- Jinjiang, Fujian
Jinjiang (晋江市;
Pinyin : Jìnjiāng;POJ : Chìn-kang) is acounty-level city ofQuanzhou Municipality inFujian . It is located in the southeastern part of the province, on the right or south bank of the Jin River, across fromQuanzhou 's urbandistrict ofFengze . Jinjiang city also borders theTaiwan Strait of theEast China Sea to the south, and Quanzhou's other county-cities ofShishi andNan'an to the east and west, respectively.Demographics
Jinjiang is known for the large number of foreign-invested factories which operate there, especially clothing and name-brand footwear. Despite appalling
sweatshop conditions, many migrant labourers come from around and even outside the province to commit themselves to year-long contracts.Jinjiang people speak the Quanzhou variant of Minnan dialect which is intelligible with
Xiamen orTaiwan 's variant. Like everywhere in China, Jinjiang people use Mandarin to communicate with non local people, commerce and during their daily life.Jinjiang is the site of the Quanzhou Airport, a gift from
Lai Changxing (see below). The facility is of international standard but is kept domestic because the province has been allotted only two international airports, one in the capitalFuzhou and one in nearby Xiamen.Jinjiang in the News
Jinjiang's most infamous son is undoubtedly
Lai Changxing who has been described by the official Xinhua news agency as "China's most wanted fugitive". Lai was a major player in the Xiamen-centredYuanhua corruption and smuggling scandal which broke in1999 . Tipped off by China's central police leadership, Lai fled toCanada on fakeHong Kong SAR documents with his wife Zeng (often Tsang) Mingna and their children. He was eventually detained on Canadian immigration charges and put under house arrest at his home inBurnaby ,British Columbia .ee also
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José Rizal External links
* [http://www.jjjw.gov.cn/ Official website of Jinjiang Government]
* [http://blog.chineseoutpost.com/category/2006-trip-to-china/ Postcards from China] - Travel blog of an American visiting Jinjiang with his wife, a native of the region, and their two young children. Lots of photos and observations on local culture.
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