Fongshan

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1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

   After the Communist victory in 1949, the academy was relocated to Fongshan in Taiwan under the name of the Chinese Military Academy (renamed the Military University in 2004).

   2009, Rossen Vassilev, edited by David Pong, Whampoa Military Academy (Encyclopedia of Modern China), volume 2, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 595

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   12 a.m. - Zip across on the train, a five-minute or so ride, to Kaohsiung’s rather rough-and-ready neighbor Fongshan. Grab a quick lunch of delicious fried meat buns at Fongshan Old Shop Fried Buns (corner of Wei-sin Rd and Jhong-shan Rd), and then go to “beating iron street”.

   2008 June 26, “Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2020

   In January 2005, a 27-year-old woman living in Fongshan City, Kaohsiung County, in southern Taiwan as admitted to Kaohsiung Medicial University Hospital with a 4-day history of intermittent fever (37.8°C-38.0°C), chills, headache, and fatigue.

   2008, Kun-Hsien Tsai, Hsiu-Ying Lu, Jih-Jin Tsai, Sheng-Kai Yu, Jyh-Hsiung Huang, Pei-Yun Shu, “Human Case of Rickettsia felis Infection, Taiwan”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 14, number 12, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1970

   Fongshan City Fongshan City is located in southern Kaohsiung County, Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Immediately east of Kaohsiung City, Fongshan is capital of Kaohsiung County and is home to the Chinese Military Academy.

   2008, Sameer Das Gupta, Advanced History of Buddhism: Monasteries and Temples, New Delhi: Cyber Tech Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203

   3. Former Japanese Navy Radio Station, Fongshan (原日本海軍鳳山無線電信所) The former Imperial Japanese Navy Fongshan Wireless Communications Station is located in the Fongshan District of Kaohsiung and offers a fascinating insight into a dark period of history for Taiwan and especially the KMT.

   2018 January 12, David Spencer, “Taiwan's Top 10 abandoned places”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2018

   I brought up Fongshan as an example. Fongshan (鳳山區) is Kaohsiung’s most populous district with over 400,000 residents. For centuries it was a city; in fact it’s among the oldest settled areas in greater Kaohsiung. Fongshan City became Fongshan (Fengshan) District in 2010. Before the city-county merger, Fongshan had an elected mayor and for the KMT – Fongshan was a reasonably reliable “blue” spot, mostly due to many ROC military family residents.

   2018 March 4, Eryk Michael Smith, “A Landline Poll Will Determine the Future of Kaohsiung”, in The News Lens, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2018