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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Taiwan on Taiwan Strait. It was developed as a manufacturing center by the Japanese and is now the country's leading port.
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- noun The second largest city in
Taiwan .
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A 228 memorial was also held in Kaohsiung yesterday, with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊) urging the KMT to reveal the truth of the incident as well as the murder of former DPP chairman Lin I-hsiung's (林義雄) family members.
Taipei Times 2010
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KAOHSIUNG -- The Kuomintang's (KMT's) Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Huang Chao-shun will travel to Singapore at the end of August to learn from the city state's development experience, her economic consultant Ma Kai said yesterday.
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Still, good to see that it is finally catching on, especially in Kaohsiung, a sunny up and coming city. marcus brovard Says:
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Taiwan Solar Stadium - 100% Solar Powered 2009
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Like the January 9th remembrance service of the Enoura Maru in Kaohsiung, the POW Camps Memorial Society is continuing its series of commemorations marking events in the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
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Daryl Caesar, an ESL EFL teacher in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, shot this adorable video of children learning to speak and spell in English using the time-honored "Hammer Time" method.
Boing Boing 2007
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The incident occurred at the Shoushan Zoo in Kaohsiung, south Taiwan, when zoo vet Chang Po-yu was giving the alligator three anaesthesia shots, so that he could treat the alligator's illness.
Archive 2007-04-08 Bill Crider 2007
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The group arrived in Kaohsiung on Wednesday January 25th.
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Jan. - 60th Anniversary of the bombing of the hellship Enoura Maru in Kaohsiung Harbour.
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On January 9th, 1945, the Enoura Maru lay at anchor in Kaohsiung Harbor.
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What became known as the Kaohsiung Incident marked a breakthrough in the campaign to end the stranglehold of the KMT, which had arrived from China in 1949 after losing the Chinese Civil War to the communists, he said.
Taipei Times 2009
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