Foochow

FUCHOW, Fu-Chau, Foochow, a city of China, capital of the province of Fu-kien, and one of the principal ports open to foreign commerce.

Son of a Chinese magistrate in Foochow, Chen Wenyuan was born a Buddhist.

Besides the missionaries who visited Foochow, other travelers speak of finding groups of underground Christians in many villages and cities.

Bubonic plague broke out in Foochow, and in north China was apparently moving on Peiping and Tientsin.

Amoy and Foochow were being scrutinized closely.