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2 days ago · Taiwan. T'ao-yüan, Taiwan. Taiwan, island in the western Pacific Ocean that lies roughly 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of southeastern China. It is approximately 245 miles (395 km) long (north-south) and 90 miles (145 km) across at its widest point. Taipei, in the north, is the seat of government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist ...
- Cultural Life
Taiwan - Culture, Traditions, Festivals: Taiwan’s culture...
- Economy
Taiwan - Manufacturing, Trade, Technology: Throughout its...
- Languages
Taiwan - Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka: Each aboriginal group...
- Security
Taiwan - Security, Geopolitics, Sovereignty: A large number...
- Early Nationalist Rule
Taiwan - Japanese Occupation, Nationalist Rule, Chinese...
- The Ma Ying-jeou Presidency
The Ma Ying-jeou presidency. In 2008 the KMT won both the...
- Cultural Life
4 days ago · Ethnic groups. Han Chinese (including Holo, who compose approximately 70% of Taiwan's population, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China) more than 95%, indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples 2.3% note 1: there are 16 officially recognized indigenous groups: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakaravu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Thao, Truku, Tsou ...
1 day ago · China, country of East Asia. It is the largest of all Asian countries. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth, and it is almost as large as the whole of Europe. China is also one of the most populous countries in the world, rivaled only by India, which, according to ...
May 13, 2024 · The Human Freedom Index, which combines measures of personal, civil, and economic freedom, now ranks Taiwan twelfth in the world and first in Asia. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy ...
1 day ago · The country was in English known at the time as "the Republic of China" or simply "China". In China today, the period from 1912 to 1949 is often called the "Republican Era" (simplified Chinese: 民国时期; traditional Chinese: 民國時期), because from the Chinese government's perspective the ROC ceased to exist in 1949.
3 days ago · Beijing, city, province-level shi (municipality), and capital of the People’s Republic of China. Few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. The city has been an integral part of China’s history over the past eight centuries, and nearly every major ...
4 days ago · The name Mongolia means the "Land of the Mongols" in Latin. The Mongolian word "Mongol" (монгол) is of uncertain etymology, given variously as the name of a mountain or river; as a corruption of the Mongolian Mongkhe-tengri-gal ("Eternal Sky Fire"); or as a derivation from Mugulü, the 4th-century founder of the Rouran Khaganate, first attested as the 'Mungu', (Chinese: 蒙兀, Modern ...
