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Fujian

[ fy-jyahn ]

noun

, Pinyin.
  1. a province in southeastern China, opposite Taiwan. 45,845 sq. mi. (118,739 sq. km). : Fuzhou.


Fujian

/ ˈfuːˈkjɛn /

noun

  1. a province of SE China: mountainous and forested, drained chiefly by the Min River; noted for the production of flower-scented teas. Capital: Fuzhou. Pop: 34 880 000 (2003 est). Area: 123 000 sq km (47 970 sq miles)
  2. See Min
    any of the Chinese dialects of this province See also Min


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Indeed, in rural Fujian, where there is a much stronger lineage culture and custom than in many northern provinces, some villagers born in the early 1990s already had three or four children in their efforts to produce a boy heir.

Cai was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, located on the southeastern coast of Fujian Province.

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