taidong

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1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Taitung (in Taiwan).

   “The large jade slotted rings such as those unearthed at Taidong in Taiwan date from the fifth or fourth millennium B.C.”

   “Nepartak slammed into Taiwan on Friday night, local time, killing at least two people and injuring more than 60 others, according to the BBC. The typhoon’s winds ripped the roofs off buildings and tossed cars like toys. One witness said the streets of Taidong, Taiwan, looked “like a bomb has gone off.””

   “Chinese forces in two areas off the northern coast of Taiwan could potentially seal off Keelung, a major port, while strikes could be launched from an area east of Taiwan targeting the military bases in Hualien and Taidong, he said. The "doors" to Kaoshiung could also be closed by Chinese military off the southwestern coast, Meng said.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Taedong (in North Korea).

   “The British and subsequent Foreign Treaties with Korea stipulated for the opening of a further Treaty Port, Yang-hwa-chin on the river Han, as a river-port for the capital. If the steam-traffic on the Han is developed, Yong-san or Byong-san, which is only three miles from Söul, might be selected. The greatest advantage would result to the country from the opening of Pyong-yang on the Taidong river, which is only served by small native steamers and junks.”

   ““The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church,” and the first Protestant missionary to enter Korea, gave his life on the banks of the Taidong River. A Scotch Presbyterian, Rev. Mr. Thomas, was a colporteur of the Scotch Bible Society, and in 1865, he came to Pyengyang on the “General Sherman.” This ill-fated vessel approached the Korean shores in September, and despite numerous warnings sailed up the Taidong River as far as Pyengyang.”

   “The most bloody of all the persecutions broke out in 1866. Thousands of Korean Christians were slain, together with two French bishops and seven of their priests. In that same year, the Koreans massacred the crew of the General Sherman, an American vessel that had persisted in sailing up the Taidong River to Pyengyang, where it had run aground.”

   “Legend also has it that the territory of Chosun covered the river basin area along the Taidong river and the neighboring lands (around the present capital of North Korea-Pyong Yang).”