Fuzhounese Americans, also known as Hokchew Americans or Fuzhou Americans or imprecisely Fujianese, are Chinese American people of Fuzhou descent, in particular from the Changle district. Many Chinese restaurant workers in the United States are from Fuzhou. There are also a number of undocumented Fuzhounese immigrants in the United States who are smuggled in by groups such as snakeheads.
Little Fuzhou (on East Broadway) as seen from the Manhattan Bridge.
Fuzhou people, also known as Foochowese, Hokchew, Hokchia, Hokchiu, Fuzhou Shiyi people (福州十邑人), Eastern Min or Mindong are residents of either Fuzhou and Mindong regions and the Gutian and Pingnan counties of Fujian province and Matsu Islands in Taiwan. Fuzhou people are a part of the Min Chinese-speaking group that speaks Eastern Min or specifically Fuzhou dialect. There is also a significant overseas Fuzhou population, particularly distributed in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, United States, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
Hockchew women in Bible Women's Training School during a women's class in Fuzhou, 1873.
A native Fuzhou detective in 1898
Yan Fu, a scientist who translated many of Charles Darwin's works and ideas into Chinese.
A famous protein scientist, Hsien Wu was the first to propose that protein denaturation was a purely conformational change.
