Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
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.tw
.tw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Taiwan. The domain name is based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code TW. The registry is maintained by the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC), a Taiwanese non-profit org ...
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14K Triad
The 14K (十四K) is a triad group based in Hong Kong but active internationally. It is the second largest triad group in the world with around 20,000 members split into thirty subgroups. They are the main rival of the Sun Yee On, which is the ...
99 Ranch Market
99 Ranch Market () is an American supermarket chain owned by Tawa Supermarket Inc., which is based in Buena Park, California. 99 Ranch has 54 stores (as of June 2021), primarily in California, with other stores in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Ne ...
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1895 (2008 film)
''Blue Brave: The Legend of Formosa 1895'', known simply as ''1895'' (), is a Taiwanese Hakka film based on the Japanese Invasion of Taiwan in 1895, with emphasis on the Hakka fighters and their families in the conflict. The film has a limited bu ...
1935 Hsinchu-Taichung earthquake
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
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1969 Little League World Series
The Little League World Series took place between August 18 and August 23 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Taichung Little League of Taichung City, Taiwan, defeated the Briarwood Little League of Santa Clara, California, in the championship game ...
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1987 Lieyu massacre
The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987, at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China. ROC military officially denied the massacre, and defined it as an incident of ...
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1992 Consensus
The 1992 Consensus is a political term referring to the alleged outcome of a meeting in 1992 between the semiofficial representatives of the People's Republic of China (PRC) of mainland China and the Republic of China (ROC) of Taiwan. They are of ...
27 Brigade
27 Brigade () was a guerrilla force formed in Taichung, Taiwan, shortly after the outbreak of February 28 Incident. It was organized by Hsieh Hsueh-hung, a leading figure of Taiwanese Communist Party during the Japanese Administration Era, and wa ...
2009 Summer Deaflympics
The 2009 Summer Deaflympics (), officially known as the XXI Summer Deaflympic Games and commonly known as Taipei 2009, is an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 5 to 15 September 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China). I ...
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2010 Kaohsiung earthquake
The 2010 Kaohsiung earthquake, measuring 6.3 , occurred on March 4 at 8:20 a.m. local time. The epicenter was located in the mountainous area of Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City) of the southwestern Taiwan. It was the most power ...
3-19 shooting incident
The March 19 shooting incident (), also known as the 319 incident, was an assassination attempt on President Chen Shui-bian and Vice President Annette Lu while they were campaigning in Tainan, Taiwan on 19 March 2004, the day before Taiwan's pres ...
7-Eleven in Taiwan
7-Eleven, Inc., stylized as 7-ELEVE, is a multinational chain of retail convenience stores, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house (building), ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores bet ...
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908 Taiwan Republic Campaign
The 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign is an umbrella organization of a small activist groups for the goal of Taiwan independence. It is led by Peter Wang (王獻極).
The group takes its name from the date, September 8, that they mark as the utopia ...
99 Ranch Market
99 Ranch Market () is an American supermarket chain owned by Tawa Supermarket Inc., which is based in Buena Park, California. 99 Ranch has 54 stores (as of June 2021), primarily in California, with other stores in Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Ne ...
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A City of Sadness
''A City of Sadness'' () is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the " White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their ...
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Aborigines of Taiwan
Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 5 ...
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation
Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC; 漢翔航空工業 or 漢翔航空) is a Taiwanese aerospace company based in Taichung. It is one of only two Taiwanese companies with the capabilities of a traditional American or European d ...
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AIDC AT-3
The AIDC AT-3 Tzu Chung (; "Self Reliance") is an advanced jet trainer operated by the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF). A total of sixty-two aircraft were manufactured by the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation of Taiwan in co ...
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AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo
The AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo (), commonly known as the Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), is a multirole combat aircraft named after Chiang Ching-kuo, the late President of the Republic of China. The aircraft made its first flight in 1989. It ent ...
American School in Taichung
The American School in Taichung (AST; ) is an international school in Taichung, Taiwan offering grades one to twelve. The school, founded in 1989, was previously known as Lincoln American School. It is fully accredited by the Western Associatio ...
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Anti-ECFA protest
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a free trade agreement (FTA) between the governments of the People's Republic of China (mainland China, PRC, commonly "China") and the Republic of China (ROC, commonly "Taiwan"), that aims ...
Apple Daily (Taiwan)
The ''Apple Daily'' ( zh, t=蘋果日報, p=Píngguǒ Rìbào, poj=Pîn-kó Ji̍t-pò) was an online newspaper in Taiwan. It was established as a printed paper and was owned by Hong Kong-based Next Digital media group, which printed the epo ...
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Gladys Aylward
Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 – 3 January 1970) was a British-born evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book ''The Small Woman'', by Alan Burgess, published in 1957, and made into the film ''The Inn of ...
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American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei
The American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (AmCham Taiwan; ) is an international business association based in Taipei City, Taiwan, with about 1,000 members representing over 500 companies across various sectors.
AmCham Taiwan was founded in 19 ...
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American Institute in Taiwan
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT; ) is the ''de facto'' Embassy of the United States of America in Taiwan. The AIT institution is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the federal government of the United States in Taiwan with Congressional oversi ...
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American School in Taichung
The American School in Taichung (AST; ) is an international school in Taichung, Taiwan offering grades one to twelve. The school, founded in 1989, was previously known as Lincoln American School. It is fully accredited by the Western Associatio ...
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Amis people
The Amis ( ami, Amis, Ami, Pangcah; ), also known as the Pangcah, are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan. They speak the Amis language (; ), an Austronesian language, and are one of the sixteen officially recognized Ta ...
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A-mei
Kulilay Amit (, born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, ''Sisters''. Her albums ''Truth'' (2001), ''Amit'' (2009), ...
Rikichi Andō
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 19th and final Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 December 1944 to October 1945.
Biography
Early career
Andō was a native of Miyagi Prefecture. He served as an instructor at the Army W ...
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Annette Lu
Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Ta ...
Areca nut
''Areca'' is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia. The generic name ''Areca'' is derived from a name ...
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Linda Arrigo
Linda Gail Arrigo (; born January 16, 1949) is an American political activist, human rights activist, and academic researcher in Taiwan. She formerly served as the international affairs officer of Green Party Taiwan.
Early life and education
Bor ...
Atayal people
The Atayal (), also known as the Tayal and the Tayan, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. The Atayal people number around 90,000, approximately 15.9% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the third-largest indigenous group. The pre ...
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Au Revoir Taipei
''Au Revoir Taipei'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese romantic comedy film set in Taipei and is Arvin Chen's feature directorial debut. It won the NETPAC Award at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival and was considered a box office success in Taiwan ...
Baguazhang
Baguazhang or Pakua chang () is one of the three main Chinese martial arts of the Wudang school, the other two being T'ai chi and Xing Yi Quan. It is more broadly grouped as an internal practice (or neijia quan). ''Bāguà zhǎng'' literally ...
Bajiquan
Bajiquan () is a Chinese martial art that features explosive, short-range power and is famous for its elbow and shoulder strikes. Its full name is kaimen ba ji quan ().
Origins
Baji quan was originally called bazi quan ( or ) or "rake fist" ...
Bank of Taiwan
The Bank of Taiwan (BOT, , see below) is a commercial bank headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It is owned by the government of Taiwan.
History
The Bank of Taiwan was established as Taiwan's central bank in 1899, during Japanese rule. ...
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Banyan
A banyan, also spelled "banian", is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adventitious prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely. This distinguishes banyans from other trees with a strangler habit that begin life as a ...
Battle of Chiatung
The Battle of Chiatung (11 October 1895) was an important engagement fought during the Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895). The battle was a Japanese victory.
The battle
The battle took place during the final phase of the campaign, in which th ...
Battle of Guningtou
The Battle of Kuningtou or Battle of Guningtou (), also known as the Battle of Kinmen (), was a battle fought over Kinmen in the Taiwan Strait during the Chinese Civil War in 1949. The failure of the Communists to take the island left it in t ...
Battle of Penghu
The Battle of Penghu () was a naval battle fought in 1683 between the Qing dynasty and the Kingdom of Tungning. The Qing admiral Shi Lang led a fleet to attack the Tungning forces in Penghu. Each side possessed more than 200 warships. The Tungn ...
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Battle of Tamsui
The Battle of Tamsui, Danshui, or Hobe (2–8 October 1884) was a significant French defeat by the Qing dynasty at Tamsui on Taiwan during the Keelung Campaign of the Sino-French War.
Background
The battle of Tamsui was part of the Keelu ...
BenQ
BenQ Corporation (; ) is a Taiwanese multinational company that sells and markets technology products, consumer electronics, computing and communications devices under the "BenQ" brand name, which stands for the company slogan ''Bringing Enj ...
Black Bat Squadron
Black Bat Squadron (), formally the 34th Squadron, was a squadron of CIA reconnaissance plane pilots and crew based in Taiwan during the Cold War. Citizens of the Republic of China flew missions over mainland China controlled by the People's Rep ...
Black gold (politics)
Black gold () is a term used in the Republic of China (Taiwan) to refer to political corruption, underworld politics and political violence. The term refers to the obtaining of money (the "gold") through a dark, secretive, and corrupt method ("b ...
