governments issued thePotsdam Declaration, declaring that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out". However, the United States and the United Kingdom have regarded the aforementioned documents as merely wartime statements of intention with no binding force in law.[36]
Following thesurrender of Japan on 2 September 1945,Supreme Commander of the Allied PowersDouglas MacArthur issuedGeneral Order No. 1, which directed Japanese forces to surrender to theAllied Powers and facilitate theoccupation of Japanese territories by the Allied Powers. The Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers ordered Japanese forces in China and Taiwan to surrender toChiang Kai-shek, who the Allied Powers delegated to accept the surrender. On 25 October 1945, Governor-GeneralRikichi Andō handed over the administration of Taiwan and the Penghu islands to the head of the Taiwan Investigation Commission,Chen Yi.[37][38]
The Republic of China and Japan signed theTreaty of Taipei on 28 April 1952, and the treaty came into force on 5 August, which is considered by some as giving a legal support to the Republic of China's claim to Taiwan as "de jure" territory. The treaty stipulates that all treaties, conventions, and agreements between China and Japan prior to 9 December 1941 were null and void, which according toHungdah Chiu, abolishes theTreaty of Shimonoseki ceding Taiwan to Japan. In the 1956Japan v. Lai Chin Jung case, it was stated that Taiwan and the Penghu islands came to belong to the ROC on the date the Treaty of Taipei came into force.[38]
However, in 1954, the United States denied that the sovereignty over Taiwan and the Penghu islands had been settled by the Treaty of Taipei.[39] In the following year, the United States also stated its position that Taiwan and Penghu were handed over to the Allied Powers, and that the Republic of China was merely asked to administer these territories for the Allied Powers pending a final decision as to their ownership.[40] In the 1960Sheng v. Rogers case, it was stated that, in the view of theU.S. State Department, no agreement has purported to transfer the sovereignty of Taiwan to the ROC, though it accepted the exercise of Chinese authority over Taiwan and recognized the Government of the Republic of China as the legal government of China at the time.[41]
Boat people fleeing Vietnam in the 1970s and 1980s who were rescued by Taiwan's ships in the South China Sea were sent to Penghu.[42]
On 25 May 2002,China Airlines Flight 611, aBoeing 747-200 aircraft flying fromTaipei toHong Kong, disintegrated and exploded over the Islands. The wreckage slammed into the Taiwan Strait, a couple of miles off the coast. All 225 passengers and crew on board were killed.[43]
Penghu County has a dry-winterhumid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa), bordering on a regularhumid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa).
| Climate data for Penghu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1897–present） | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.1 (95.2) | 35.3 (95.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.4 (66.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.2 (82.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.5 (79.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.4 (63.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.7 (72.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 23.7 (74.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) | 7.2 (45.0) | 7.4 (45.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 20.9 (0.82) | 38.1 (1.50) | 50.7 (2.00) | 77.9 (3.07) | 117.8 (4.64) | 148.0 (5.83) | 163.2 (6.43) | 229.4 (9.03) | 100.3 (3.95) | 30.1 (1.19) | 26.0 (1.02) | 28.1 (1.11) | 1,030.5 (40.59) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 81.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 78.7 | 80.7 | 80.0 | 80.9 | 82.8 | 85.2 | 83.6 | 84.4 | 79.6 | 75.2 | 76.8 | 76.8 | 80.4 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 102.9 | 98.7 | 131.1 | 153.1 | 183.6 | 211.2 | 265.3 | 231.4 | 214.9 | 186.4 | 129.2 | 111.4 | 2,019.2 |
| Source: Central Weather Bureau[44][45][46][47][48] | |||||||||||||
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Penghu is the remnant of aMiocene-ageshield volcano. The stratigraphy of the island is dominated by two to four layers ofbasaltinterbedded withsandstone andmudstone deposited in shallow marine conditions.[49]
The majority of the populace (72%+) in Penghu are descendants of settlers fromTong'an inFujian.[22]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1985 | 102,282 | — |
| 1990 | 95,932 | −6.2% |
| 1995 | 90,937 | −5.2% |
| 2000 | 89,496 | −1.6% |
| 2005 | 91,785 | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 96,918 | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 102,304 | +5.6% |
| Source:"Populations by city and country in Taiwan".Ministry of the Interior. May 2018. Archived fromthe original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved1 May 2016. | ||
In Penghu, the native language isTaiwanese Hokkien, withTong'an dialect being the most prevalent speech.[50]
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Penghu County is administered byPenghu County Government headed by MagistrateLai Feng-wei of theKuomintang and headquartered at the Penghu County Hall.
