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  Fujian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south.
The province faces East China Sea to the east, South China Sea to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the southeast.
Fujian is one of the wealthier provinces of China.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fujian   (2939 words)

  
 Illuminating China's Provinces,Municipalities & Autonomous Regions-china.org.cn
Fujian, called "Min" for short, is situated in the southeast of China on the coast of the East China Sea.
With its land area lying between 23030'-28022' north latitude and 115050'-120040' east longitude, Fujian covers a land of 540 km from east to west and 550 km from north to south.
It is one of the Chinese provinces closest to Southeast Asia, West Asia, East Africa and Oceania.
www.china.org.cn /english/features/43570.htm   (136 words)

  
 Fujian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian (Chinese: 福建; pinyin: Fújiàn; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China.
Quemoy is the seat of the ROC's Fujian provincial government, though in practice most powers in ROC-controlled Fujian are delegated to the two counties of Quemoy and Matsu.
In 1956, the ROC government moved the provincial government of Fujian to Taiwan, and the islands were placed under an extraordinarily tight military administration due to their extreme proximity to Mainland China.
www.kernersville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Fujian   (2797 words)

  
 Fujian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian (福建; alternate spellings Fukien, Foukien; pinyin Fújiàn; Wade-Giles Fu-chien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min-nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China.
The first wave of immigration of the gentile class arrived in the province in the early 4th century AD when Jin Dynasty collapsed and the north was torned apart by civil war.
Fujian is a the major source of undocumented Chinese American aliens residing in the United States.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/f/fu/fujian.html   (1768 words)

  
 Fujian Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian Province, known as "Min", is situated along China's southeastern coast.
Fujian is one of China's experimental zones of comprehensive reforms.
The province has formed a multi-levelled pattern of opening to the outside world, which includes "economic special zones, economic and technological development zones, opening coastal cities and coastal economic opening zones with the practice of special policies and flexible measures in their economic activities with the outside world.
www.fzu.edu.cn /fzu/f2_0.html   (383 words)

  
 FUJIAN FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian (; Postal_System_Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min_Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China.
The first wave of immigration of the gentile class arrived in the province in the early 4th century AD when the Western_Jin_Dynasty collapsed and the north was torn apart by invasions by nomadic peoples from the north, as well as civil war.
The province faces East_China_Sea to the east, South_China_Sea to the south, and the Taiwan_Strait to the southeast.
www.witwik.com /Fujian   (2666 words)

  
 Taiwan Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taiwan Province also excludes Kinmen and Lienchiang Counties, which are adminstered as the ROC part of Fujian Province.
Taiwan Province was established in 1887 by the Qing Empire.
Taiwan Province is officially represented by the PRC using the borders as they were when the PRC was established in 1949, much in the same way the ROC drew maps depicting mainland borders the way they were in 1949 before the communist takeover.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taiwan_Province   (1239 words)

  
 Fujian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
* Fujian province is located on the southern part of Mainland China, its largest city is Fuzhou and the whole province has a population of about 34 million inhabitants.
The distance between the continent and Taiwan is 180 km separated by the Taiwan Strait.
* Fujian is one of China's experimental zones of comprehensive reforms.
www.fujian.org   (155 words)

  
 Economic Geography: Intraprovincial disparities in China: Fujian Province, 1978-1995   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian is a coastal province, and one now associated with relative prosperity as a result of "special measures and flexible policies" it has enjoyed since 1979, along with Guangdong (Cheung 1994).
Fujian, however, also has 17 counties identified as poverty-stricken during a national campaign of the 1980s, 8 of which remained "national poverty counties" as of the mid1990s.
Fujian is located in southeastern China directly across the Taiwan Strait from the island of Taiwan, with a total area of 121,400 square kilometers and a population of about 31.5 million (as of 1995).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3660/is_199810/ai_n8826041   (1161 words)

  
 Teach and Study in Fujian,Teach English Jobs Fujian
The Minjiang is the longest river in the province.
Fujian is a center for China's exchanges with the outside world, and home to numerous Chinese residing overseas and most of the Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots.
The province's long historical and cultural tradition is set off splendidly by numerous scenic attractions ranging from majestic mountains to the vast sea, and beautiful lakes.
www.tefl.cc /FuJian   (860 words)