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Blue Sky with a White Sun
The Blue Sky with a White Sun () serves as the design for the party flag and emblem of the Kuomintang, the canton of the flag of the Republic of China, the national emblem of the Republic of China, and as the naval jack of the ROC Navy.
In th ...
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Robert Blust
Robert A. Blust (; ; May 9, 1940 – January 5, 2022) was an American linguist who worked in several areas, including historical linguistics, lexicography and ethnology. He was Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Blus ...
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Betel nut beauty
In Taiwan, a betel nut beauty or binlang girl () is a young woman selling betel nuts and cigarettes from a brightly lit glass enclosure while wearing revealing clothing. The term in Chinese comes from Xi Shi, the legendary beauty of imperial ...
A Brighter Summer Day
''A Brighter Summer Day'' is a 1991 Taiwanese epic teen crime drama film directed by Edward Yang, associated with the "New Taiwanese Cinema." The English title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's " Are You Lonesome Tonight?". The film ...
Bubble tea
Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea, bubble milk tea, tapioca milk tea, boba tea, or boba; , ) is a tea-based drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s. Taiwanese immigrants brought it to the United States in the 1990s, initially ...
Buddhism in Taiwan
Buddhism is one of the major religions of Taiwan. Taiwanese people predominantly practice Mahayana Buddhism, Confucian principles, local practices and Taoist tradition. Roles for religious specialists from both Buddhist and Taoist traditions exi ...
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Bunun people
The Bunun (), also historically known as the Vonum, are a Taiwanese indigenous people. They speak the Bunun language. Unlike other aboriginal peoples in Taiwan, the Bunun are widely dispersed across the island's central mountain ranges. In the y ...
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Bureau of Investigation and Statistics
The National Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Military Commission), (NBIS or BIS) (), commonly known as Juntong (), was the military intelligence agency of the Republic of China before 1946. It was devoted to intelligence gathering and co ...
Buxiban
A cram school, informally called crammer and colloquially also referred to as test-prep or exam factory, is a specialized school that trains its students to achieve particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high sch ...
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Cafe Astoria
The Cafe Astoria () is the first Western-style bakery in Taiwan. It is located in the Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan, on Wuchang Street across from the City God Temple.
History
In October 1949, 18-year-old Archibald Chien became business ...
Caoling
Caoling () is a rural village in Gukeng Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is to above sea level. The area measures approximately one thousand hectares.
Mountains around Caoling are prone to landslides, and four barrier lakes have formed ar ...
William Campbell (missionary)
William Campbell () (1841–1921) was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Formosa ( Qing Taiwan). He wrote extensively on topics related to Taiwan and was also responsible for founding the island's first school for the blind. Interested in the ...
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Cape Eluanbi
Cape Eluanbi or Oluanpi, also known by other names, is the southernmost point on the island of Taiwan. It is located in within the Hengchun Township in Pingtung County.
Names
''Éluánbí'' is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pr ...
Censorship in the Republic of China
Censorship in Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) was greatly relaxed when the state moved away from authoritarianism in 1987. Since then, the media has generally been allowed to broadcast political opposition. Today, the focus of censors ...
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Central Cross-Island Highway
The Central Cross-Island Highway () or Provincial Highway 8 is one of three highway systems that connect the west coast with the east of Taiwan.
Construction
The construction of the Central Cross-Island Highway began on July 7, 1956 and wa ...
Central Mountain Range
The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. Due to this separation, connecting between the west and east is not very convenient. The tallest peak of th ...
Chang Ch'ün
Zhang Qun or Chang Ch'ün (; May 9, 1889 – December 14, 1990) also known as Zhang Yuejun (張岳軍), was premier of the Republic of China and a prominent member of the Kuomintang. He served as secretary general to the President of the Republ ...
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Chang-Gu World Trade Center
The Chang-Gu World Trade Center (), also known as Grand 50 Tower, is a tall skyscraper in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It was completed in 1992 and was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners. It was the first building in Taiwan to reach a h ...
Changhua County
Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...
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Chungyuan Standard Time
The time zones of China refer to the time zone divisions used in China between 1918 and 1949. The first time zone plan was proposed by the Central Observatory (now Beijing Ancient Observatory) of the Beiyang government in Peking (Beijing) in 1918. ...
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Chang Dai-chien
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a '' guohua'' (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned ...
Morris Chang
Morris Chang (; born 10 July 1931), is a Taiwanese-American businessman who built his career in the United States and subsequently in Taiwan. He is the founder, as well as former chairman and CEO, of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (T ...
Chaotian Temple
The Chaotian or Chaotien Temple, officially the Chao-Tian Temple,. & is a temple to the Chinese Goddess Mazu in Beigang Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan. Constructed in 1700, it became one of the most important Mazu temples in Taiwan and is k ...
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Gary Chaw
Gary Chaw (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tshâu Kak; born 9 July 1979 in Kota Belud, Sabah, Malaysia), also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success i ...
Chen Chi-li
Chen Chi-li (11 May 1943 – 4 October 2007), nicknamed King Duck or Dry Duck, was a gangster from Taiwan, best known for heading the United Bamboo Gang. His murder of dissident journalist Henry Liu in Daly City, California, United States, in 1 ...
Chen Yi (Kuomintang)
Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Re ...
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Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008. Chen was the first president from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) whic ...
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Chen Shui-bian corruption charges
Chen Shui-bian, former President of the Republic of China, stepped down on May 20, 2008, the same day that Ma Ying-jeou took office as the new President of the Republic of China. About an hour after he left the Presidential Office Building, as a f ...
Isabelle Cheng
Isabelle Cheng (), also known as Cheng Nian-tzu, was an intelligence agent for the National Security Bureau of Taiwan.
She came to public attention when her relationship with Donald Keyser, an official of the United States Department of State, ...
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Chen Yinke
Chen Yinke, or Chen Yinque (3 July 18907 October 1969), was a Chinese historian, linguist, orientalist, politician, and writer. He was a fellow of Academia Sinica, considered one of the most original and creative historians in 20th century Chin ...
Cheng Man-ch'ing
Cheng Man-ch'ing or Zheng Manqing (29 July 1902 - 26 March 1975) was a notable Chinese expert of t'ai chi ch'uan, Chinese medicine, and the so-called three perfections: calligraphy, painting and poetry. He was born in Yongjia (present-day Wen ...
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Anna Chennault
Anna Chennault, born Chan Sheng Mai, later spelled Chen Xiangmei (, actual birth year 1923, but reported as June 23, 1925 – March 30, 2018), also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was a war correspondent and prominent Republ ...
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Claire Lee Chennault
Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Chinese Air Force in World War II.
Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighte ...
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 – 13 January 1988) was a politician of the Republic of China after its retreat to Taiwan. The eldest and only biological son of former president Chiang Kai-shek, he held numerous posts in the government ...
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Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF; ) is a private nonprofit organization located in Taipei, Taiwan, that provides support for research grants on Chinese studies in the humanities and social sciences at ove ...
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Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song
The Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song was written shortly after Republic of China President Chiang Ching-kuo died in 1988. The music composer was Chinese composer Hwang Yau-tai (Huang You-di) who also composed the " Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song" ...
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Demos Chiang
Demos Yu-bou Chiang (), born on 10 September 1976 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a Taiwanese and Canadian businessman. He founded DEM Inc. (橙果設計), a popular design studio in Taiwan in July 2003 and has served as its chairman since then. He is also ...
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Chiang Fang-liang
Faina Chiang Fang-liang (, born Faina Ipat'evna Vakhreva (russian: Фаина Ипатьевна Вахрева, be, Фаіна Іпацьеўна Вахрава; 15 May 1916 – 15 December 2004) was the First Lady of the Republic of Chin ...
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall () is a national monument, landmark and tourist attraction erected in memory of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China. It is located in Taipei.
The monument, surrou ...
Chiayi County
Chiayi County ( Mandarin pinyin: ''jiā yì xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Ka-gī-koān'') is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. It is the sixth largest county in Taiwan.
Name
The former Chinese placename wa ...
Chimei Innolux Corporation
Innolux Corporation () is a company producing TFT LCD panels, established in 2003 and located in Taiwan.
Overview
Innolux Display Corp., following its merger with Chi Mei Optoelectronics and TPO Displays Corp., began operating under the name I ...
China Airlines
China Airlines (CAL; ) is the state-owned flag carrier of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and one of its two major airlines along with EVA Air. It is headquartered in Taoyuan International Airport and operates over 1,400 flights weekly (in ...
China Daily News (Taiwan)
''China Daily News'' () is a traditional Chinese-language newspaper published in Tainan, Taiwan. It was first established on 20 February 1946 by the Kuomintang and first published on 28 March 1946. The newspaper focuses on the Tainan area. In 194 ...
China Old Veterans Unification Party The China Old Veterans Unification Party () is a minor party in the Republic of China in Taiwan. It has had a very minor role in politics.
See also
* List of political parties in the Republic of China
This article lists the political parties i ...
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China Post
China Post, legally the China Post Group Corporation ( zh, 中国邮政集团有限公司, Pinyin: ''Zhōngguó yóuzhèng jítuán yǒuxiàn gōngsī''), is the state-owned enterprise operating the official postal service of China, which pro ...
China Times
The ''China Times'' (, abbr. ) is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published in Taiwan. It is one of the four largest newspapers in Taiwan. It is owned by Want Want, which also owns TV stations CTV and CTiTV.
