# Chukuang
## English
### Etymology

1970s, from Mandarin 莒光 (Jǔguāng), Wade–Giles romanization: Chü³-kuang¹.

### Proper noun

Chukuang
* Alternative form of Juguang
** 1978 January 5 [1977 December 30], “PRC Vessel Collides with ROC Fishing Boat off Matsu”, in Daily Report: Asia & Pacific‎, volume IV, number 3, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B 2‎:The 6-ton fishing boat Kuanghua 16638 was slammed by the communist vessel near the Liuchuan reefs off the coast of Chukuang and drifted toward Nanchu after the collision.
** 1996 March 21 [1996 March 18], Jixiong (0149 2623 7160) He, “There Is a Feeling of Insecurity on Jinmen, Mazu, and Other Islands”, in Daily Report: China‎, numbers 96-056, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 76, column 1:Located at the northern end of the exercise area, Mazu Dao consists of Dongju [Tungchu] and Xiju [Hsichu] Islets. Formerly under the administration of Fujian's Lianjiang County, it is now called Four Townships and Five Islets. Prior to the Spring Festival, residents on Mazu's Juguang [Chukuang] Islet grew anxious amid reports that the mainland military would soon conduct exercises. Some residents withdrew their bank deposits. On 17 March, more than 70 island residents left for Taiwan on the Navy's AP [expansion unknown] transport ship. According to island residents, some 150 people plan to leave the island temporarily, and they account for one half of the current population.
** 1997, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific‎, numbers 2818-2831, British Broadcasting Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:As for the eligible sites for nuclear waste in Taiwan Pingtung's Mutan village, Matsu's Chukuang and Taitung's Tajen and Chinfeng - Taipower will strengthen communications with the four villages and speed up its nuclear waste plan […]
** 2001, Richard Bennett, “Taiwan”, in Fighting Forces‎, Barron's Educational Series, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 173, column 1:There are three army groups and one airborne special operations headquarters. Major garrisons are to be found on the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy), Matsu, P'enghu, Hualien-T'aitung, and the smaller Tungyin Island and Chukuang Island commands.
** 2004 May 10, Yu-Tzu Chiu, “Matsu: environmental outpost”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2004, Taiwan News, page 2‎:At a Chukuang Township pier where tourists go ashore to visit a lighthouse built in 1842 by British engineers, floating garbage seems to dampen both the visitors' and the hosts' spirits. "The situation during rainy times is really awful," said Chukuang Township Chief Wang Ta-chieh (王大捷), pointing at waste along the pier.
** 2008, Su-Hua (簡淑華) Chien, “家族在莒光鄉地方選舉所扮演的角色 [The Role of Family in Local Elections in Chukuang Township]”, in National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan‎, archived from "096MCU05636052". the original on 29 October 2022, 外文摘要‎:The purpose of this study was to explore the role of family in local elections in Chukuang Township and focus on channels of family cooperation and mobilization during elections. Among domestic studies on offshore islands, only a few have probed into elections in Matsu, but none has touched upon local elections in Chukuang Township.
** 2009 December, Wei-Chih Hsu et al., “Prevalence and Risk Factors of Somatic and Autonomic Neuropathy in Prediabetic and Diabetic Patients”, in Neuroepidemiology‎, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 345:The Matsu islands are archipelagos in the Taiwan Straits which are composed of five main islets under the four administrative townships called Nankan, Beigan, Chukuang, and Donyuin.
** 2015, “航港局103年年刊 [Maritime and Port Bureau, MOTC 2014 Annual Report]”, in Maritime and Port Bureau‎, →ISBN, archived from the original on 06 October 2022, page 111:The new vessel will sail between Nangan and Chukuang, and it is hoped that this will help combine sightseeing between the 2 islands to promote construction and economics on the outlying islands of Matsu.
** 2019 March 18, Olivia Li, “Another Dead Pig That Drifted Ashore in Taiwan Found to Have African Swine Fever”, in The Epoch Times‎, archived from the original on 19 March 2019:Previously, two other pigs with swine fever virus had drifted onto the shores of Kinmen. The county government also suspected they originated from mainland China, as local pig populations were healthy. One was found on December 30, 2018 on the shore of Tianpu, Jinsha Town, Kinmen County, the other was found on Jan. 17, on the shore of Chukuang township in the Matsu Islands.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chukuang.