Hoihow

Junks from Pakhoi, Hoihow and Tinpak, in the south-west, commenced in 1846 a prosperous trade with Hongkong.

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But the rolling had become chronic. We rolled all day and we rolled all night, we rolled all next morning and most of the afternoon, for though we should easily have been in what passes for the harbor of Hoihow early that second day we—well, it was foggy, to be sure, and Hainan Straits are among the most dangerous in the world.

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By late August, over twenty-five Catholic orphanages had been attacked, and the nation-wide campaign was in full swing. Four institutions were denounced in that month alone, including those at Hoihow, Hainan Island, at Kwangchowan, Kwangtung, at Wenchow and Hangchow, Chekiang.

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The main city of Hainan is Hoihow, situated on the northern coast of the island opposite the Luichow Peninsula. A shallow-water port, with a population of about 50,000, Hoihow has replaced the formerly island center of Kiungchow or Kiungshan, just south of the port.

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