Joy in China presented by David Foley, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province
Part 3 of Joy in China presented by David Foley, Jinggangshan, Jiangxi Province, Southern China. First broadcast by ICN TV on 27 July 2013 and shown in China and the USA. White water rafting and mountain bikes!!
Fujian | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:24 1 History
00:02:33 1.1 Prehistoric Fujian
00:05:10 1.2 Minyue kingdom
00:06:04 1.3 Han dynasty
00:08:02 1.4 Jin era
00:09:29 1.5 Sui and Tang dynasties
00:10:09 1.6 Min kingdom
00:11:08 1.7 Song dynasty
00:13:45 1.8 Ming dynasty
00:14:30 1.9 Qing dynasty
00:15:56 1.10 Republic of China
00:16:26 1.11 People's Republic of China
00:17:24 2 Geography
00:20:07 3 Transportation
00:20:16 3.1 Roads
00:21:08 3.2 Railways
00:22:57 3.3 Air
00:23:46 4 Administrative divisions
00:25:33 4.1 Urban areas
00:25:42 5 Politics
00:29:25 6 Economy
00:32:35 6.1 Economic and Technological Development Zones
00:33:14 7 Demographics
00:34:46 7.1 Religion
00:35:35 8 Culture
00:39:02 9 Tourism
00:42:33 10 Notable individuals
00:46:13 11 Sports
00:47:11 12 Education
00:47:20 12.1 High schools
00:47:50 12.2 Colleges and universities
00:48:00 12.2.1 National
00:48:25 12.2.2 Provincial
00:49:36 12.2.3 Private
00:49:46 13 See also
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Fujian (福建; alternately romanized as Fukien) is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou, while its largest city by population is Xiamen, both located near the coast of the Taiwan Strait in the east of the province. The name Fujian came from the combination of Fuzhou and Jianzhou (present Nanping), a city in Fujian, during the Tang dynasty.
While its population is chiefly of Han origin, it is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces in China. Historically the dialects of the language group Min Chinese were most commonly spoken within the province, including the Hokkien dialects of southeastern Fujian. This is reflected in the abbreviation of the province's name (閩). Hakka Chinese is also spoken, by the Hakka people in Fujian. Min and Hakka Chinese are unintelligible with Mandarin Chinese. Due to emigration, a sizable amount of the ethnic Chinese populations of Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines speak Hokkien.
As a result of the Chinese Civil War, Historical Fujian is now divided between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) based in Taiwan, and both territories are named the Fujian province in their respective administration divisions. The majority of the territory of historical Fujian (the mainland territory and a few islands) currently make up the Fujian province of the PRC. The Fujian province of the ROC is made up of the Matsu Islands, the Wuqiu Islands and the Kinmen Islands, the two latter archipelagos constituting Kinmen County.
With a population of 39 million, Fujian ranks 17th in population among Chinese provinces. Its GDP is CN¥ 3.58 trillion, ranking 10th in GDP. Along with its coastal neighbours Zhejiang and Guangdong, Fujian's GDP per capita is above the national average, at CN¥ 92,830. It has benefited from its geographical proximity with Taiwan.