Liuqiu

There is moreover in the woods marvelous ſtore of Braſil and Ebony, wherewith an hundred Juncks are every year laden to be tranſported to China, Hainan, the Lequios, Camboya and Camphaa ;

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Japan, emerging from its century-long seclusion, annexed the Liuqiu (Ryukus) Islands and, by defeating the Chinese in Korea (1894-95), began to exert control over that peninsula as well as the island of Taiwan.

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Relations between the Qing court and the king of the Liuqiu Islands were maintained regularly; as the Qing emperors welcomed ambassadors and tribute missions from the Liuqius, Chinese coastal trade with the Liuqiu Islands flourished.

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With the coming of the bluefin tuna fishing season, a Liuqiu Township-based fishing boat caught the county's first tuna fish of this year, CNA reported.

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