Fujian

Lordship of Fujian

Fujian has a better navy than the Min itself. Some people say its patrols of the Taiwan Strait amount to nothing more than institutionalized piracy. Actually, pretty much everybody says that. But with the Swedes and the Emperor each getting a cut, who's to complain?

Given the distance between Hongkongese island possessions and the Taiwan straits, clashes at sea are common between the two.

On the far side of Taiwan, Fujian controls bases on the Sachishima Islands (the parts of the Ryukyu chain south of Okinawa). Technically, Sachishima is a principality that pays tribute to China, but in practice it is a Fujianese colony.