I channel hopped for half an hour before deciding nothing worth watching was on television.

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He then built a settlement in southern Cyuanjhou and from there dispatched trading vessels to Japan, Taiwan, Manila and other destinations.[…] Between 70 to 80 percent of immigrants were from the Jhangjhou and Cyuanjhou regions (Hoklos), 20 percent were from the Jiaing and Chaojhou regions (Hakkas), and only 1 percent from other prefectures of Fujian or other provinces.

They quote a three-day turn on parts like those.