History
The ''China Times'' was fo ...
Chinese Culture University
The Chinese Culture University (CCU; ) is a private Taiwanese university located in Yangmingshan in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan. CCU was established in 1962 and is one of the largest universities in Taiwan with an enrollment of about 32,00 ...
Chinese knotting
Chinese knotting, also known as () and decorative knots in non-Chinese cultures, is a decorative handcraft art that began as a form of Chinese folk art in the Tang and Song dynasty (960–1279 CE) in China. This form of craft originated and w ...
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China Motor Corporation
China Motor Corporation (CMC; ) is an automobile manufacturer based in Taipei, Taiwan.
History
It was founded in June 1969, and signed a technology sharing contract with Mitsubishi Motors the following year. On 12 December 1973 they opened the ...
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Chinese Encyclopedia
Chinese encyclopedias comprise both Chinese-language encyclopedias and foreign-language ones about China or Chinese topics. There is a type of native Chinese reference work called ''leishu'' (lit. "categorized writings") that is sometimes transla ...
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Chinese Muslim Association
The Chinese Muslim Association (CMA) is an organization of Chinese Muslims in the Republic of China (Taiwan). A rival group, the Chinese Muslim Youth League competes with it in Taiwan.
History
In Mainland China
The Chinese Muslim Associatio ...
Chinese numerals
Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in Chinese.
Today, speakers of Chinese use three written numeral systems: the system of Arabic numerals used worldwide, and two indigenous systems. The more familiar indigenous s ...
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Chinese pangolin
The Chinese pangolin (''Manis pentadactyla'') is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the ...
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Chinese punctuation
Chinese punctuation has punctuation marks that are derived from both Chinese and Western sources. Although there was a long native tradition of textual annotation to indicate the boundaries of sentences and clauses, the concept of punctuation ...
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (, abbreviated as CIHL) is a Taiwanese ice hockey league based out of Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 2004, it is run by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation. The league is divided into two divisions: The Open Divi ...
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Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
The Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (; IOC code: TPE) is the National Olympic Committee representing the Republic of China (Taiwan).
History
The China National Amateur Athletic Federation () was established on 3 April 1922. Later that year, the ...
Ching Cheong
Ching Cheong (; born in 1949) is a senior journalist with ''The Straits Times''. He is best known for having been detained by the People's Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was imprisoned from April 2005 to February ...
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Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
Ching Chuan Kang Air Base ( zh, t=清泉崗空軍基地, CCK) is a Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) base located in Taichung, Taiwan. It is the home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, with three squadrons of AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fi ...
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Chinglish
Chinglish is slang for spoken or written English language that is either influenced by a Chinese language, or is poorly translated. In Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong and Guangxi, the term "Chinglish" refers mainly to Cantonese-influenced English. ...
Chu Bong-Foo
Chu Bong-Foo (born 1937) is the inventor of the Tsang-chieh (Cangjie), a widely used Chinese input method. His renowned input method, created in 1976 and given to the public domain in 1982, has sped up the computerization of Chinese society. ...
Chu Ke-liang
Hsieh Hsin-ta (6 December 194615 May 2017), professionally known as Chu Ke-liang () was a Taiwanese comedian, actor, television show host and singer. He was known for his "over-the-top appearance" with unusual clothing and hair styles and his ...
Chung Cheng Aviation Museum
The Chung Cheng Aviation Museum () was an aviation museum located at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Dayuan Township, Taoyuan County (now Dayuan District, Taoyuan City), Taiwan. The museum closed on March 31, 2014, to allow for planned co ...
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Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
The Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER; ) is a Taiwan-based international policy think tank for economic and industry-related research. It conducts both public research and fee-supported research.
History
After the ending of d ...
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Chung Tai Shan
Chung Tai Shan () is a Taiwan-based international Chan Buddhist monastic order founded by the Ven. Wei Chueh in 1987. The monastery headquarters, Chung Tai Chan Monastery (or Chung Tai Chan Buddhist Temple, 中台禪寺), completed in September ...
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Chunghwa Post
Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. is the official postal service of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). Chunghwa Post was a government agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications until 2003, when it was reorganized into a governm ...
Christianity in Taiwan
Taiwan has a Christian minority, making up about 3.9% of its population. Roughly half of Taiwan's Christians are Catholic, and half Protestant. Due to the small number of practitioners, Christianity has not influenced the island nation's Han Chine ...
Chung-Shan Building
The Chung-Shan Building () is part of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall complex. Completed in 1966, the building is located in the Yangmingshan National Park in Taipei, Taiwan. The building is placed on the reverse of the 100 New Taiwan Dollar bi ...
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Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology
National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST; ) is a Taiwanese state owned corporation, formerly part of the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense's Armaments Bureau, which is active in the development, manufacturi ...
CIH (computer virus)
CIH, also known as Chernobyl or Spacefiller, is a Microsoft Windows 9x computer virus that first emerged in 1998. Its payload is highly destructive to vulnerable systems, overwriting critical information on infected system drives and, in some ca ...
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Cihou Fort
Cihou Fort or Cihou Battery () is a historic fort in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, formerly guarding northern entrance to Kaohsiung Harbor.
History
The first fortifications were built in 1720 when Taiwan was ruled by the Manchu-led Qing ...
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Cihu Mausoleum
Cihu Mausoleum (), officially known as the Mausoleum of Late President Chiang () or President Chiang Kai-shek Mausoleum, is the final resting place of President Chiang Kai-shek. It is located in Daxi District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. When Chiang Ka ...
Civil Air Transport
Civil Air Transport (CAT) was a Nationalist Chinese airline, later owned by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), that supported United States covert operations throughout East and Southeast Asia. During the Cold War, missions consisted i ...
Jay Chou
Jay Chou ( zh, t=周杰倫, s=周杰伦, poj=Chiu Kia̍t-lûn, p=Zhōu Jiélún, first=t, w=Chou Chieh-lun; born January 18, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, record producer, rapper, actor, and television personality. Dubbed the " King ...
Ray S. Cline
Ray Steiner Cline (June 4, 1918 – March 16, 1996) was an official at the United States Central Intelligence Agency and is best known for being the chief CIA analyst during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Early life and family
Ray S. Cline was born i ...
Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan)
The Coast Guard Administration of the Ocean Affairs Council (CGA; ), also known as the Taiwan Coast Guard or R.O.C. Coast Guard, is charged with maintaining law and order, protecting the resources of the territorial waters of the Republic of Chin ...
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John G. Coburn
General John Gordon Coburn (born October 9, 1941) is the former CEO of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), a global company, which he joined in November 2001 and grew from 61 million dollars to 1.3 billion dollars. He relinquished this role in Decembe ...
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Coca-Cola Museum
The Coca-Cola Museum () is a museum about the drink Coca-Cola, located on the Gueishan Industrial Park in Taoyuan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
The facility is run by Swire Group, which has an adjacent Coca-Cola bottling plant. The museum bu ...
Computex Taipei
COMPUTEX Taipei, or Taipei International Information Technology Show (), is a computer expo held annually in Taipei, Taiwan. Since the early 2000s, it is one of the largest computer and technology trade shows in the world.
The last COMPUTEX was ...
Constitution of the Republic of China
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Continental Engineering Corporation
Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC; ) is a large Taiwanese construction company.
History
The company was originally founded by Glyn T. H. Ing in 1941 as Wei Dah Corporation in Chungking, Sichuan. In 1945, the company was restructured to be ...
Control Yuan
The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Prior to constitutional reforms in the 1990s, the Control Yuan, along with National Assembly (electoral college) and the Legislati ...
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Core Pacific City
Core Pacific City, also known as the Living Mall (), was a shopping center in Songshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The shopping mall was built in 2001. During the mall's development and construction, it was touted as the world's first tr ...
CPC Corporation, Taiwan
CPC Corporation () is a state-owned petroleum, natural gas, and gasoline company in Taiwan and is the core of the Taiwanese petrochemicals industry.
History Early history
CPC was founded on 1 June 1946 in Shanghai as Chinese Petroleum Corp ...
Cross-Strait relations
Cross-Strait relations (sometimes called Mainland–Taiwan relations, or Taiwan-China relations) are the relations between China (officially the People's Republic of China) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China).
The relationship h ...
Culture of Taiwan
The culture of Taiwan is a blend of Confucian Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese cultures. Despite the overwhelming traditional Chinese influence, Japanese culture has influenced Taiwanese culture as well. The common socio-political experience ...
Dachen Islands
The Dachen Islands, Tachen Islands or Tachens () are a group of islands off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China, in the East China Sea. They are administered by the Jiaojiang District of Taizhou. Before the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1955, ...
Dakeng
Dakeng (traditional Chinese: 大坑, Hanyu Pinyin: dàkēng) is the area that contains most of the mountain region of Beitun District, Taichung, Taiwan.
Hiking and Biking Trails
Dakeng also boasts a variety of mountain biking and hiking trai ...
Dalongdong Baoan Temple
Dalongdong Baoan Temple () also known as the Taipei Baoan Temple () is a Taiwanese folk religion temple built in the Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan. The present temple was originally built by clan members in Tong'an, Xiamen, Fujian, who immigra ...
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D-Link
D-Link Corporation is a Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded in March 1986 in Taipei as ''Datex Systems Inc.''
