# Chinshan
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 金山 (Jīnshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-shan¹.

### Proper noun

Chinshan
* Alternative form of Jinshan
** 1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.
** 1987 July 18 [1987 January], “Report on 1986 Human Rights Situation in Taiwan”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs‎, numbers 35-42, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 119‎:The Chinshan Chemical Plant of China Metal Company in Chinshan Township, Taipei County, has been discharging waste gas and sewage containing strong acid for years. On 30 September, 50 protesting townspeople descended upon the factory, posted slogans, and overturned tables and chairs in a fit of outrage.
** 1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 180, column 1:You can reach Chinshan very easily from Taipei by first taking the bus or train to either Keelung or Tanshui (Keelung is closer), then transferring to a local bus. Chinshan is on the loop road that takes you through Tanshui, Chinshan, Yehliu, Keelung and back to Taipei, making a fine trip for a day or two.
** 1995 July 14 [1995 July 14], Debbie Kuo, “Nuclear Plant Has 'Abnormally High' Emissions”, in Daily Report: China‎, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67, column 1‎:The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) on Thursday confirmed that abnormally high emissions of radioactivity were recorded at the No. 2 nuclear power plant in Chinshan township, on Taiwan’s northeast coast, on Tuesday, but that the emissions were brought under control immediately.
** 2003, “The North Coast”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides)‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165:The next point of interest is Chinshan ⑥, which is worth pausing at for several reasons. For one. Chinpaoli Street, in the old town of Chinshan, is one of the few places in all of Taiwan where it is still possible to see some lingering Qing-era architecture, and is noted as one of the best-preserved old shopping streets on the island.
** 2013 April 8, Rich Chang, “Freedom in Taiwan has regressed: DPP chairman”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 April 2013, Taiwan News, page 3‎:Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang speaks at an event in New Taipei City’s Chinshan District commemorating democracy activist Deng Nan-jung, who killed himself by self-immolation in his Taipei office in 1989 in protest against charges of sedition for his calls on the government to protect freedom expression.
** 2013 May 28, “Taiwan Stress Test: National Report for Nuclear Power Plants”, in Atomic Energy Council‎, archived from the original on 11 March 2021, page 111:It takes about 20 minutes for fire engines driving from Shanzhi or Chinshan district to station; and 30 minute for fire engines from Wanli district.
** 2013 August, “NTU Hospital Branches Offer Health Exams Around the Nation”, in NTU Newsletter‎, number 37, National Taiwan University, archived from the original on 12 May 2022, page 17:The Bei-Hu Branch offered health examinations and screenings at the Wanhua District Sports Center in Taipei City while the Chin-Shan Branch set up ten health examination and promotion booths at Chung Shan Hall in the Chinshan District of New Taipei City.
** 2017 July, “Risk Discourses and Governance of High-Level Radioactive Waste Storage in Taiwan”, in 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP3) June 28-30, 2017 – Singapore‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2022, page 10:The first nuclear power plant in Chinshan, Taipei County, was started to be constructed in 1971 and run commercially in December 1978, and was considered to be the solution to energy crisis and the symbol of the development of high technology and the force of the country.
** 2017 December, Shogo Komori et al., “Resistivity mapping in the Tatun Volcano Group, Northern Taiwan, revealed by VLF-MT surveys”, in Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences‎, volume 28, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 834, column 1:At the foot of these mountains, there are active hydrothermal vents such as Beitou, Siao-you-keng, Matsao, and Da-you-keng, indicating that the TVG has potentially active heat and/or magmatic sources below the surface (Yang et al. 1999, 2003; Lee et al. 2005; Ohba et al. 2010; Liu et al. 2011; Ohsawa et al. 2013). In addition, hot springs are also present in the limited area of the coastal strip of the Chinshan District.
** 2018 September 19, Dennis Engbarth, “Decommisionning: TaiPower to Float Chinshan Tender”, in Energy Intelligence‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2022‎:The two 985 MW BWRs at Kuosheng, also in New Taipei City's Chinshan district, are scheduled to stop operations in December 2021 and March 2023, respectively.
** (Can we date this quote?), “朱銘 [Ju Ming]”, in Chinese New Art‎, archived from the original on 24 April 2019‎:1987 To store his work, he plans to build a museum in Chinshan, northern Taiwan. It takes twelve years to complete it.
** 2021, Tito Satria Putra Perdana et al., “Geothermal Resource Evaluation of the Tatun Volcano Group (TVG) Area, Taiwan”, in PROCEEDINGS, 46th Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering‎, archived from the original on 15 June 2022, page 2:The Szehuangtzeping thermal area, which includes the SHP (Szehuangtzeping), GZP (Gengziping) and BY (Bayan) areas. It is in the northeastern portion of the hot-spring zone within the TVG area, between the Chinshan District and Mount Huangtsui.
** 2021 March, Ayush Goyal, Shu-Huei Hung, “Lateral Variations of Moho Depth and Average Crustal Properties Across the Taiwan Orogen From H-V Stacking of P and S Receiver Functions”, in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems‎, volume 22, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC‎:While still remaining controversial, the paradigm for a ∼30 km-deep magma reservoir that may exist beneath the Chinshan area between the TVG and KVG has been recently emerged by seismic observations of S-wave shallows (Lin, 2016) and a shallow, subvertical earthquake-clustered conduit (Pu et al., 2020).
** (Can we date this quote?), “Center information”, in China Youth Corps‎, archived from the original on 11 September 2022‎:Chinshan Youth Activity Center is situated in Huanggang village of Chinshan District. […] Chinshan Youth Activity Center is located in Henggang village, Chinshan Distrcit; it is 25km south of Keelung, 38km north of Tamsui and 25km west of Yangming Mountain.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chinshan.

### Further reading

* Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Kinshan or Chin-shan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 951, column 2