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Fujian
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- 1 Of, from, or related to, Mount Fuji. not-comparable
- 1 A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.
"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."
- 2 A province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast. Capital: Fuzhou.
"Taiwan opened the links between its two small islands and China without talking to Beijing, which has grudgingly accepted the move but hasn't said how much it will cooperate. So everyone closely watched how the two ships were greeted in Fuzhou and Xiamen, the cities in the southeast Chinese province of Fujian."
- 3 A nominal province of the Republic of China (Taiwan), consisting of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties. Capital: Jincheng.
"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."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福建 (Fújiàn).
From Fuji + -an.
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