Xiamen

(shyä`mŭn`) or

Amoy

(ämoi`), city (1994 est. pop. 458,000), S Fujian prov., China, on Xiamen island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It has an excellent natural harbor and is connected to the mainland by a railroad (built 1957) that crosses on a dike. Fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, and tanning are the major industries; machine tools and chemicals are also manufactured. Xiamen has been designated a special economic development city, in part because of its key position across the Taiwan Strait from Taiwan. Opposite Xiamen proper, across the inner harbor, is the island of Gulangxu, the former foreign settlement and a fine residential section. Xiamen was one of the earliest seats of European commerce in China, with Portuguese (16th cent.) and Dutch (17th cent.) establishments. It was captured (1841) by the British in the Opium WarOpium Wars,
1839–42 and 1856–60, two wars between China and Western countries that marked the shift of wealth and power from East to West. The first was between Great Britain and China. Early in the 19th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. and became a treaty porttreaty port,
port opened to foreign trade by a treaty. The term is usually confined to ports in those countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade or attempted altogether to exclude it. Thus it is used especially in reference to Japan and China.
..... Click the link for more information. in 1842. It was long a Chinese port of emigration, mainly to SE Asia. Xiamen Univ. is there.

单词	xiamen
释义	Xiamen Xia·men¹ X0006600 (shyä′mən) also A·moy (ä-moi′) A city of southeast China east-northeast of Guangzhou on the Taiwan Strait. It was a treaty port following the Opium War (1839-1842). Xia·men² X0006600 (shyä′mən)n. See Amoy². [After Xiamen.] Xiamen (ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn) n (Placename) a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Amoy Xia•men (ˈʃyɑˈmœn) also Hsiamen n. 1. an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait. 2. a seaport on this island. 507,390. Also called Amoy. Translations СямыньСямэнь Xiamen Xiamen (shyä`mŭn`) or Amoy (ämoi`), city (1994 est. pop. 458,000), S Fujian prov., China, on Xiamen island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River. It has an excellent natural harbor and is connected to the mainland by a railroad (built 1957) that crosses on a dike. Fishing, shipbuilding, food processing, and tanning are the major industries; machine tools and chemicals are also manufactured. Xiamen has been designated a special economic development city, in part because of its key position across the Taiwan Strait from Taiwan. Opposite Xiamen proper, across the inner harbor, is the island of Gulangxu, the former foreign settlement and a fine residential section. Xiamen was one of the earliest seats of European commerce in China, with Portuguese (16th cent.) and Dutch (17th cent.) establishments. It was captured (1841) by the British in the Opium WarOpium Wars, 1839–42 and 1856–60, two wars between China and Western countries that marked the shift of wealth and power from East to West. The first was between Great Britain and China. Early in the 19th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. and became a treaty porttreaty port, port opened to foreign trade by a treaty. The term is usually confined to ports in those countries that formerly strongly objected to foreign trade or attempted altogether to exclude it. Thus it is used especially in reference to Japan and China. ..... Click the link for more information. in 1842. It was long a Chinese port of emigration, mainly to SE Asia. Xiamen Univ. is there. ThesaurusSeeAmoy
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