See Fujian on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1978, Angus W. McDonald, Jr., “Power”, in The Urban Origins of Rural Revolution: Elites and the Masses in Hunan Province, China, 1911-1927, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 29–30:",
"text": "The slogan was not entirely empty of positive reformist content, but Hunan was a part of China's battle belt — a line of provinces stretching from Fujian in the East through Jiangxi, Hunan, and into Sichuan. Reform here was a tenuous thing, dependent upon the ebb and flow of outsiders’ ambitions.",
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"ref": "1994 July, Robert Storey, “Facts about Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 10–11:",
"text": "Koxinga’s forces hoped to launch an invasion to recapture the mainland from the Manchus, but instead the Manchu armies captured Taiwan in 1682. For the next 200 years there was substantial migration from the Fujian province across the Taiwan Straits. These immigrants brought with them their culture and language, which are still in evidence today. Taiwan remained a county of the Fujian province from 1684 until 1887, when with a population of more than 2½ million it became a province of China.",
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"ref": "2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Chiayi and around, Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 284:",
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"ref": "2016 [2014 April 17], “President Ma Attends \"Examining the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute under New and Multiple Perspectives\" International Conference”, in Ying-jeou Ma, editor, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, volume 32 (2014), Brill Nijhoff, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 281:",
"text": "President Ma further noted that in 1683 during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) the emperor formally included the Diaoyutais as territory of China in Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province. In 1812, the Diaoyutais were placed under the administration of the Kavalan Office of the Taiwan prefectural government, he added, pointing out that the Record of Missions to Taiwan and Adjacent Waters 《臺海使槎錄》 and the Illustrations of Taiwan 《全臺圖説》 prove that China effectively ruled over the Diaoyutai Islets during the Qing Dynasty.",
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"ref": "2016 May 25, George Liao, “A taste from the past at Lin Antai Historical House”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-01-22, Society:",
"text": "The Lin Antai Historical House, one of Taipei's oldest residential buildings, is hosting the “Century of Peace and Stability” permanent display area starting Wednesday (May 25).[…]\nThis Fujian-style 30-room house was first erected between 1783 and 1787, near what is now Dunhua South Road.",
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"ref": "2016 May 8, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: Sovereignty in question”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-05-08, Features, page 12:",
"text": "The military expedition and the resulting conflict, known as the Mudan Incident (牡丹社事件), ended with the Qing paying the Japanese to retreat. After the incident, the imperial court, which had long seen Taiwan as a backwater province unworthy of development, started to pay more attention to what was then still part of Fujian Province.",
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"text": "In the Cing Dynasty, when Taiwanese scholars advanced to the second tier of the imperial examination (township examination), they needed to travel to the Examination Hall in Fujhou, the capital of Fujian Province, to take the exam.",
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"ref": "2022 September 23, Richard Lloyd Parry, “Kinmen islanders living in fear of day China attacks Taiwan”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-09-23:",
"text": "But the relationship between the people of Kinmen and the Chinese mainland is complicated. Rather than old enemies, they are historically the same people, citizens of the Chinese province of Fujian. “Our language, our culture, our way of life are the same,” said Chen, 73. “This situation is very difficult for people on Kinmen and very absurd.”",
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"ref": "2023 September 25, Michael Turton, “Notes from Central Taiwan: What is China preparing for?”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-28, Features, page 13:",
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"ref": "2010 June 10, Dan Nystedt, “China and Taiwan Connect on New Undersea Cable Project”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, Technology:",
"text": "While North Korea and the South continue to bicker - most recently over the sinking of a South Korean warship - China and Taiwan have been building closer business ties. One project full of symbolism for the two is an undersea cable project that will link the northern Taiwan town of Tamsui (also called Danshui) to China's Fujian Province.[…]\nThe cable appears to be a replacement for a similar project announced last year to connect Xiamen, a city in China's Fujian Province, to Kinmen, a Taiwanese island within sight of China.",
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"ref": "2012 September 10, Rich Chang, “Tribute for pilot on 50th anniversary”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-09-11, Taiwan News, page 3:",
"text": "Hsi said because Chen did not marry and his direct relatives live in Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province, they have been unable to go to Taiwan to apply to the government for compensation and have not received any compensation for his death in 50 years.",
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"ref": "2018 August 7, “MAC strongly condemns Kinmen water supply misrepresentation by China”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-09-01, Politics:",
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"ref": "2022 November 5, Philip Sherwell, “We don’t think China will invade Taiwan. But if they do we’ll fight them”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-05:",
