Magong

alternative Makung

1. A county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.

   Andy Huang, who runs an ice cream shop in the main town of Magong, has more experience than most in facing Beijing’s belligerence.

   2022 June 17, Sean Chang, “'Life goes on' for unfazed Taiwanese on front-line islands”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022, Asia Pacific

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   My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong. This was to be my home for several weeks during my first and third trips. The city of Magong, the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Pescadores, is a sleepy fishing harbor of about 30,000 residents. In appearance much more like a Mediterranean fishing village than a Chinese city, Magong is the center of the important fishing industry in the Pescadores.

   1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 2

   Forty-seven people were killed on Wednesday in a plane crash on the one of the Penghu Islands off Taiwan's coast, officials said, revising downwards an earlier toll of 51. Eleven injured people were taken to hospital, the government said. Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that the plane, a turboprop ATR Model 72, appeared to have crashed after attempting to make an emergency landing in stormy weather in the city of Magong.

   2014 July 23, “Plane crash kills dozens in Magong, Taiwan”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015, Disasters

   Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area.

   2015 July 2, Austin Ramzy, “TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2015, Asia Pacific