  
 On Your Own In China
Fujian Province on the southeast China coast opposite the island o Taiwan is one of the most fascinating places in China, but unfortunately most of the interesting areas are closed to foreigners.
Fujian was the first area, after Guangdong Province to the south, to meet with the red-haired, big-nosed 'foreign devils' who appeared or the scene in the 1830S and 1840S selling opium.
Malaysia and the Philippines are descendants of Fujian migrants.
www.earnshaw.com /china/ch06.html   (2390 words)

  
 Fujian Province travel guide - China travel guide, Fujian China travel services, Fujian tours
Fujian Province, also called Min for short, faces Taiwan Province to the east across the Taiwan Straits, borders Guangdong Province on the south, and is not far from Hong Kong and Macao.
As an important tourist area in China, Fujian Province features an enchanting natural landscape of spectacular mountains and crisscrossing rivers as well as man-made scenic attractions, which are exceptional advantages in the development of tourism.
Fujian is the native place of Zhu Xi, a renowned philosopher of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), who founded the Zhuzi School of philosophy there.
www.chinaplanner.com /fujian   (604 words)

  
 Fujian Province China - China tourist & travel guide for Fujian Province, China
Fujian Province (Min for short) is located on the southeast coast of China, with an area of over 120,000 square kilometers and a population of 31 million.
Fujian's coastline is long and zigzag with numerous offshore islands.
Fujian is endowed with sub-tropical humid climate, and rich forest resources and mineral deposits which mainly include iron, coal, manganese and graphite.
www.orientaltravel.com /province/Fujian.htm   (290 words)

  
 Fujian: My Home Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Communists finally took complete control of the province in 1949 but were slow at first to develop Fujian's economy, in part due to tensions with the Nationalist government in Taiwan and a partial blockade of the Fujian coast by the United States during the Korean War.
In the southwestern corner of Fujian the natives speak a different language called Hakka Chinese, while in the west the native dialects are closer to the Gan (or Kan) Chinese spoken by their neighbors in Jiangxi Province.
Fujian cooking is considered to be one of the five major regional cuisines in China.
www.magma.ca /~mtooker/cities/fujian.htm   (1211 words)

  
 China Province - Region, Regional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The province covers 121,400 sq km and has a population of 31.50 million, composed of people of the Han, and the She, Hui and Gaoshan ethinic groups.
Fujian has a wide variety of navigation relics and religious legacies thanks to its long history of navigation and frequent contacts with the outside world.
Northwest Fujian is noted for danxia and karst landforms, with countless grotesque rocks and fantastic caves.
www.chinatravelsmart.com /province/content_815397.shtml   (318 words)

  
 Fujian Province: China Travel Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian Province, with its capital Fuzhou, is on China's southeastern coast.
Neighboring provinces are Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south.
Fujian also is a place where famous national heroes like Lin Zexu and Zheng Chenggong lived and won their seats of honor in history books.
www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/fujian   (366 words)

  
 My Fujian Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Province recorded an enviable industrial growth rate in 2002, with the electronics, machinery and petrochemical sectors as the major driving forces.
I thought this article was interesting because is talks about how Fujian and the rest of China are dealing with their environmental problems, but also talks about the benefits Fujian hopes to recieve by becoming an "ecological province".
Province plans to invest at least 70 billion yuan (8.43 billion US dollars) in making it an "ecological province".
home.wlu.edu /~smithpc/anth230/fujian.html   (732 words)

  
 Where Do The Migrants Originate? - US Department of State
Today this wide network of overseas ethic Chinese is of critical importance to mainland Chinese wishing to immigrate: it serves to ease the logistics of traveling to and settling in a foreign country, and it lowers the psychological barriers to leaving the homeland.
Fujian supplements light industry with natural resources such as coal, iron, limestone, hydroelectricity, forestry and fishing and traditional crops such as rice, sugar, tea and fruit.
In Fuzhou, Fujian's capital a dialect of Chinese is spoken which is unintelligible not only to speakers of Mandarin and Cantonese, but also to speakers of Minanhua (Southern Min dialect), which is prevalent in Xiamen and Taiwan.
usinfo.state.gov /eap/east_asia_pacific/chinese_human_smuggling/originate.html   (1417 words)

