Fatshan

Fat Shan English Etymology From en yue 佛山. Pronunciation fät′shän′Foshan geographical name Fo·​shan ˈfō-ˈshän variants or formerly Fatshan ˈfät-ˈshän Proper noun en Foshan: the Cantonese-derived name. en https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185121/ 1877 Mr. Gardner to Consul Sir B. Robertson Correspondence Respecting the Attack on the Indian Expedition to Western China and the Murder of Mr. Margary C. T. Gardner 105 https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185121/page/n288 The places where I myself saw the Proclamations exhibited are as follows:- Fatshan, Sam-shui, Ching-yüan, Po Miao, Ying-tê, Shao-kow, Shao-chou Fu. en April 7, 1970 w:Craig Claiborne Hong Kong Hotel of Splendor Where the Dining Is Fine Art w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230927052239/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/07/archives/hong-kong-hotel-of-splendor-where-the-dining-is-fine-art.html 27 September 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/07/archives/hong-kong-hotel-of-splendor-where-the-dining-is-fine-art.html 0362-4331 1645522 72 It is an uncommonly handsome and rather small restaurant on two levels with a priceless Coromandel screen painted in the 17th century by Fong Long Kan of Fatshan. It is reported to be one of a pair. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has one on display. en 1974 February China's Young Electronics Industry w:China Reconstructs https://archive.org/details/cr196912/CR1974-02/ w:China Welfare Institute 0009-4447 1554324 9 https://archive.org/details/cr196912/CR1974-02/page/n10/ 1, 2 A semi-conductor components plant in Fatshan in Kwangtung province, eager to suit its output to the needs of other industries, sent groups to over 50 factories and mines in Peking, Shanghai, Chengtu, Sian and a dozen other medium and large cities to study what electronic products they required.In 1972, when the Chiaocheng County Trucking Company in Shansi province over 1,000 kilometers to the north bought five electronic ignition systems from the Fatshan plant, it sent workers and technicians to help the buyers master their use, returning only when they were satisfied. en 1988 Bill Ream Too Hot for Comfort: War Years in China 1938-50 https://archive.org/details/toohotforcomfort0000ream/ w:Epworth Press 0-7162-0442-8 17260757 5 https://archive.org/details/toohotforcomfort0000ream/page/5/ A number of us on the boat were expecting to go on from Hong Kong to various stations in Kwangtung province and further north and east. I myself was to be stationed at a boys' Middle School at Fatshan, some ten miles west of Canton where we had a large compound with a hospital as well as the boys' and girls' schools. en https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185121/ 2008 978-0-571-23156-0 Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher John Fisher w:Andrew Lambert w:Faber and Faber 292 https://archive.org/details/admiralsnavalcom0000lamb/page/292/ Between 1856 and 1860 Fisher took part in three battles during the Second Anglo-Chinese War. At Fatshan Creek his boat was up with the leaders at the destruction of the Chinese flotilla. en https://archive.org/details/cu31924023185121/ 2015 978-0-7195-6901-2 w:Flood of Fire w:Amitav Ghosh John Murray (publishing house) John Murray 532 https://archive.org/details/floodoffire0000ghos/page/532/ Now thousands of fresh troops were pouring into the city, from other provinces and cities; new vessels, modelled on British gunboats, were being built at secret locations and guns were being cast in a foundry at nearby Fatshan, among them a colossal eight-pounder. en References Further reading