Hsintien

Borrowed from Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-tien⁴.

Hsintien

1. Alternative form of Xindian
   • 1980 October 19, “Yue Loong achieves first car exports”, in 自由中國週報‎^[1], volume XXI, number 41, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:

     Counting in the company’s existing facilities at Hsintien in suburban Taipei, where 2,000 people are employed, Yue Loong will be able to produce 260,000 sedans a year, ranging from 1200cc to 2400cc in engine displacements and light trucks by 1985, Mrs. Yen estimated.

   • 1994 July, Robert Storey, “Taipei - Things to See & Do”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit‎^[2], 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148, column 1:

     The lake is adjacent to the town of Hsintien (xīndiàn), which can be reached easily from Taipei.

   • 2000 June 17, Irene Lin, “Two soldiers flee maximum-security Hsintien prison”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2022, Local News, page 3‎^[4]:

     Two army soldiers detained for robbery and theft escaped from the maximum-security military penitentiary in Hsintien, Taipei County, yesterday evening.

   • 2001, Robert Green, “A Republic in Exile”, in Taiwan‎^[5], Lucent Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:

     In 1947 Chiang brought the successor of the Blue Shirts to Taiwan. The new agency blended law enforcement with counterespionage. Its headquarters in the Hsintien suburb of Taipei became a feared place, where opponents of the government were interrogated with cruel techniques.

   • 2020 November 16, Phillip Charlier, “Investigation Bureau loses 6.5 kilograms of amphetamines”, in Taiwan English News‎^[6], archived from the original on 16 November 2020‎^[7]:

     According to media reports, officers from the Keelung City Field Office, Maritime Affairs Field Division lost the haul while it was being delivered to a investigative laboratory in Hsintien District, New Taipei City, in November last year, but the incident was not reported to head office until sometime last week.

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