  
 Business Wire: Hitachi to Set Up New Company in Fujian Provinc... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian Hitachi Television will transfer its color TV design, marketing and service divisions to the new company and thereafter specialize in production of tube-type color TVs as a supplier for the new company.
Chinese demand for projection TVs is expected to rise at a steep annual rate of 35%, from around 200 thousand units in 2000 to the vicinity of 750 thousand units in 2005.
Fujian Hitachi Television's transformation into a specialized OEM producer of tube-type color TVs following the establishment of the new company is expected to enable that company to boost profitability by focusing on a narrower product lineup.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:75633546&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (575 words)

  
 Fujian - China Tour - Travel to China
Fujian (zh-cpw c=福建; p=Fanduacute;jiandagrave;n w=Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiandagrave;n) is one of the provinces of Chinaprovinces on the southeast coast of China.
Fujian is separated from Taiwan by the 180kilometrekm-wide Taiwan Straits.
Small parts of the province, namely the islands of Quemoy and Matsu IslandsMatsu are under the administration of the Republic of China on Taiwan.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Fujian   (2963 words)

  
 Fujian Project Joint Feasibility Study Approved by Government.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Jia Xitai, vice governor of Fujian Province, said, "The State Council's approval of the JFS for the Fujian integrated petroleum/petrochemical project is great news for the people of Fujian.
Wang Jiming, president of Sinopec Corp., said, "The Fujian integrated petroleum/petrochemical project is one of the key projects for development of Sinopec Corp. during the 10th Five-Year Plan and in the next ten years.
We believe that the Fujian integrated project will be important to both the development of Fujian Province and to greater China.
www.exxonmobil.com /Corporate/Newsroom/Newsreleases/xom_nr_171002.asp   (660 words)

  
 Glenayre Signs $3 Million Contract with Fujian Province Telecom Paging Company Ltd.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian Province Telecom Paging Company Ltd. will launch its service in June on a new province-wide high speed FLEX(R) paging network that will deliver stock market information to more than two million paging subscribers in the Fujian province.
"Fujian is the first province in China to build a province-wide paging network for stock market information services," said Chinnee Tong, area vice president and general manager for Glenayre's China operations.
It also positions Fujian Telecom on the leading edge of the competitive wireless messaging service market in the province." Scheduled to begin commercial service in June, the stock market information channel will broadcast stock updates to all pagers on Fujian's network.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-06-1999/0000903228&EDATE=   (342 words)

  
 Fujian on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The people of Fujian have long been faced with an inadequate food supply, aggravated by the continual immigration of N Chinese fleeing floods and droughts.
Since the 17th cent., the people of Fujian have emigrated in large numbers, chiefly to SE Asia; together with Guangdong prov., Fujian has provided the majority of overseas Chinese.
Fujian's former economic base of trade with Taiwan has changed, prompting an improvement in internal communications by rail and road and new emphasis on agricultural production.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/F/Fujian.asp   (826 words)

  
 The social history of Fujian Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fujian Province feeds much of the demand for people who board boats to flee their homeland—some of them ending up in Canada.
Zhejiang and Fujian province are the regions with the largest number of child labourers.
The lack of education for migrant children in urban areas and for many poor rural residents is a major factor in the continuing existence of child labour.
www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/index-qebe.html   (156 words)

  
 Fujian Petrochemical, ExxonMobil, Aramco Sign Agreement for Submission of Fujian Project Joint Feasibility Study.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
FPCL is a joint venture between Sinopec and Fujian Province.
Jia Xitai, vice governor of Fujian Province, said, "The petrochemical industry is the key pillar industry in Fujian Province.
The Fujian project will involve the construction of a new world-scale ethylene steam cracker, and polyethylene and polypropylene units, together with chemical derivatives manufacturing units and related distribution and marketing facilities.
www.exxonmobil.co.uk /Corporate/Newsroom/Newsreleases/Corp_xom_nr_151101.asp   (647 words)

  
 Worldisround - Fu Zhou City 2002 - Sightseeing in Fujian Province pictures
I was born in Fuzhou City, which is in the Fujian Province of China.
Fujian Province covers an area of 121.4 thousand square kilometers and has a population of more than 33 million people.
Fujian is one of the main forestry and fishing zones in the south of China.
www.worldisround.com /articles/11642/text.html   (1122 words)

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