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Quanzhou (chwän`jō`), formerly Tsinkiang (chĭn`jyäng`, tsĭn`kyäng`), town (1994 est. pop. 207,800), SE Fujian prov., China, on an inlet of Taiwan Strait. Local handicrafts, machine tools, fertilizer, sugar, and flour are produced. Quanzhou has been identified with Zaiton (Zaitun or Zayton), which was the departure point for Marco Polo's return journey. The Overseas Chinese Univ. is in the town. The name sometimes appears as Ch'üan-chou. |
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The ACFTU responded by setting up an office targeting a Wal-Mart in the southeastern city of Quanzhou, where employees voted July 29 to form the company's first Chinese union, according to the newspaper's report Tuesday. The ceiling was festooned with red lanterns evocative of funerary paper forms from Quanzhou (the city in Fujian province where Cai was born), traditionally used in ritualistic cremations to guarantee smooth passage of the deceased to the afterlife. On 8 August 2006, the Group signed a joint venture contract with Quanzhou Port Container Co. |
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