Fujian

Fujian ({{zh-cpw |c=福建 |p=Fújiàn |w=Fu-chien}}; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. Fujian borders Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait.

Quemoy and Matsu

After its defeat in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. Since then, the communist government of the People's Republic of China has controlled most of Fujian province, while the Republic of China has held on to the islands of Quemoy and Matsu.

Related Topics:
Chinese Civil War - 1949 - Republic of China - Taiwan - People's Republic of China - Quemoy - Matsu

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The islands of Fuchien under the administration of the ROC are:

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• Quemoy County
• Quemoy (金門島)
• Lesser Quemoy (小金門島)
• Wuciou (烏坵嶼)
• Daciou (大坵)
• Siaociou (小坵)
• Dongding (東碇)
• Dadan (大擔) and Erdan (二擔)
• Lienchiang County (Matsu)
• Nangan (南竿島)
• Beigan (北竿島)
• Jyuguang Islands (莒光列島), called Baiquan Islands (白犬列岛) by the PRC
• Dongyin (東引島)
• Minor islands: Liang (亮島), Gaodeng (高登)

These islands have a total area of 182.66 km² and a total population of 71,000 (2001).

Related Topics:
Km² - 2001

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In 1956, the ROC government moved the provincial government of Fuchien to Taiwan, and the islands were placed under an extraordinarily tight military administration due to their extreme proximity to Mainland China. With the easing of cross-Straits relationships and the democratization of Taiwan in the 1990s, the islands were returned to civilian government. The provincial government has been moved back to Quemoy, on Fuchien soil.

Related Topics:
1956 - 1990s - Quemoy

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Recently, the ROC has significantly diluted the powers of the two provinces it administers, namely Taiwan Province and Fujian. Most of the authority of the ROC's Fuchien province has been delegated to the two county governments of Quemoy and Matsu.

Related Topics:
Taiwan Province - Quemoy - Matsu

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