Penghu County is divided into onecity and fiverural townships. It is further divided into 97 villages.[51] LikeLienchiang County, Penghu County has nourban townships. The county seat is atMagong City, where it houses thePenghu County Hall andPenghu County Council.
| Type | Name | Chinese | Taiwanese | Hakka | English translation |
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| City | Magong City | 馬公市 | Má-keng | Mâ-kûng | OriginallyMazu Temple (媽宮) |
| Rural townships | Baisha | 白沙鄉 | Pe̍h-soa | Pha̍k-sâ | White Sand |
| Cimei(Qimei) | 七美鄉 | Chhit-bí | Tshit-mî | Seven Beauties (大嶼) | |
| Huxi | 湖西鄉 | Ô͘-sai | Fù-sî | Lake West | |
| Wangan(Wang-an, Wang'an) | 望安鄉 | Bāng-oaⁿ | Mong-ôn | Hope Safe (網垵) | |
| Xiyu | 西嶼鄉 | Sai-sū | Sî-yí | Western Isle |
The main island (comprising Magong City and Huxi Township),Baisha Island and Xiyu are the three most populous islands and are connected via bridges. ThePenghu Great Bridge connecting Baisha and Xiyu is the longest bridge inTaiwan. Two shorter bridges connect Huxi and Baisha via the small island of Zhongtun.
The county elects a single representative to theLegislative Yuan. In the2016 Republic of China legislative election, this seat was won by theDemocratic Progressive Party with 55.4% of the vote.[52]
Despite the controversy over thepolitical status of Taiwan, both the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China agree that Penghu is a county in (their own respective) "Taiwan Province" (Taiwan Province, Republic of China andTaiwan Province, People's Republic of China). Yet, geographically, theisland of Taiwan does not include Penghu, although it is closer to Taiwan than mainland China. Thus, Penghu is listed separately from "Taiwan" in some contexts, e.g. theSeparate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu (the official WTO name for the Republic of China) and in the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Cairo Declaration, and the Treaty of San Francisco.[53][54][55]
Due to its restricted geography, fishing has been the main industry for Penghu.[56] The Agriculture and Fisheries Bureau of thePenghu County Government governs matters related to agriculture and fisheries in Penghu.
In 2016, the bureau placed a ban on the harvesting ofsea urchins due to their declining population. The ban was partially lifted in 2017, with catches limited to only specimens larger than 8 cm (3.1 in) indiameter.[57]
Education-related matters in Penghu County are administered under the Education Department of thePenghu County Government. The county houses theNational Penghu University of Science and Technology.[citation needed]
Penghu is powered by theChienshan Power Plant, a 140 MWdiesel-fired power plant commissioned in 2001, and the Hujing Power Plant on Table Island. On 24 December 2010, the Taiwan-Penghu Undersea Cable Project ofTaipower was approved by theExecutive Yuan to connect theelectrical grid in Taiwan Island to Penghu.[58]
Under a wind power development project approved in 2002 by theExecutive Yuan, the ROC government plans to set up a total of 200 wind turbines in Penghu within 10 years. However, only 14 turbines have been set up as of 2015[update]. On 1 October 2015, Taipower announced the construction of another 11 new wind turbines across the island, of which six will be constructed inHuxi Township and five inBaisha Township.[59]
The current totaldesalination capacity of the county to provide clean water to its residents is 15,500 m3 per day. To reduce itsgroundwater use, in November 2015 the county secured a contract of building an additional desalination plant with 4,000 m3 capacity per day, construction of which is expected to be completed by May 2018.[60]
ThePenghu National Scenic Area was established in the early 1990s, comprising most of the islands and islets of the archipelago. Tourism has since become one of the main sources of income of the county.
Historical sites includeCentral Street,Erdai Art Hall,Tianhou Temple,Four-eyed Well,Penghu Reclamation Hall,Qimei Lighthouse,Xiyu Eastern Fort,Jinguitou Fortress andXiyu Western Fort. Museums in the county areChuwan Crab Museum,Ocean Resources Museum,Chang Yu-sheng Memorial Museum andPenghu Living Museum. Other attractions in the county include theDouble-Heart of Stacked Stones,Fenggui Cave,Little Taiwan,Whale Cave,Xiaomen Geology Gallery andSouth Penghu Marine National Park.[61]
Since 1 January 2015, tourists fromMainland China can directly apply for theExit & Entry Permit upon arrival in Penghu. This privilege also applies toKinmen and theMatsu Islands as a means to boost tourism in the outlying islands of Taiwan.[62]
The county welcomed 1.8 million tourists in 2018 with an average annual growth of around 10%.[63]
As a lightly populated outlying island, Penghu lends itself to being used as a trans-shipment hub for drug smuggling into Taiwan from China and the Philippines. Beginning in 2016, the area became the focus of a major drug trafficking crackdown by the Taiwanese police.[64][65][66]
In 2016, Chou Meng-hsiang (周盟翔), chief prosecutor of the Penghu District Prosecutors Office, "led an investigation team in Taiwan, including officers from the Coast Guard Administration, in a bid to bring (a) drug trafficking ring to justice." A joint investigation with Philippine and Chinese authorities spanning one and a half years resulted in the seizure of "22.6 kilograms of amphetamine, 11.4 kilograms of ephedrine, and about 40 kilograms of calcium chloride" with an estimated value of NT$123 million. Eight suspects were arrested inCagayan, a small island in northern Philippines, but no Taiwanese nationals were charged in relation to the importation scheme.[67]
In 2017, media reported "the biggest-ever haul of drugs in the county's history" when 506 kg ofephedrine was seized from a Chinese fishing boat off Penghu "as part of an ongoing crackdown on the area drug trade".[64] Ephedrine smuggling has increased in recent years as it has a similar structure to amphetamines and can be easily converted intomethamphetamine. According to a Focus Taiwan report, "(It) can then be sold for ten times the price, in this case that would be more than NT$1 billion (US$33.33 million)."[65]
Despite the size of the drug seizure, only the five crew members of the Chinese fishing boat were detained in the operation, with authorities "unable to find the Taiwanese ship which should have turned up to take delivery of the drugs". It was unclear from media reports how the Taiwanese side of the smuggling operation knew to abort the rendezvous. The suppliers of the shipment also evaded capture. It was believed that the drugs were destined to be transported from Penghu for distribution on Taiwan.[68]
Penghu is served byPenghu Airport inMagong City andQimei Airport inCimei Township. Both airports opened in 1977.Daily Air operates flights between Penghu to Kaohsiung.
