Definition of "Waichow"
Waichow
proper noun
(dated) Synonym of Huizhou: the Cantonese-derived name
Quotations
Chinese reports reaching here said 3,000 guerillas had captured the town of Lungmen, 70 miles north-east of Canton. Other light Communist forces were active at Waichow, 70 miles east of Canton and 45 miles from the Hong Kong border.
1949 August 31, “Reds Advancing Irresistibly—KMT Troops Harassed by Guerillas”, in The Bombay Chronicle, page 7
Although he saw himself as a revolutionary, he never led a successful revolutionary uprising. He organized a revolt which broke out on October 10, 1900, in Waichow, close to Hongkong. His intention after capturing Waichow was to work his way through the province of Fukien along the coast in the hope of receiving help from Japanese friends in Formosa; but the help did not come, and though there were some successful skirmishes, the revolt was abandoned two weeks later.
1969, Robert Payne, “Sun Yat-sen”, in Chiang Kai-shek, New York: Weybright and Talley, page 34
Since the late 1950’s, other cities have been established inland, either on the site of resource developments, as Mowming, or as subregional centers, as Shiuhing for the lower Si Kiang and Waichow for the lower Tung Kiang.
1972, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: National and Regional Development, 1949-71, completely revised edition, Praeger Publishers, page 187
However, these many disappointments did not deter Sun Yat-sen. In October his supporters, augmented by secret society fighters and desperate peasants, staged a surprisingly strong campaign in the Waichow region of eastern Kwangtung.
1989, Chu-yuan Cheng, editor, Sun Yat-sen's Doctrine in the Modern World, Westview Press, page 21