"text": "Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage. Bristling with upgraded naval ports, airbases and missiles trained on Taiwan, Fujian is the most likely launchpad for any Chinese operation.\nOn both sides of the strait, the story of an invasion of Taiwan from Fujian that did go ahead still looms large for locals and leaders, even though it took place more than 350 years ago.",
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"ref": "2008, 陳元陽 [Yuan-Yang Chen], 李明儒 [Ming-Ju Lee], “福建省連江縣海洋運動發展策略之研究 [Developmental Strategy of Marine Sports in Lien Chiang County, Fujian Province, ROC]”, in 管理實務與理論研究 [Journal of Management Practices and Principles], volume 2, number 1, →DOI, →OCLC:",
"text": "Taiwan is good for the marine sports development for its good natural environment. Therefore, it is important to conduct a survey searching for appropriate resources and developing proper strategies for introducing proper marine sports to Taiwanese. This study, supported by the Sports Affairs Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, was to develop marine sports strategies for Lien Chiang County, Fujian Province, ROC.",
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"ref": "2014 May, Godfrey Baldacchino, Huei-Min Tsai, “Contested enclave metageographies: The offshore islands of Taiwan”, in Political Geography, volume 40, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 1:",
"text": "Martial law was lifted from most of the offshore islands in 1987; and then from both island groups of Kinmen (officially, Kinmen county of Fujian province, ROC) and Matsu (Lien-chiang county of Fujian province, ROC) in 1992.",
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"ref": "2018 May, Edward W. Green, Jr., “Five Turtles in a Flask: For Taiwan's Outer Islands, an Uncertain Future Holds a Certain Fate”, in University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, page 28:",
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"text": "When the Fujian Provincial Government was defunded, the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center (金馬聯合服務中心) assumed its responsibilities. The last provincial governor, Chang Ching-sen (張景森), now heads the service center.",
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"ref": "1978, Angus W. McDonald, Jr., “Power”, in The Urban Origins of Rural Revolution: Elites and the Masses in Hunan Province, China, 1911-1927, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 29–30:",
"text": "The slogan was not entirely empty of positive reformist content, but Hunan was a part of China's battle belt — a line of provinces stretching from Fujian in the East through Jiangxi, Hunan, and into Sichuan. Reform here was a tenuous thing, dependent upon the ebb and flow of outsiders’ ambitions.",
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"ref": "1994 July, Robert Storey, “Facts about Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 10–11:",
"text": "Koxinga’s forces hoped to launch an invasion to recapture the mainland from the Manchus, but instead the Manchu armies captured Taiwan in 1682. For the next 200 years there was substantial migration from the Fujian province across the Taiwan Straits. These immigrants brought with them their culture and language, which are still in evidence today. Taiwan remained a county of the Fujian province from 1684 until 1887, when with a population of more than 2½ million it became a province of China.",
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"ref": "2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, “Chiayi and around, Central Taiwan”, in The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 284:",
"text": "Immigrant farmers from Fujian established the first settlement in the area in 1621, though the city formally dates its creation from 1704 when the county government was moved here and the first wooden city walls were constructed.",
"type": "quote"
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"ref": "2016 [2014 April 17], “President Ma Attends \"Examining the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute under New and Multiple Perspectives\" International Conference”, in Ying-jeou Ma, editor, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, volume 32 (2014), Brill Nijhoff, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 281:",
"text": "President Ma further noted that in 1683 during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) the emperor formally included the Diaoyutais as territory of China in Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province. In 1812, the Diaoyutais were placed under the administration of the Kavalan Office of the Taiwan prefectural government, he added, pointing out that the Record of Missions to Taiwan and Adjacent Waters 《臺海使槎錄》 and the Illustrations of Taiwan 《全臺圖説》 prove that China effectively ruled over the Diaoyutai Islets during the Qing Dynasty.",
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"ref": "2016 May 25, George Liao, “A taste from the past at Lin Antai Historical House”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-01-22, Society:",
"text": "The Lin Antai Historical House, one of Taipei's oldest residential buildings, is hosting the “Century of Peace and Stability” permanent display area starting Wednesday (May 25).[…]\nThis Fujian-style 30-room house was first erected between 1783 and 1787, near what is now Dunhua South Road.",
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"ref": "2016 May 8, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: Sovereignty in question”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-05-08, Features, page 12:",
"text": "The military expedition and the resulting conflict, known as the Mudan Incident (牡丹社事件), ended with the Qing paying the Japanese to retreat. After the incident, the imperial court, which had long seen Taiwan as a backwater province unworthy of development, started to pay more attention to what was then still part of Fujian Province.",
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"ref": "2017 October, “Fongyi Academy”, in PASS CULTURE Kaohsiung Arts and Cultural Events Monthly, 高雄市政府文化局 [Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government], archived from the original on 2023-03-17, page 1:",
