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China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe [ 1 ] beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam , nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War.
China Beach is an American dramatic television series set at a military evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to the Western nickname for My Khe beach, located on the coast of Da Nang, Vietnam. The ABC TV drama aired for four seasons over three years, from 1988 to 1991.
The beach was referred to as China Beach, but technically was My Khe and marked the first time U.S. troops officially set foot in Vietnam when 3,500 soldiers disembarked there in 1965. [3] What started initially as a small lifeguard outpost, grew into a major surf club with soldiers bringing surfboards back from the states.
The Gyeongsang dialect is one of the best-known South Korean dialects, known not only by Koreans but also by foreigners interested in Korean culture. The Gyeongsang dialect is frequently characterized as the most "rough" and "macho" dialect of all South Korean dialects. The Gyeongsang dialect is one of the most common dialects employed in K-dramas.
China Beach is an American dramatic television series. China Beach may also refer to: China Beach (British Columbia), a beach on Vancouver Island, British Columbia; China Beach, San Francisco, a small cove in San Francisco; My Khe Beach, Da Nang, nicknamed China Beach by American soldiers; New Brighton State Beach or China Beach, a California cove
It should be in IPA or at least a Latin script to be useful in an English-language article. Peter Isotalo 18:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC) I'm surprised it's been eight years and no one has still bothered providing transliterations. The map is useless for those who can't read Korean. — Io Katai ᵀᵃˡᵏ 13:40, 2 March 2014 (UTC)
It is also spelled as Quah, Qua, Kua, Kuah, Kwa, Ke, Ker, Ko, Koa, Kok, or O in English, owing to variations in dialect (for instance, O derives from the Cantonese pronunciation of the character) or romanisation system (compare Ke, which derives from Pinyin, with Ko, which derives from Wade-Giles.)
Beach sepak takraw competition at the 2016 Asian Beach Games was held in Danang, Vietnam from 25 September to 2 October 2016 at My Khe Beach, Danang, Vietnam. [ 1 ] Medalists