Fuzhou

福州市 Fuzhou
Photograph of Fuzhou
Details
Population	14.66M
State GDP	$1.33
GDP/C	$90
Culture	Hokkien/Min

In-Game Description

Nestled by the Min River's estuary and serving as the capital for Fujian province, Fuzhou is a major coastal city for southern China with more than 7,000 years of history. Entering modern Chinese politics with a revolution in 1911, Fuzhou followed the rest of southern China in being a hotbed for revolution. In 1933, NRA splitters set up the short-lived Fujian People's Government, but with a blockade from the central government and the nearby Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet providing no support, it fell quickly. In 1937 the Second Sino-Japanese War descended on China, and by extension Fuzhou. In early May 1938, the nearby town of Xiamen fell to Japanese troops, directly threatening Fuzhou. Naval and aerial combat continued in and around Fuzhou for another month, eventually ending with the city falling to Japanese forces. Unlike other cities in China, the effects of the Second Sino-Japanese War on Fuzhou were minimal. Seeing no large-scale combat, Fuzhou was set up for a speedy recovery, and as such, is one of the RGOC's most effective ports in southern China.