Situated on the southeastern periphery of China, Fujian has an area of 120,140 square kilometers with its coast extending about 3,051 kilometers dotted with 125 harbors and 1,202 islands. Throughout its history, Fujian has stood out from imperial China in many respects, regarding its orientation towards maritime activities overseas in particular. Thus, there is an old saying in China, “Min zai haizhong” (閩在海中) or Fujian is in the sea, implying that the local economy and daily life of Fujian have been closely tied to maritime trade. The people of south Fujian, better known as “Hokkiens,” have a long seafaring tradition. With the development of maritime trade, an increasing number of Hokkiens who sailed overseas for commercial reasons had to stay at foreign emporia temporarily, waiting for the monsoon winds for the return voyages. As a result, Hokkien sojourning communities gradually came into being in maritime Asia. While their commercial activities in some of the major ports of Southeast and East Asia have been examined, few studies have yet been done from the perspective of a regional maritime system, outlining the reach of the Hokkien merchants overseas as a whole. The purpose of this chapter is thus to examine the Hokkien merchant group and their commercial activities in four leading emporia of Asia—i.e.