"text": "In the Cing Dynasty, when Taiwanese scholars advanced to the second tier of the imperial examination (township examination), they needed to travel to the Examination Hall in Fujhou, the capital of Fujian Province, to take the exam.",
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"text": "But the relationship between the people of Kinmen and the Chinese mainland is complicated. Rather than old enemies, they are historically the same people, citizens of the Chinese province of Fujian. “Our language, our culture, our way of life are the same,” said Chen, 73. “This situation is very difficult for people on Kinmen and very absurd.”",
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"text": "While North Korea and the South continue to bicker - most recently over the sinking of a South Korean warship - China and Taiwan have been building closer business ties. One project full of symbolism for the two is an undersea cable project that will link the northern Taiwan town of Tamsui (also called Danshui) to China's Fujian Province.[…]\nThe cable appears to be a replacement for a similar project announced last year to connect Xiamen, a city in China's Fujian Province, to Kinmen, a Taiwanese island within sight of China.",
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"ref": "2012 September 10, Rich Chang, “Tribute for pilot on 50th anniversary”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-09-11, Taiwan News, page 3:",
"text": "Hsi said because Chen did not marry and his direct relatives live in Fuzhou, in China’s Fujian Province, they have been unable to go to Taiwan to apply to the government for compensation and have not received any compensation for his death in 50 years.",
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"ref": "2018 August 7, “MAC strongly condemns Kinmen water supply misrepresentation by China”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2019-09-01, Politics:",
"text": "Water supplied to Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen County from Fujian province on the other side of the strait is not free nor a gift, and misrepresentation of this fact by China is strongly condemned, the Mainland Affairs Council said Aug. 5.",
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"text": "Across the water, which is 110 miles wide, is Fujian province, where Xi spent 17 years climbing the political ladder before making the leap to the national stage. Bristling with upgraded naval ports, airbases and missiles trained on Taiwan, Fujian is the most likely launchpad for any Chinese operation.\nOn both sides of the strait, the story of an invasion of Taiwan from Fujian that did go ahead still looms large for locals and leaders, even though it took place more than 350 years ago.",
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"english": "Journal of Management Practices and Principles",
"ref": "2008, 陳元陽 [Yuan-Yang Chen], 李明儒 [Ming-Ju Lee], “福建省連江縣海洋運動發展策略之研究 [Developmental Strategy of Marine Sports in Lien Chiang County, Fujian Province, ROC]”, in 管理實務與理論研究 [Journal of Management Practices and Principles], volume 2, number 1, →DOI, →OCLC:",
"text": "Taiwan is good for the marine sports development for its good natural environment. Therefore, it is important to conduct a survey searching for appropriate resources and developing proper strategies for introducing proper marine sports to Taiwanese. This study, supported by the Sports Affairs Council, Executive Yuan, Taiwan, was to develop marine sports strategies for Lien Chiang County, Fujian Province, ROC.",
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"ref": "2014 May, Godfrey Baldacchino, Huei-Min Tsai, “Contested enclave metageographies: The offshore islands of Taiwan”, in Political Geography, volume 40, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, column 1:",
"text": "Martial law was lifted from most of the offshore islands in 1987; and then from both island groups of Kinmen (officially, Kinmen county of Fujian province, ROC) and Matsu (Lien-chiang county of Fujian province, ROC) in 1992.",
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"ref": "2018 May, Edward W. Green, Jr., “Five Turtles in a Flask: For Taiwan's Outer Islands, an Uncertain Future Holds a Certain Fate”, in University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, archived from the original on 2023-03-15, page 28:",
"text": "Many Westerners are surprised to learn that Taiwan still maintains these two separate provincial governments. Taiwan’s Fujian Province consists of Kinmen and Lianchang^([sic – meaning Lienchiang]) counties—that is, Quemoy and Matsu—and nothing else.",
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"text": "When the Fujian Provincial Government was defunded, the Kinmen-Matsu Joint Services Center (金馬聯合服務中心) assumed its responsibilities. The last provincial governor, Chang Ching-sen (張景森), now heads the service center.",
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"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "hphu'u can zhing chen",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "ཧྥུའུ་ཅན་ཞིང་ཆེན"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "Phúc Kiến"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "province of China",
"word": "Fuzgen"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
":zh:周婉窈",
"Cambridge University Press",
"Fujian"
],
"word": "Fujian"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms suffixed with -an",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Fuji",
"3": "-an"
},
"expansion": "Fuji + -an",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Fuji + -an.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "Fujian (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Of, from, or related to, Mount Fuji."
],
"links": [
[
"Fuji",
"Fuji"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfuːd͡ʒi.ən/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Fujian"
],
"word": "Fujian"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Hok-kiàn vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"Fujian"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Fujian",
"trace": ""
}
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