Word: fujian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many places. In Shanghai, ships of the American President Line unload bales of American raw cotton. In the southwestern province of Sichuan, preparations are under way for an oil drill bit plant to be built under a $50 million contract with the Hughes Tool Co. In the coastal Fujian province, the state-owned Amoy Cigarette Co. will soon be producing Camels under an agreement with the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. In Peking, Bank of America will open a branch in a two-story brick building that was part of the U.S. legation office before the Communist takeover...
...some." That notice would be passed without a second glance in Hong Kong or Singapore. Pasted up in front of a ramshackle department store in Xiamen's main town square, it is a striking sign of changing times. Largely because of its geographical proximity to Taiwan, Fujian province has become the focus of an active campaign by the Peking government to open up contacts with the prospering island...
...January 1979, China stopped its alternate-day shelling of the Taiwan-held offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu; located less than ten miles from the Fujian coast, the islands were long regarded as symbols of the ongoing civil war between the People's Republic and the Republic of China. Fujian authorities boast that they have built five docking shelters along the province's coast for fishermen from Taiwan and that they have helped some 1,000 of them who ran into bad weather or engine breakdowns. Meanwhile, Fujian officials call for tours and even investments by their "Taiwan...
...Xiamen, the trade includes soap, towels and watches (often with fake Swiss markings) from Taiwan and gold (sometimes also fake) from the mainland. If that first shipment of nylon from Taiwan-which came indirectly via Hong Kong-is any indication, Taiwan could have a significant future market in Fujian. In less than two weeks, the shipment was 90% sold, despite a stiff price of $10 a meter...
...mainland and Taiwan as a first step toward reunification. If this goal were achieved, Chinese authorities insist, Taiwan would be able to retain autonomy in most areas of life, including its own social system. Says Shi Hungyao, 47, a member of the Fuzhou city government, who emigrated to Fujian from Taiwan in 1948: "We recognize that Taiwan's standard of living is much higher than our own, so we don't want to do anything to change their style of life." Taiwan remains fearful that Peking's long-range goal is to impose Communism on the island...