Word: fukien
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...peasants in Anhui province were arrested for setting fire to 4,000 acres of forest, destroying 120,000 saplings (Shanghai Liberation Daily, Feb. 25). In the same paper: 435,000 trees on 750 acres of forest in five counties of Fukien destroyed by arson; 280 cases of forest arson being investigated...
Unsurpassed Prosperity. No such education was needed for the seven employees of Chang Kuo-liang, known for years in Shanghai as the Lungyen King. At his Unsurpassed Prosperity Shop at the corner of Canton and Fukien Roads, Chang had long sold the best dragon's-eyes or lungyen nuts (something like lichees) in the city, together with two patent medicines of his own invention: Ginseng Lung-yen Tonic Syrup and another lungyen tonic for menstrual troubles. Through wars, revolutions and even the Japanese occupation, Chang had prospered, planting his profits in Shanghai real estate and running his business...
Last week one of Cheng's top agents returned to Formosa from a ao-day visit to guerrilla units along the Fukien coast. A lean-faced, hawk-eyed general officer, he has traveled in disguise to five headquarters directing 10,000 guerrillas. Gist of his report: the guerrillas' morale ranged from good to excellent; the condition of their weapons from fair to good. Their living conditions were difficult (23 oz. of rice a day); their help from the peasants was diminishing somewhat as Communist terrorism increased; their spy work in spotting Chinese Red army movements was excellent...