History
D-Link Corporation changed its name fr ...
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Dadan Island
Dadan Island (Tatan, Taitan Island, Tae-tan/Taetan) (, originally ) is an island in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is in the Taiwan Strait, along the coast of Mainland China. It is located ...
Douglas Darby
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Dayi method
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Desinicization
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Demographics of Taiwan
The population of Taiwan is approximately 23.19 million as of September 2022.
Immigration of Han Chinese to the Penghu islands started as early as the 13th century, while settlement of the main island occurred from the 16th century during the ...
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Dharma Drum Mountain
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DigiTimes
DigiTimes () is a daily newspaper for semiconductor, electronics, computer and communications industries in Taiwan and the Greater China region. It was established in 1998. The company is based in Taipei, Taiwan and currently has a daily newsp ...
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Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tín-thai-fûng) is a Taiwanese restaurant chain. Outside Taiwan, Din Tai Fung also has branches in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand ...
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Diplomatic missions of Taiwan
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Dominican International School
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Dongchu
Dongchu (, 1907–1977) was a Chinese Ch'an Master in Mainland China and later in Taiwan, and also the teacher of respected modern-day Ch'an Master Sheng-yen. He is the 51st generation of Zen patriarch from the Caodong SchoolSee Lineage Chart. He ...
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Douliu
Douliu (Hokkien POJ: ''Táu-la̍k'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan. It is also the political and economic center of the county. Douliu City is served by National Highway No. 3.
Name
Its former nam ...
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Double-Heart of Stacked Stones
The Double-heart of Stacked Stones () or the Twin-Heart Fish Trap is a stone fishing weir located on the north side of Cimei Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is a well-preserved ancient fish trap made by stacking stones to form a trap that ...
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Double Ninth Festival
The Double Ninth Festival (''Chong Yang Festival'' or ''Chung Yeung Festival'' in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; ; ''Jungyangjeol'' (Hangul: , Hanja: ), observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, is a ...
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Double Ten Day
The National Day of the Republic of China ( zh, 中華民國的國慶日) or the Taiwan National Day, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is a public holiday on 10 October, now held annually in Taiwan (officially the Republi ...
Dragon boat
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Duanwu Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival ( zh, s=端午节, t=端午節) is a traditional Chinese holiday which occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or June in the Gregorian calendar.
Names
The Engl ...
Jacques Duchesne
General Jacques Charles René Achille Duchesne (3 March 1837 – 27 April 1918) was a 19th-century French military officer. He was born at Sens and entered Saint-Cyr in 1855, aged 18, and became a lieutenant in 1861.
Career
Duchesne fought in ...
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Dunhua Road
Dunhua Road (), consists of Dunhua North Road () and Dunhua South Road (), also called 12th Ave, is a major north–south arterial in Taipei, Taiwan. It connects the Songshan Airport and the Songshan District in the north with the Daan District ...
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Dutch Formosa
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East Asian rainy season
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East Asian Tigers
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Eat Drink Man Woman
''Eat Drink Man Woman'' () is a 1994 Taiwanese comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee, from a script co-written with James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang.Howe, Desson.‘Eat Drink Man Woman’" ''The Washington Post''. 19 October 1994. Retrieved on 2 ...
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Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement
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economy of Taiwan
The economy of Taiwan is a highly developed market economy. It is the 8th largest in Asia and 18th-largest in the world by purchasing power parity, allowing Taiwan to be included in the advanced economies group by the International Monetary ...
Enjo kōsai
is a type of transactional relationship similar to the western equivalent being a call girl of Sugaring. It is the Japanese language term for the practice of older men giving money and/or luxury gifts to attractive young women for sexual favors ...
endemic species of Taiwan
The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are endemic to the island of Taiwan— that is, they occur nowhere else on Earth.
Percentages of endemic animals of all living species in Taiwan.
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Eslite Bookstore
Eslite Bookstore () is one of the largest retail bookstore chains in Taiwan. It also offers one of the largest selections of English-language publications and translation materials in Taiwan. Its headquarters is in Xinyi District, Taipei.
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Eternal Spring Shrine
Eternal Spring Shrine, also called Changchun Shrine (), is a landmark and a memorial shrine complex in Taroko National Park in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, Taiwan. It is one of the major picturesque points of the park, with the view of the m ...
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EVA Air
EVA Airways Corporation (pronounced as three letters: ; ) (), of which "EVA" stands for Evergreen Airways, is a Taiwanese international airline based at Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan, operating passenger and dedicated ca ...
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Evergreen Marine
Evergreen Marine Corporation () is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company that is headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. With over 150 container ships, it is part of the Evergreen Group conglomerate of transpo ...
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Examination Yuan
The Examination Yuan is the civil service commission branch, in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants, of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It has a president, a vice president, and seven to nine members, al ...
Exit & Entry Permit (Republic of China)
The Exit & Entry Permit for Taiwan, Republic of China is the document for the bearer to enter and/or depart Taiwan. Currently, there are several types of Exit & Entry Permit that reflect the bearer's residency status. The permit is issued by the ...
FamilyMart
is a Japanese convenience store franchise chain. It is Japan's second largest convenience store chain, behind 7-Eleven. There are now 24,574 stores worldwide in Japan, Taiwan, China, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Its ...
Far East Squadron
The French Far East Squadron (french: escadre de l'Extrême-Orient) was an exceptional naval grouping created for the duration of the Sino-French War (August 1884 – April 1885).
Background
In 1882 French interests in the Far East were pr ...
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also the Formosa Crisis, the 1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Offshore Islands Crisis, the Quemoy-Matsu Crisis, and the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a brief armed conflict between the Communist People's ...
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Flag of the Republic of China
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Fo Guang Shan
Fo Guang Shan (FGS) () is an international Chinese Mahāyāna Buddhist organization and monastic order based in Taiwan that practices Humanistic Buddhism. The headquarters, Fo Guang Shan Monastery is located in Dashu District, Kaohsiung, and ...
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Foot binding
Foot binding, or footbinding, was the Chinese custom of breaking and tightly binding the feet of young girls in order to change their shape and size. Feet altered by footbinding were known as lotus feet, and the shoes made for these feet were kno ...
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Ford Lio Ho
Ford Lio Ho Motor () is a Taiwanese-based automaker and the primary dealer of Ford vehicles in Taiwan, formed in 1972. It is 70 percent owned by Ford Motor Company. The remaining 30 per cent is owned by investors in the former Lio Ho Automotive ...
Former British Consulate at Takao
The British Consulate at Takao (or Ta-kau; ) is a former British consulate built in 1865 in Gushan District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It has been designated a historic site by the Ministry of Culture.
It lies on the peak of Shaochuantou (哨船頭) ...
Formosa Betrayed (1965 book)
''Formosa Betrayed'' is a 1965 book written by George H. Kerr, a US diplomatic officer in Taiwan, who witnessed the February 28 Incident, and the corruption and killings committed by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party) in Taiwan af ...
Formosan black bear
The Formosan black bear (臺灣黑熊, ''Ursus thibetanus formosanus''), also known as the Taiwanese black bear or white-throated bear, is a subspecies of the Asiatic black bear. It was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. Formosan black ...
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Formosan blue magpie
The Taiwan blue magpie (''Urocissa caerulea''), also called the Taiwan magpie, Formosan blue magpie (), or the "long-tailed mountain lady" (; Taiwanese Hokkien: Tn̂g-boé soaⁿ-niû), is a bird species in the crow family. It is endemic to Taiwan ...
Formosa Plastics
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Formosa Plastics Group Museum
The Formosa Plastics Group Museum is located on the grounds of Chang Gung University in Taiwan. After opening to the public in 2004, it became a tourist attraction in Taoyuan. The museum has six above-ground exhibition floors and one basement e ...
Fort Provintia
Fort Provintia or Providentia, also known as Chihkan Tower (), was a Dutch outpost on Formosa at a site now located in West Central District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was built in 1653 during the Dutch colonization of Taiwan. The Dutch, intending to ...
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Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
Fort Zeelandia () was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of main island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rul ...
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Four Noes and One Without The Four Noes and One Without (), also known as the Four Noes () was a pledge by former President of the Republic of China Chen Shui-bian made in his inauguration speech on 20 May 2000, concerning the political status of Taiwan. It was an important ...
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Four Seas
The Four Seas () were four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China. There is a sea for each for the four cardinal directions. The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, the East Sea is the East China Sea, the North Sea ...
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Foxconn
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading as Hon Hai Technology Group in China and Taiwan and Foxconn internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng, New ...
Free China Journal
''Free China Journal'' () was a periodical sponsored by the Kuomintang that was published in Taiwan after the Kuomintang retreat following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War.
The first issue appeared on 20 December 1949. The publisher was H ...
Fu Hsing Kang College
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Fu Sinian
Fu Ssu-nien (; 26 March 1896 – 20 December 1950), was a Chinese historian, linguist, and writer. He was one of the leaders of the May Fourth Movement in 1919. He was also one of the creators of the Academia Sinica, and was named director of th ...
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Fujian White Crane
Fujian White Crane, also known as White Crane Style () is a Southern Chinese martial art that originated in Yongchun County, Fujian () province. According to oral tradition, the style was developed by Fang Qiniang (方七娘; Amoy Min Nan: H ...
