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Fo-kien
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Proper noun
en dated en Fujian.
en 1888 James Harrison Wilson III China: Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom": A Study of Its Civilization and Possibilites https://archive.org/details/chinatravelsand02wilsgoog/ 835707181 26 https://archive.org/details/chinatravelsand02wilsgoog/page/n55/ The Government claims suzerainty over and receives tribute more or less regularly from Corea, and also from Anam, Siam, Burmah, and part of the Loochoo Islands, and it has recently erected the beautiful and extensive Island of Formosa, or Taiwan, hitherto attached to the province of Fo-Kien, into a separate province with its own governor-general who, like those of the other provinces, is appointed directly from Peking.