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Similarly, off the coast of Fukien province, opposite Taiwan, Nationalist patrols sometimes "capture" Communist agents posing as ordinary fishermen and subject them to intensive intelligence grilling.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the east, units of one-eyed Red General Liu Po-cheng's armies moved into the towns of Nanping and Shahsien in Fukien province, putting Communist vanguards within 300 miles of the refugee Nationalist capital in Canton.

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Breathlessly, the Reds disclosed that in Fukien province alone 150,000 Chinese militiamen were limbering up with grenade-tossing exercises, target practice and river-crossing drills�and produced carefully posed pictures to prove it.

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His army scattered the Chinese Communists into the hills of Kiangsi and Fukien Provinces.

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It was much coveted by the Dutch because of its importance in the trade with Canton and Fukien.

From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.