Fuxing Broadcasting Station
Fu Hsing Broadcasting Station (FHBS; ) is a state-run radio station sponsored by Republic of China Armed Forces, located on the campus of Ming Chuan University in Taipei, Taiwan and is operated by the Ministry of National Defense. Its website ...
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Fuxing Road (Taipei)
Fuxing Road (; also called 11th Ave.) is a major arterial in Taipei connecting the Daan District and the National Taiwan University in the south with the Zhongzheng, Zhongshan, and Songshan districts around the northern terminus. Most of the ...
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Gangtai Gangtai () are the C-pop artists and musical style from Hong Kong or Taiwan. The term is synonymous with post-1960 Cantopop or post-1970 Mandopop, a sweet, love type melody found distinctly in C-pop and not any other genre of Chinese folk, rock or t ...
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Gao Yisheng
Gao Yisheng () (1866–1951) was the creator of the Gao style of the Chinese Internal Martial Art of Baguazhang. His life bridged the second generation and third generation of Bagua practitioners into the 20th century. He was one of the few third ...
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Garmin
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Gender Equity Education Act (Taiwan)
Gender Equity Education Act () of Taiwan was enacted on June 23, 2004. The General Provisions states the purposes of the act: "to promote substantive gender equality, eliminate gender discrimination, uphold human dignity, and improve and establish ...
General Order No. 1
General Order No. 1 ( Japanese:一般命令第一号) for the surrender of Japan was prepared by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff and approved by President Harry Truman on August 17, 1945.
It was issued by General Douglas MacArthur to the ...
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General Tso's chicken
General Tso's chicken (; ) is a sweet and spicy deep-fried chicken dish that is served in American Chinese cuisine, North American Chinese restaurants. The dish is named after Zuo Zongtang, formerly romanized "Tso Tsung-t'ang", a Qing dynasty st ...
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Genie Chuo
Genie Chuo (; born 20 January 1986) is a Taiwanese singer, actress and television host.
Life and career
Chuo won several karaoke competitions when she was a first year in the Taipei County Fuho Junior High School. After a number of lessons a ...
Geography of Taiwan
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Ghost Festival
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Giant Bicycles
Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (commonly known as Giant) is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer, recognized as the world's largest bicycle designer and manufacturer. Giant has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, the Netherlands, China, and Hungary.
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Herbert Giles
Herbert Allen Giles (, 8 December 184513 February 1935) was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at the University of Cambridge for 35 years. Giles was educated at Charterhouse School before becoming a British ...
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Glove puppetry
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Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is u ...
Gong (title)
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Examples
* Duke Yansheng, the title of the d ...
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Terry Gou
Terry Gou (; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman who is the Founder and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foxconn. Foxconn is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, with factories in sev ...
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Government Information Office
The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media.
History
In April 1947, the ...
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Governor-General of Taiwan
The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.
The ...
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Grand Hotel (Taipei)
The Grand Hotel () is a landmark located at Yuanshan (圓山) in Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. The hotel was established in May 1952 and the main building was completed on October 10, 1973. It is owned by the Duen-Mou Foundation of Taiw ...
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Grand Hyatt Taipei
Grand Hyatt Taipei () is a 5-star luxury hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Located in Xinyi Planning District, the 27-story, skyscraper hotel is located adjacent to Taipei 101, Taipei World Trade Center complex, Taipei City Council, Taipei International ...
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Gre Tai Securities Market
Taipei Exchange (), formerly the Gre Tai Securities Market (GTSM), is a foundation which is organized for serving the over-the-counter (OTC) market and bond trading of Taiwan. It was formally founded on 1 November 1994. The initial fund of the foun ...
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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
The , also known as the GEACPS, was a concept that was developed in the Empire of Japan and propagated to Asian populations which were occupied by it from 1931 to 1945, and which officially aimed at creating a self-sufficient bloc of Asian peo ...
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Green Island, Taiwan
Green Island, also known by other names, is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean about off the eastern coast of Taiwan. It is at high tide and at low tide, making it the seventh-largest island in Taiwan Area. The island is administ ...
Green Party Taiwan
Green Party Taiwan is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwan nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition, the party emphasizes campaign ...
Guandu Bridge
The Guandu Bridge () is a bridge in New Taipei, Taiwan. It spans over the Tamsui River and links Bali District and Tamsui District. The bridge is a 165 meters long through arch bridge designed by Tung-Yen Lin under T.Y. Lin International. It no ...
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Guangfu Road
Guangfu Road (, meaning "recover"; also called 13th Ave.) is a major arterial in Taipei, Taiwan, which connects the Songshan district in the north with the Xinyi district in the south. The road travels through mostly residential areas with ver ...
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Guandu Temple
The Guandu Temple () is a prominent Chinese temple in Beitou District of Taipei, Taiwan, dedicated the Goddess Mazu.
History
The temple was originally constructed in 1712. It was also known as Lingshan Temple due to its location at Mount Ling.. ...
Guidelines for National Unification The Guidelines for National Unification (), or the National Unification Guidelines (NUG), were written by the National Unification Council, an advisory body of the Republic of China government, regarding the reunification of China. The National Uni ...
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Guishan Island (Yilan)
Guishan Island / Gueishan Island or Steep Island or Turtle Island (), also known as Kweishan Island or Kweishan Tao, is an island in the Pacific Ocean, part of Toucheng Township, Yilan County, Taiwan and located east of port of Kengfang Fishery ...
Hakka
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Hamasing
Hamasing () or is a historic urban area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located in the southern end of Gushan District between the foot of Ape Hill and Yancheng District, another historic quarter.
History
The name ''Hamasing'' was derived from ...
Gilbertus Happart
Gilbertus Happart (also recorded as Gillis or Gilbert Happart) was a seventeenth-century Dutch missionary to Formosa (now known as Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the ...
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Hau Lung-pin
Hau Lung-pin (; born 22 August 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down f ...
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Hau Pei-tsun
Hau Pei-tsun (, 8 August 1919 – 30 March 2020) was a Chinese politician and military officer who was the Premier of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1 June 1990 to 27 February 1993, and the longest-serving Chief of the General Staff of the R ...
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He Yingqin
He Yingqin, (; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Republic of China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek.
Early years
A native of Guizhou, H ...
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Healthcare in Taiwan
Healthcare in Taiwan is administered by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Executive Yuan. As with other developed economies, Taiwanese people are well-nourished but face such health problems as chronic obesity and heart disease. In 2002 ...
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Hengchun Airport
Hengchun Airport () is an airport in Renshou Village, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The airport is near Kenting National Park and is the southernmost airport in Taiwan.
Due to its location, the airport frequently experiences stro ...
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Heng Shan Military Command Center Heng Shan Military Command Center () is an underground tri-service command center in Dazhi, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the highest level military command center in Taiwan during peace and war.
History
The construction of the comman ...
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Hess Educational Organization
HESS International Educational Group (Traditional Chinese: 何嘉仁國際文教團隊; Pinyin: Héjiārén Wénjiào Jīgòu) is the single largest private provider of English education in Taiwan. Hess has an estimated 60,000 students enrolled. ...
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HeySong Corporation
HeySong Corporation () is a well-known beverage producer in Taiwan. It was founded in 1925 as a family business, and later on grew into a large corporation.
History
The first chairman of the corporation, Chang Wen-chi (張文杞), founded � ...
High Aim 6
''High Aim 6'' (Chinese : ''Haian liuhao'' 海安六號) was a Taiwanese fishing vessel which left the port of Liuchiu in southern Taiwan on 31 October 2002, and was then found without its crew, drifting in Australian waters, on 8 January 2003. T ...
History of the Kuomintang cultural policy History of the Kuomintang cultural policy is an article about the cultural suppression during the early postwar period (1945–1960) in Taiwan. The Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party) suppressed localism (politics), localism and barred Taiwa ...
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History of Taiwan
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ances ...
Hokkien culture
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Masaharu Homma
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Frank Hsieh
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Janet Hsieh
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Hsin Pei
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Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism ( zh, s=汉传佛教, t=漢傳佛教, p=Hànchuán Fójiào) is a ...
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Hsing Yun
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Hsinchu Air Base
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Hsinchu American School
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Hsiung Feng I
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Hsiung Feng II
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Hsiung Feng IIE
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Development
According to ''Taiwan Defense Review'' (TDR), the HF-2E land atta ...
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Hsiung Feng III
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Hsuehshan Tunnel
The Hsuehshan Tunnel () is the longest tunnel in Taiwan, located on the National Freeway 5. It opened on June 16, 2006.
Overview
The tunnels are bored through the Hsuehshan Range. The road connects Taipei through New Taipei to Yilan County, ...
Hukou system
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Jason Hu
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Hu Lien
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Whampoa Military Academy
He graduated alongside Lin ...
Hu Na
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Hu Shih
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Hualien Airport
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Hualien County
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Industrial Technology Research Institute
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Founded in 1973, ITRI has contributed to moving Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive to innovation-driven. ITRI is hea ...
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Nita Ing
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Interchange Association, Japan
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* Interchange (freight rail), the transfer of freight cars between railroad companies
* Interchange station, a ra ...
International Community Radio Taipei
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International Dunhuang Project
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Islam in Taiwan
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Iron rice bowl
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Irredentism
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Jadeite Cabbage
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Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
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Jianguo Road (Taipei)
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Jiufen
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History
During the first years of the Qing Dynasty, the isolated village housed nine families, thus the village would request ...
