Foochow

English thumb|Map including zh 福州 FU-CHOU (FOOCHOW) (Army Map Service AMS, 1954) Etymology From the en zh-postal - of en cmn 福州. en Hokchiu. Pronunciation en /ˈfuˈt͡ʃoʊ/ GA en /fuːˈt͡ʃəʊ/ RP fo͞o′jō′Fuzhou geographical name Fu·​zhou ˈfü-ˈjō variants or Foochow or Fu-chou ˈfü-ˈjō -ˈchau̇ or formerly Minhow ˈmin-ˈhōFuchow or Fu-chou 647 3Fu-chou or Foo·chow 262 1 en Foo chow Proper noun en Fuzhou. en January 21, 1875 Summary of News North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/070n864-1nch1875/ Shanghai XIV 402 311405954 47 https://archive.org/details/070n864-1nch1875/page/47/ 2 journal March 8, 1875 SHANGHAI London and China Telegraph XVII 601 33239187 https://archive.org/details/londonchina-1875.03.08/ 186 https://archive.org/details/londonchina-1875.03.08/page/186/ 1, 2 The steamer Lee Yuen, when about 30 miles from Foochow, abreast of Fuhyan, on her passage from this port to Foochow, carried away the lignum vitæ bush in the stern tube. She was beached for one tide under the lee of Matsu Island, for temporary repairs, and then proceeded to Foochow, where she has gone into dock. en February 28, 1890 W. S. Wetmore RECOLLECTIONS OF LIFE IN CHINA IN THE FIFTIES. North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.02.28/ Shanghai XLIV 1178 311405954 256 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1890.02.28/page/256/ 1 1894 Recollections of Life in the Far East https://archive.org/details/recollectionsli00wetmgoog/ 27962631 32 https://archive.org/details/recollectionsli00wetmgoog/page/n41/ In the spring of 1857, I, with several friends, left Hongkong for Shanghai, viâ Foochow, in the small coasting steamer Antelope. No noteworthy incident occurred until after leaving Foochow when, as we were enjoying our after dinner coffee and cigars, and by chance discussing the question of thirteen sitting down at table that had occurred at a dinner at which one of the party had shortly before been present, a violent thump and tremulous motion of the vessel announced the unpleasant fact that we had struck upon something. We rushed on deck and found the steamer hard and fast on a reef near Matsu Island. Fortunately the day was fine and there was no sea on. en https://archive.org/details/flowerylan00halcmysticrich/mode 1896 The Mystic Flowery Land: A Personal Narrative Charles J. H Halcombee Luzac & Co. London 110 https://archive.org/details/flowerylan00halcmysticrich/page/110/mode He told me of a place on the mainland, near his native village—some seventy miles up the coast, between Foochow and Amoy—where game was plentiful, and sportsmen rare. en https://archive.org/details/strongmanofchina0000berk 1938 Strong Man of China: The Story of Chiang Kai-shek Robert Berkov Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 170 https://archive.org/details/strongmanofchina0000berk/page/170/mode/ Powerful bombing airplanes, mostly of American make, went winging their way over Foochow and vicinity, dropping missiles of death on the Nineteenth Route Army, which was caught completely by surprise. Young American-trained aviators, flying in perfect formation and releasing deadly cargoes with perfect aim, soon converted the Fukien front into a shambles. en May 29, 1945 Chinese Battle Along East Coast to Stem Jap Landings Manila Free Philippines https://archive.org/details/ManilaFreePhilippinesPart2/page/n100/ III 29 32267521 Chungking 2 https://archive.org/details/ManilaFreePhilippinesPart2/page/n101/ 4 Chinese army forces Saturday battled north along China's east coast to relieve militia fighting against Japanese marine landing parties at Siapu, 68 miles northeast of liberated Foochow, the Chinese High Command announced.Chinese troops pursuing Jap forces who pulled out of Foochow pushed to the outskirts of Loyuan, 35 miles southwest of Siapu while Japanese rear guards fought at Tangyang, 10 miles behind the Chinese units. en 1963 w:Dwight Eisenhower Mandate for Change 1953-1956 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/ Garden City, New York w:Doubleday & Company 63-18447 64309101 475 https://archive.org/details/mandateforchange00eise/page/475/ In a long cable on February 25 Secretary Dulles replied that he had talked with Anthony Eden about the Formosa crisis, reminding him that successful pressure on Chiang to surrender Quemoy and Matsu would permit the Chinese Communists to attack from the harbors of Amoy and Foochow, and invite the Chinese Communists to put to the test American resolution to defend Formosa. en 1968 Joseph Earle Spencer FOOCHOW w:Encyclopedia Britannica https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita09chic/ 9 68-10064 1036882 532 https://archive.org/details/encyclopdiabrita09chic/page/n593/ 1 The Chinese Communists, after 1952, began developing major industrial activities in Foochow, augmenting existing manufacturing. en https://archive.org/details/foochowmissionar0000carl/ 1974 The Foochow Missionaries, 1847-1880 Ellsworth C. Carlson w:Harvard University Press 1 The present study centers on Foochow, a city located in the southeast coastal province of Fukien, which was one of the early centers of Protestant missionary work. en 1976 Philip West Yenching University and Sino-Western Relations, 1916-1952 https://archive.org/details/yenchinguniversi0000west/ Cambridge, Massachusetts w:Harvard University Press 0-674-96569-8 76-2564 185411748 74 https://archive.org/details/yenchinguniversi0000west/page/74/ Hung was born in Foochow, Fukien, his family's native place. en May 22, 1977 M'land military leaders fighting over Teng fate https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1977-05-22_18_20/ Free China Weekly XVIII 20 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1977-05-22_18_20/ A dispute broke out between two Chinese Communist military leaders last February over the rehabilitation of Teng Hsiao-ping, according to intelligence sources.The sources said a high ranking Communist military man in Foochow revealed recently that the quarrel developed between Hsu Shih-yu, “commander of the Canton military region,” and Chen Hsi-lien, “commander of the Peiping military region,” during a conference of politburo members. en 2002 w:Peter Stursberg No Foreign Bones in China https://archive.org/details/noforeignbonesin00stur/ Edmonton w:University of Alberta Press 0-88864-387-X 49352714 92 https://archive.org/details/noforeignbonesin00stur/page/92 By 1911, there were rumours of revolution, and Stursberg was worried by reports that Foochow was in the hands of revolutionaries. en December 18, 2012 Jerome Keating Book review: Notes of Travel in Formosa w:Taipei Times https://web.archive.org/web/20121230221743/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/12/18/2003550408 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2012/12/18/2003550408 December 30, 2012 1563-9525 464696902 Features 12 Between the years 1867 and 1872, Le Gendre as Consul, would make at least eight trips to Taiwan, far more than the obligatory once every three years visit by the Chinese Viceroy dwelling at Foochow (Fuzhou). His visits frequently included meetings with Tauketok, chief of the 18 tribes in the south where the shipwrecks took place and with whom he achieved a workable treaty. en Fuzhou dialect a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family en 1955 John C. Caldwell A Bright Light Shining Still the Rice Grows Green https://archive.org/details/stillricegrowsgr00cald/ Chicago w:Henry Regnery Company 55-6848 482283347 53 https://archive.org/details/stillricegrowsgr00cald/page/53/ I heard Foochow, my native dialect being spoken in the hut and went in to visit. The man of the house was a refugee from Hsiapu, north of Foochow. Noun A person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region. Adjective - Of or relating to the Fuzhou dialect. Synonyms en Hokchiu Derived terms en Foochowese en Foochownese References Further reading pn