Xiamen Industrial History

Introduction: The Industrial Homecoming from Nanyang to Xiamen In the early 20th century, the steam whistles in Xiamen Port did more than announce the movement of cargo; they signaled the beginning of a grand industrial movement led by Hokkien tycoons returning from Nanyang (Southeast Asia). For overseas Chinese searching for their roots, while ancestral names are recorded in clan genealogies, their “pioneering dreams” are etched into the early industrial archives of Xiamen. ...