Penghu
Americannoun
noun
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In July 2014, a TransAsia ATR 72-500 flight crashed while trying to land on the scenic Penghu archipelago between Taiwan and China, killing 48 people onboard.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2023
Humiliated, China signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, which recognized Korea’s independence and conceded to Japan territory on the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria as well as Taiwan and the Penghu Islands.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Chinese military unit responsible for the area adjacent to Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command, released on Aug. 15 a video of the Penghu islands, apparently taken by China's air force.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2022
Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2015
The crash damaged eight houses, according to Chen Tung-yi, a section chief with the Penghu disaster response center.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2014
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