Junghua Dam
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Robert Junius
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Kaohsiung American School
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Kaohsiung Cultural Center
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Kaohsiung Incident
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Kaohsiung International Airport
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Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit
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Kaohsiung Museum of History
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History
The building of the museum was originally the Kaohsiung City Hall. It was designed by ...
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Kaoliang wine
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Kashmir Princess
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Katsura Taro Katsura or Katsuura may refer to:
Architecture
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Botany
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Keelung Islet
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Kempeitai
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George H. Kerr
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Donald Keyser Donald Willis Keyser (born 17 July 1943) retired from the United States Department of State in September 2004 after a 32-year career. He had been a member of the Senior Foreign Service since 1990, and held Washington-based ambassadorial-level assig ...
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Cynthia Khan
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Early life
Yang studied Chinese and jazz dance i schoo ...
Kingdom of Tungning
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Kinmen
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Kinmen Airport
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Jin Au Kong Jin Au Kong (Traditional Chinese: 孔金甌; Simplified Chinese: 孔金瓯), (27 December 1942 – 13 March 2008) was an American expert in applied electromagnetics. He was a 74th-generation lineal descendant of the famous Chinese philosopher Confu ...
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Koo Chen-fu
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Koreans in Taiwan
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History
Though a few Korean fishermen lost at sea during the Joseon Dynasty settled in Taiwan, they never for ...
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Koxinga
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Kuomintang
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Kuomintang Youth League
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Kung Te-cheng
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Kymco
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Barry Lam
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Lamey Island Massacre
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Rod Langway
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Law in Taiwan
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Ang Lee
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Wen Ho Lee
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Witness Lee
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Charles Le Gendre
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Leofoo Village Theme Park
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Sébastien Lespès
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LGBT rights in Taiwan
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Li Ao
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Li has been called one of the most important modern East Asian essayists today; his ...
Liang Shih-chiu
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Biography
Liang was born in ...
Liberty Square (Taipei)
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Lien Chan
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Sean Lien
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Lin (surname)
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Among Taiwanese and Chinese families from abroad, it is sometimes pronounc ...
Lin Hwai-min
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Biography
Family
Lin was born in Xingang, Chiayi. He came from an intellectual family. His great-grandfa ...
Justin Yifu Lin
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Lin Yutang
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Lion dance F
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List of airlines of Taiwan
This is a list of airlines currently based in Taiwan.
Scheduled airlines
Cargo airlines
See also
* List of airlines
* List of defunct airlines of Taiwan
* List of defunct airlines of Asia
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List of archaeological sites in Taiwan
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List of banks in Taiwan
This is a list of banks in Taiwan, including the government-owned banks of the Taiwan.
Central Bank
* Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Governmental institutions
Existing National Institutions
* Agricultural Bank of Taiwan
* ...
List of earthquakes in Taiwan
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List of museums in Taiwan
This is a list of museums in Taiwan, including cultural centers and arts centres.
Kaohsiung City
* Chung Li-he Museum
* Cijin Shell Museum
* Fongshan Community Culture Museum
* Former British Consulate at Takao
* Hamasen Museum of Taiwan Rai ...
List of night markets in Taiwan
This is a partial list of night markets in Taiwan sorted by location.
Northern Taiwan
Keelung
* Miaokou Night Market, Ren'ai (廟口夜市)
Taipei
* Dalong Night Market, Datong (大龍街夜市)
* Gongguan Night Market, Zhongzheng (公� ...
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List of political parties in Taiwan
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The organization of political parties in Taiwan is governed by the Political Parties Act, enacted on 6 December 2017. The Political Parties Act d ...
List of power stations in Taiwan
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List of rulers of Taiwan
This is a list of the highest-ranked rulers based on the island of Taiwan.
Dutch and Spanish Formosa (1624–1662) Dutch Formosa (1624–1662)
The Dutch Empire, during the period of the Dutch United Provinces and under the auspices of t ...
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List of Shinto shrines in Taiwan
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List of sister cities of Taipei
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List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Taiwanese television series
Here is a partial list of Taiwanese television shows:
News
* ''CTS News'' (華視新聞) - CTS
* ''CTV News'' (中視新聞) - CTV
* ''FTV News'' (民視新聞) - FTV
* ''PTS News'' (公視新聞) - PTS
* ''TTV News'' (台視新聞) - TTV
St ...
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List of tourist attractions in Taipei
This is the list of tourist attractions in Taipei, capital city of Taiwan.
Notable buildings before 1945
* Chin Shan Yen Hui Chi Temple (Shilin)
* Ciyou Temple (Songshan)
* Dalongdong Baoan Temple (Datong)
* Guo Ziyi Memorial Hall
* Gua ...
List of universities in Taiwan
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Public universities and colleges
Private ...
List of volcanoes in Taiwan
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes.
See also
*List of mountains in Taiwan
*Geography of Taiwan
* Geology of Taiwan
References
External links
The Volcanic Activity & Igneous Rock in Taiwan*
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List of mountains in Taiwan
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There are 268 mountain peaks over above sea ...
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Little Taipei
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Henry Liu
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Lucy Liu
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Liu has sta ...
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Liu Mingchuan
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Liu Pang-yu
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Lord of Universe Church
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Losheng Sanatorium
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There were heat ...
Love River
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Lu Sheng-yen
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Luce Memorial Chapel
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Name
The chapel was named in honor of the Rev. Henry W. Luc ...
Lung Ying-tai
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Ma Bufang
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General Ma started an industrialization pro ...
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Ma Buqing
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Life
Ma Buqing and his younger brother Ma Bufang (1903–1975) were born in Mo ...
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Ma Chengxiang
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Ma Ho-ling
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Biography
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Ma Ying-jeou
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Made in Taiwan
The Made in Taiwan () (frequently depicted as "MIT") is the country of origin label affixed to products to indicate that the said product is made in Taiwan. As the economy of Taiwan increased production, the Made in Taiwan label was applied to pr ...
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Magong Airport
Penghu Airport , formerly Magong Airport (), is a domestic airport in Huxi, Penghu County, Taiwan. With 2,380,265 passengers in 2017, it is the fifth-busiest airport in Taiwan, The ROC Air Force also has Magong Air Base here.
History
Penghu ...
Manchu People in Taiwan
The Manchu people in Taiwan constitute a small minority of the population of Taiwan.
Migration history
The Manchu people living in Taiwan arrived primarily in two waves of migration. The first wave was during the Qing dynasty era, in which the ...
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Mandarin Airlines
Mandarin Airlines () is a Taiwanese regional airline based in Taipei, Taiwan, whose parent company is China Airlines. The airline operates domestic and regional international flights, while its parent company focuses on international operations. ...
Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkie ...
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Manhua
() are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled ''Cu ...
Market Place by Jasons
Market Place (formerly Market Place by Jasons and Jason's Food & Living) in Hong Kong, Cold Storage Fresh (formerly Market Place, Jasons and Jasons Deli) in Singapore, Mercató (formerly Jasons Food Hall) in Malaysia and The Marketplace (forme ...
Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands ( or , ; Foochow Romanized: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤), officially Lienchiang County (, ; Foochow Romanized: Lièng-gŏng-gâing), are an archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea governed by the Republic of China ( ...
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Tagawa Matsu
Tagawa Matsu (田川マツ; 1601–1647) or Weng-shi (翁氏), was the mother of Koxinga, daughter of Tagawa Shichizaemon ( 田川七左衛門), a vassal of Hirado Domain. She was a Japanese who lived most of her life in the coastal town of Hirado, ...
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Mayday (Taiwanese band)
Mayday () is a Taiwanese band that released their first album in 1999 with five members, Monster (leader, lead guitar), Ashin (vocal), Stone (rhythm guitar), Masa (bass) and Ming (drums).
Formerly called So Band, they came to be known as Mayda ...
Mayor of Taipei
The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the presidency: presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-j ...
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James Laidlaw Maxwell
James Laidlaw Maxwell Senior (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Má Ngá-kok''; ; born 18 March 1836 in Scotland – March 1921) was the first Presbyterian missionary to Formosa ( Qing-era Taiwan). He served with the English Presbyterian Mission.
Maxwell ...
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Mazu (goddess)
Mazu or Matsu is a Chinese sea goddess also known by several other names and titles. She is the deified form of the legendary figure Lin Mo or Lin Moniang, a Fujianese shamaness whose life span is traditionally dated from 960 to 987. ...
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MC HotDog
MCHotDog (; born April 10, 1978) is a Taiwanese rap artist known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs.
In 2001, his four mini-CDs sold over 220,000 copies. In 2004, he toured with Chang Chen-yue in the North American Kill Kitty tour. In 2 ...
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Media in Taiwan The mass media in Taiwan is considered to be one of the freest and most competitive in Asia. Cable TV usage is high (around 80%) and there is also a wide selection of newspapers available covering most political viewpoints.
Taiwan's media history ...
Merida Bikes
Merida Industry Co., Ltd (MIC; ) is a Taiwan-based company with R&D headquarters in Germany that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles globally in over 77 countries. Founded in 1972 by Ike Tseng (1932–2012), the company designs and manufac ...
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Mexicali
Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,0 ...
