dadeng

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1. A subdistrict of Xiang'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, China, formerly a town.

   “Agricultural zone established on Fujian's Dadeng Island Dadeng town on Dadeng Island, near Xiamen city in Fujian, has been designated an agricultural development zone.”

   “Dadeng Island, home to the newly built Dadeng Town market, has offered duty-free Taiwanese products since 1999.”

   “Xiang'an Administrative District has a coverage area of 412sqkm, a sea area of 134 sqkm and a shoreline of 75km. It has 180sqkm lands that can be used for urban construction and a forest coverage ratio of 31.75%. It has four towns (Xindian, Maxiang, Neicuo and Xinxu), one subdistrict (Dadeng Subdistrict) and one farm (Damaoshan Farm) within its jurisdiction.”

2. An island of Dadeng, Xiang'an district, Xiamen, Fujian, China.

   “Agricultural zone established on Fujian's Dadeng Island Dadeng town on Dadeng Island, near Xiamen city in Fujian, has been designated an agricultural development zone.”

   “Dadeng Island (大嶝岛) In 1988, I was so entranced by my Chinese-English dictionary's 'model English sentences' that I read it cover to cover twice! (Read some of them on page 218). For example, how would you use the word "suppose?" The dictionary suggested, "I suppose she's gone to practice grenade throwing again." What a hot date she'd make! But after visiting Dadeng Island's Cross-Straits Conflict Museum, I understood what got China's lassies hot under the collar.”

   “Everywhere on the mainland the defeated KMT was forced to retreat except in the Guningtou battle (Quemoy battle) of 1949 when the KMT won a rare victory in a key battle which prevented the Communists from "liberating" Taiwan by force. In the same year, after taking over Xiamen and Dadeng Island, the Communist Party attempted to take over Quemoy and attack Taiwan/Penghu.”

   “Dadeng Island, home to the newly built Dadeng Town market, has offered duty-free Taiwanese products since 1999.”

   “The Kinmen-Xiamen submarine cable project was launched in 1996, after top ranking officials from Taiwan and China telecommunication companies held a meeting in Taiwan, Lu said. The system has two cables, an 11-kilometer one that runs directly between Kinmen's Lake Tzu and Xiamen's Guanyin Mountain, and a 9.7 km cable between Kinmen's Kuningtou and Xiamen's Dadeng Island, Lu said.”