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Two Boeing experts, Thurman Jones, air accident investigation coordinator and K.H. Hommel, a structural engineer, also arrived at the site of the accident between Yuanli, Tunglo and Shuanhu Villages near Sanyi township in Miaoli county, central Taiwan.

1981 August 30, “Gov't. to find causes of air disaster”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, page 2, column 3

More than 20 members of a group opposed to the building of wind turbines in Yuanli Township, Miaoli County stormed the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and staged a sit-in protest Wednesday at the ministry's inner courtyard.

2014 April 16, “Wind farm protesters stage sit-in at Economic Ministry”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 2021-02-24, Society‎

On many occasions, public hearings were more symbol than substance; key dissenting voices, interest groups and academics were either not invited, informed too late or barred access form the venue by large police deployments. In some cases, as with the controversy over InfraVest Corp's wind turbine project in Yuanli, Miaoli County, police inside a public hearing would turn their cameras on the villagers and activists, but did not do so when company representatives or government officials were making their case, measures that were regarded as intimidating.

2017, J. Michael Cole, “Civic activism and protests in Taiwan: why size doesn't (always) matter”, in Dafydd Fell, editor, Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou: From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers‎, Routledge, page 31

The Yuanli Farmer's Association in Miaoli County's Yuanli Township has been promoting "painted" rice fields for nearly 20 years. The fields are actually not painted but rather consist of different varieties of rice that come in five different colors.

2021 May 3, Keoni Everington, “Photo of the Day: Mother's Day 'painting' seen in Taiwan rice field”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 03 May 2021, Photo of the Day‎