Military Assistance Advisory Group
Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) is a designation for United States military advisors sent to other countries to assist in the training of conventional armed forces and facilitate military aid. Although numerous MAAGs operated around ...
Mingtan Dam
The Mingtan Dam () is a dam that spans the Shuili River about downstream from the outlet of Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan with a height of about . It forms Mingtan Reservoir which is the lower reservoir for the Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro ...
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Minguo calendar
The Republic of China calendar, often shortened to the ROC calendar or the ''Minguo'' calendar, is a calendar used in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu. The calendar uses 1912, the year of the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC), as ...
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Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau
The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB; ) is a criminal-investigation and counter-intelligence agency reporting under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The agency is run by the Director-General which is accoun ...
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Minsheng Road
Minsheng Road (; also called 8th Blvd.) is an east–west 4-lane to 10-lane arterial in Taipei, Taiwan connecting the Songshan District and Datong District of Taipei City. Minsheng Road is divided into east and west sections, with five smaller ...
Mitsukoshi
is an international department store chain with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings, which also owns the Isetan department store chain.
History
It was founded in 1673 with the (shop name) , sell ...
MoCA Taipei
The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (MoCA Taipei; ) is a museum of contemporary art, located in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The museum building was built during the Japanese rule in 1921 for what later became Jiànchéng Element ...
Modern Literal Taiwanese
Modern Literal Taiwanese (MLT), also known as Modern Taiwanese Language (MTL), is an orthography in the Latin alphabet for Taiwanese based on the Taiwanese Modern Spelling System (TMSS). MLT is able to use the ASCII character set to indicate the ...
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Monga (film)
''Monga'' () is a 2010 Taiwanese gangster film set in 1980s Taipei. The film features Ethan Juan, Mark Chao, Ma Ju-lung, Rhydian Vaughan and Ko Chia-yen. The film was directed and co-written by Doze Niu, who also appears in the film.Derek Elle ...
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Mongolian barbecue
Mongolian barbecue () is a stir fried dish that was developed by Wu Zhaonan in Taiwan in 1951. Meat and vegetables are cooked on large, round, solid iron griddles at temperatures of up to 300 °C (572 °F). Despite its name, the dis ...
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Mongolians in Taiwan
Mongolians in Taiwan () form a small portion of the island's population. Labour migration from Mongolia to Taiwan began in 2004.
Migration from Inner Mongolia
There were a few Mongols in China, ethnic Mongols from Inner Mongolia – Taiwanese na ...
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Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission
The Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission (MTAC) was a ministry-level commission of the Executive Yuan in the Republic of China. It was disbanded on 15 September 2017.
History
The first model was created during the Qing dynasty in 1636 ...
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Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center
The Mongolian and Tibetan Cultural Center () is a cultural center in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan under the administration of the Ministry of Culture. It was previously under the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission of the Executive Yuan, ...
Morrison Academy
Morrison Academy () is an international Christian school founded 1952 in Taichung, Taiwan. It primarily caters to the children of missionaries. Beyond the original Taichung location it also maintains a campus in Taipei and Morrison Academy Kaoh ...
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Akashi Motojiro
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 7th Governor-General of Taiwan from 6 June 1918 to 26 October 1919.
Early life and career
A native of Fukuoka and a graduate of the 1889 class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, ...
MTV Mandarin
MTV Mandarin is a 24-hour music channel that airs Chinese and international music programs owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA. One of the first three MTV Asia channels along with MTV Asia and MTV India. MTV Mandarin has two different feeds (Taiwan ...
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Mudan Incident of 1871
The Mudan incident of 1871 (、 Japanese: 宮古島島民遭難事件、 Japanese: 琉球漂流民殺害事件) was the massacre of 54 Ryukyuan sailors in Qing-era Taiwan who wandered into the central part of Taiwan after their ship shipwrec ...
Museum of World Religions
The Museum of World Religions (MWR; ) is a museum in Yonghe District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
History
The museum was founded in November 2001 by Venerable Hsin Tao (心道), a Buddhist monk, and set up through the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Founda ...
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Music of Taiwan
The music of Taiwan reflects the diverse culture of Taiwanese people. Taiwan has undergone several economic, social, and political changes through its cultural history, and Taiwanese music reflects those issues in its way. The music of the c ...
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MV Maersk Alabama
MV ''Tygra'' (formerly MV ''Maersk Alabama'') is a container ship currently operated by the Waterman Steamship Corporation and owned by Element Shipmanagement SA of Piraeus, Greece. She was previously owned by the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group and o ...
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Teruo Nakamura - Names of Sun Yat-sen - Naming customs of Taiwanese aborigines - Nan-t'ou (disambiguation), Nan-t'ou - Nanhai Academy - Nan Huai-Chin - Nanjing Road (Taipei) - Nanshin-ron - National Anthem of the Republic of China - National Assembly of the Republic of China - National Banner Song - National Central Library - National Center for Traditional Art - National Communications Commission - National Defense Medical Center - National Development Initiatives Institute - National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) - National Dong Hwa University Chinese Language Center, National Dong Hwa University Chinese Language Center (CLC) - National Education Radio - National Fire Agency - National Health Research Institutes - National Identification Card (Republic of China) - National Institute for Compilation and Translation - National Languages Committee - National Museum of History - National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - National Museum of Natural Science - National Museum of Taiwan Literature - National Palace Museum - National Police Agency (Republic of China) - National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine - National Resources Commission - National Security Bureau (Republic of China), National Security Bureau - National Space Organization (Republic of China) - National Socialism Association - National Sun Yat-sen University - National symbols of the Republic of China - National Symphony Orchestra (Taiwan) - National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine - National Science and Technology Museum - National Taiwan Library - National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei - National Unification Council - A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan - New Party (Republic of China) - New Taipei - New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum - New Taiwan dollar - New Taiwanese Literature - New Ten Major Construction Projects - Next Media Animation - Niaosung Culture - Night markets in Taiwan - Nung Chan
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Ōgon Shrine - Oil-paper umbrella - Okinotorishima - Old City of Zuoying - Old Taiwan dollar - One-China policy - One Country on Each Side - One Town One Product (Republic of China) - Oolong - Orchid Island - Orthodoxy in Taiwan - Otōemon Hiroeda - Outline of Taiwan - Ouyang Tzu - Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission - Oyster omelette
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Pacific American School - Pacific Corporation - Page One (bookstore) - Pan-Blue coalition - Pan-Green Coalition - Pan Jin-yu - Danny Pang (financier) - Pai Hsien-yung - Pas-ta'ai - Pe̍h-ōe-jī - Peasant Party (Taiwan) - Peking Opera School - Peng Ming-min - Peng Wan-ru - Penghu - Pengjia Islet - People First Party (Republic of China), People First Party - Period of mobilization for the suppression of Communist rebellion - Matthew C. Perry - Pescadores Campaign (1895) - Photography of Taiwan - P'ing-tung - Pinyin - Pirate radio in Asia - Political divisions of Taiwan (1895-1945) - Administrative divisions of the Republic of China - Political commissar - Political status of Taiwan - Political warfare - Politics of the Republic of China - Popiah - Port of Kaohsiung - Port of Keelung - Port of Taichung - Port of Taipei - Postal codes in Taiwan - Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan - Pou Chen Corporation - Pratas Island - Prehistory of Taiwan - Presbyterian Church in Taiwan - Presidential Office Building, Taipei - President of the Republic of China - Princess Taiping (sailing vessel) - Project National Glory - Propaganda in the Republic of China - Proposed flag of Taiwan - Prostitution in Taiwan - Providence University - PTT Bulletin Board System - Public holidays in the Republic of China - Public Television Service - Puru (artist) - Pushing Hands (film)
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Qiandao Lake Incident - Qidong Street Japanese Houses - Qingming Festival - Qixingyan (Taiwan) - Quemoy - Quemoy Battles
