The Bloodline Across the Seas: Overseas Chinese History and Diaspora Network in Quanzhou Chronicles
Geographical Connections Specific locations mentioned in this article include: Quanzhou Prefecture, Jinjiang, Nan’an, Hui’an, Tong’an, Anxi, Yongchun, Dehua, Luzon (Philippines), Calicut, Malacca, Singapore, Zaiton Port, and Houzhu Harbor. Here’s a number that stopped me cold. 9 million. That’s how many people of Quanzhou descent live outside China today. Spread across 170+ countries and territories. To put it in perspective: that’s more than the entire population of Iceland, twenty times over. All from one prefecture in coastal Fujian, a patch of land barely 11,000 square kilometers. ...