The county hasMagong Harbor andLongmen Jianshan Pier. Magong Harbor hosts ferry connections withKaohsiung,Tainan,Chiayi andKinmen.
...Section. 15. For purposes of this Act- 2. the term "Taiwan" includes, as the context may require, the islands of Taiwan and the Pescadores (Penghu).
ARTICLE VI. For the purposes of Articles II and V, the terms "territorial" and "territories" shall mean in respect of the Republic of China, Taiwan and the Pescadores: and in respect of the United States of America, the island territories in the West Pacific under its jurisdiction.
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)大正6年（1917），日人藤田豊八在〈南蠻之來襲〉中，認為「平湖」與「澎湖」為同音異字。毛一波由音韻解釋：「平」可作「旁」音讀之。「彭」音「滂」，本與「旁」通，「旁」即是「滂」。「澎」之字音也是從「旁」字而來，是故「平」與「澎」為同音異字。
Older low-sea-level events, 225, 240–280, ?300, 335–360 and 425–450 ka cannot be completely excluded as the age for Penghu 1, but such a situation requires explanation for preservation through repeated sedimentary events and the unusual distribution ofCrocuta crocuta ultima. Therefore, Penghu 1 is younger than 450 ka, and most likely 10–70 ka or 130–190 ka.
p7. "In any case, there appears to be strong legal ground to support the view that since the entry into force of the 1952 ROC-Japan bilateral peace treaty, Taiwan has become thede jure territory of the ROC. This interpretation of the legal status of Taiwan is confirmed by several Japanese court decisions. For instance, in the case ofJapan v. Lai Chin Jung, decided by the Tokyo High Court on December 24, 1956, it was stated that 'Formosa and the Pescadores came to belong to the Republic of China, at any rate on August 5, 1952, when the [Peace] Treaty between Japan and the Republic of China came into force…'"
p8. "the principles of prescription and occupation that may justify the ROC's claim to Taiwan certainly are not applicable to the PRC because the application of these two principles to the Taiwan situation presupposes the validity of the two peace treaties by which Japan renounce its claim to Taiwan and thus makes the islandterra nullius."
The legal position is different, as I think I pointed out in my last press conference, by virtue of the fact that technical sovereignty over Formosa and the Pescadores has never been settled. That is because the Japanese peace treaty merely involves a renunciation by Japan of its right and title to these island. But the future title is not determined by the Japanese peace treaty, nor is it determined by the peace treaty which was concluded between the Republic of China and Japan. Therefore, the juridical status of these islands, Formosa and the Pescadores, is different from the juridical status of the offshore islands which have always been Chinese territory.
The position of the Administration is that these territories were handed over to the Allied and associated powers of World War II by Japan, which had held them since 1895, and that General Chiang was merely asked to administer them for the Allied and associated powers pending a final decision as to their ownership......
But in the view of our State Department, no agreement has 'purported to transfer the sovereignty of Formosa to (the Republic of) China. At the present time, we accept the exercise of Chinese authority over Formosa, and recognize the Government of the Republic of China (the Nationalist Government) as the legal Government of China.
Penghu county consists of 1 city and 5 townships, which are Magong city, Huxi Township, Baisha Township, Xiyu Township, Wang-an Township and Qimei Township. The city and township comprise 97 villages.
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Geographic data related toPenghu atOpenStreetMap| Kaohsiung |  | |
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1 Lienchiang County commonly known as Matsu.2Diaoyutai Islands are controlled byJapan, (calledSenkaku Islands).3Seat of the outlying islands' counties | ||
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