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Radio Taiwan International - Raid on Taipei - Rail transport in Taiwan - Raohe Street Night Market - Realtek - Red Cross Society of the Republic of China - Red Envelope Club - Red House Theater - Reeves's muntjac - Daniel Reid - Religion in Taiwan - Remains of Taipei prison walls - Renai Road - Renaming of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall - Tiu Keng Leng, Rennie's Mill - Republic of Taiwan→Taiwan independence - Republic of China→
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
- Republic of China–Holy See relations - Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction - Republic of China Armed Forces - Republic of China Armed Forces Museum - Republic of China Army rank insignia - Republic of China Marine Corps - Republic of China Military Academy - Republic of China Military Police - Republic of China on Taiwan - Republic of China passport - Republic of China Presidential Museum - 2008 Republic of China United Nations membership referendums - Republic of Formosa - Resolution on Taiwan's Future - Retrocession Day - Return to Innocence - Revolt of the Three Feudatories - ROC consumer voucher - 1996 ROC presidential election - 2000 ROC presidential election - 2004 ROC presidential election - 2004 ROC referendum - Roman Catholicism in Taiwan - Romanization of Chinese in the Republic of China - Rover incident - J. Stapleton Roy - Rukai people
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Sakizaya people - Sakuma Samata - san zhi xiao zhu - Sanmao (author) - Sansiantai - Santikhiri - Sanzhi UFO houses - Sayon's Bell - Scouting in the Republic of China - Second Taiwan Strait Crisis - Senkaku Islands - Seven Seas Residence - Shadow play - Therese Shaheen - Sharp Daily - James Shen - Sheng Shicai - Shifen waterfall - Shihsanhang Museum of Archaeology - Shi Lang - Shilin Official Residence - Shimen Dam - Shim-pua marriage - Shin Kong Life Tower - Shinchiku Prefecture - Gotō Shinpei - Shinto in Taiwan - Shoushan (Kaohsiung), Shoushan - Shr-Hwa International Tower - Shuangsi Tropical Viviparous Forest - Siaolin Village - Sinckan Manuscripts - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 - Sinking of the Chian-der 3 - Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty - Sinocentrism - Sinophone - Six Codes - Sixth Chen-Chiang summit - Sizihwan - Shuangxi Park and Chinese Garden - Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines - Siege of Fort Zeelandia - Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty - Sisy Chen - Six assurances - Sky Bow - Cordwainer Smith - Robert W. Smith (historian) - Smoking in Taiwan - Snake wine - Sockgate - Sogo - James Soong - Soong Mei-ling - Southern Chinese wedding - Spanish Formosa - Sport in Taiwan - Sports Affairs Council - Spring Scream - SS Bokhara - St. John's University (Taiwan) - Standard Form of National Characters - William Stanton (diplomat) - The Strait Story - Strait Talk - Straits Exchange Foundation - Strawberry generation - Stinky tofu - Su-ao Cold Spring - Su Beng - Su Tseng-chang - Suncake (Taiwan), Suncake - Sun Fo - Sun Li-jen - Nora Sun - Sun Tianqin - Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei) - Sun Yat-sen stamps - Sun Yuanliang - Sun Yun-suan - Sun Moon Lake - Suling Wang - Sun Yee On - Sz'Kwa
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T65 assault rifle - T86 assault rifle - T91 assault rifle - Ta-Chia-hsi revolt - Ta-pa-ni Incident - Tai Chao-chuen incident - Taijian - Taichung - Taichung County - Taichung Airport - Taichung Bank - Taichung Basin - Taichung City Bus - Taichung Metropolitan Area MRT System - Taichung Metropolitan Opera House - Taichung Park - Taichung Power Plant - Taihoku Air Strike - Taihoku Prefecture - Tainan City - Takasago Volunteers - Tainan County - Taipei - Taipei 101 - Taipei Adventist Preparatory Academy - Taipei American School - Taipei American School student organizations - Taipei Botanical Garden - Taipei Bridge - Taipei Broadcasting Station - Taipei Bus Station - Taipei City Hall Bus Station - Taipei Confucius Temple - Taipei Dome - Taipei Economic and Cultural Office - Taipei European School - Taipei Export-Import Bank of China - Taipei Fine Arts Museum - Taipei Grand Mosque - Taipei Guest House - Taipei International Flora Exposition - Taipei Japanese School - Taipei Language Institute - Taipei Main Station - Taipei Metro - Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School - Taipei People - Taipei Postal Office - Taipei Prison - Taipei Ricci Institute - Taipei Songshan Airport - Taipei Taiwan Temple - Taipei Times - Taipei World Trade Center - Taipei World Trade Center Nangang Exhibition Hall - Taipei Zoo - Taiping (steamer) - Taiping Island - Taitung City, T'ai-tung - Taitung County -
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
- Taiwan, China - Taiwan after World War II - Taiwan Assemblies of God - Taiwan Army of Japan - Taiwan Beer - Taiwan Capitalization Weighted Stock Index - Taiwan cession - Taiwan Church News - Taiwan Communist Party - Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit - Taiwan Confucian Temple - Taiwan Daily - Taiwan Expedition of 1874 - Taiwan Futures Exchange - Taiwan Garrison Command - Taiwan Grand Shrine - Taiwan gulper shark - Taiwan High Prosecutors Office - Taiwan High Speed Rail - Taiwan Holiness Church - Taiwan–Hong Kong Economic and Cultural Co-operation Council - Taiwan Independence Party - Taiwan independence - Taiwan Indigenous Television - Taiwan Is Good - Taiwan Journal - Taiwan Land Reform Museum - Taiwan Lantern Festival - Taiwan Livestock Research Institute - Taiwan Lutheran Church - Taiwan Major League - Taiwan McDonald's bombings - Taiwan Miracle - Taiwan News - Taiwan Power Company - Taiwan Pride - Taiwan Province - Taiwan professional baseball - Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation - Taiwan Railway Administration - Taiwan Relations Act - Taiwan Review - Taiwan Security Enhancement Act - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - Taiwan serow - Taiwan Solidarity Union - Taiwan Stock Exchange - Taiwan Strait - Taiwan Strait Tunnel Project - Taiwan Sugar Railways - Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests - Taiwan Sugar Corporation - Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport - Taiwan the Formosa - Taiwan This Month - Taiwan Times - Taiwan under Qing Dynasty rule - Taiwanization - Taiwanese aborigine - Taiwanese American - Taiwanese Communist Party - Taiwanese cuisine - Taiwanese Cultural Association - Taiwanese drama - Taiwanese hot springs - Taiwanese Hokkien - Taiwanese identity - Taiwanese kana - Taiwanese literature - Taiwanese localization movement - Taiwanese Mandarin - Taiwanese nationalism - Taiwanese opera - Hokkien pop, Taiwanese pop - Taiwanese Romanization System - Taiwanese Sign Language - Taiwanese tea culture - Taiwanese units of measurement - Taiyuan Incident - Takkyubin in Taiwan - Takao Shrine - Tamkang University Maritime Museum - Tamsui - Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf - Audrey Tang - Tang Jingsong - Tang Fei - Tangwai - Taoyuan Aerotropolis - Taoyuan City - Taoyuan District - Taoyuan Mass Rapid Transit System - Taroko National Park - Tatun Volcano Group - Tatung Company - Tayana Yachts - Tea-picking opera - TECO Electric and Machinery - Telecommunications in Taiwan - Telephone numbers in Taiwan - Television in Taiwan - Temple of Confucius, Changhua - Temples of Taichung - Ten Major Construction Projects - Ten Ren Tea - Ten thousand years - Teresa Teng - Teng Yu-hsien - Teruo Nakamura - Test of Proficiency-Huayu - Thao people - Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan - Third Taiwan Strait Crisis - Three Links - Three Principles of the People - Thunder Squad - Thunderbolt-2000 - Tiandihui - Tianmu, Shilin District - Tianmu Baseball Stadium - Tiender - Tien Shan Pai - Timeline of Republic of China history - Timeline of the Republic of China's nuclear program - Tong Daning - Tongyong Pinyin - Tongzhi (term), Tongzhi - Touliao Mausoleum - Traditional Chinese characters - TransAsia Airways - Transportation in Taiwan - Paulus Traudenius - Treasure Hill - Treaty of Shimonoseki - Treaty of San Francisco - Treaty of Tientsin - Tri-Service General Hospital - True Buddha School - True Jesus Church in Taiwan - Ts'ao Yung-ho - Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan - Tung Kuei-sen - Tuntex Sky Tower - Two Chinas - Tzu Chi - Tz'u-hui Tang
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Uhrshawan Battery - Understanding Taiwan - Uni Air - Uniform Invoice lottery - United Daily News - United Front in Taiwan - U.S. Commercial Service in Taiwan - US-Taiwan Business Council - United Nations Security Council Resolution 87 - Uni-President Enterprises Corporation - United States beef imports in Taiwan - United States Taiwan Defense Command
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Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of China - Veterans Affairs Commission - Vietnamese migrant brides in Taiwan - Vietnamese people in Taiwan - Visa policy of the Republic of China - Visa requirements for Republic of China citizens - Voice of Free China - Voice of Han - Vote allocation
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Helga Jensine Waabenø - Wan Chien - Wang Dan (dissident), Wang Dan - Wang Film Productions - Wang Hsi-ling - Wang Jin-pyng - Wang Sheng (general) - Wang Ye worship - Wang Yung-ching - Wang Xuecheng - Want Want - War Trash - The Wedding Banquet - Wellcome - Jiang Wenhao - Wei Chueh - Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone - When Will You Return? - White Fungus (magazine) - White Terror (mainland China), White Terror (Republic of China) - Wild Lily student movement - Wild Strawberry student movement - Winfield Reformed Church - Robin Winkler - Wistaria Tea House - Wo Weihan - Women in Taiwan - Woo Tsin-hang - World Freedom Day - World Games 2009 - World League for Freedom and Democracy - Wretch (website) - Wu Feng Legend - Wuchih Mountain Military Cemetery - Wulai District - Wushe Incident - K. C. Wu - Wu Po-hsiung - Wu Shu-chen - Wu'erkaixi
Y1C Problem - Yang Cho-cheng - Edward Yang - Yang Kui - Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation - Yangmingshan - Yangmingshan American Military Housing - Yang Sen (1884–1977) - Yanshuei District - Yao Qisheng - Yeh Shih-tao - Yehliu - Yen Chia-kan - Kenneth Yen - Taiwanese yen - Yijiangshan Islands - Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County - Yilan City - Yingpu Culture - Stephen M. Young (diplomat) - Youtiao - Yu Guangzhong - Yu Shyi-kun - Yu Youren - Yuchang Tunnel - Yulon Motor - Yunlin County