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2 days ago · 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 China).
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Taiwan’s bubble tea—a beverage combining tea, milk, and...
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Taiwan - Manufacturing, Trade, Technology: Throughout its...
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Taiwan - Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka: Each aboriginal group...
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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...
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3 days ago · The Marshall Islands ( Marshallese: Ṃajeḷ ), [5] officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ ), [note 1] is an island country west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The territory consists of 29 coral atolls and ...
2 days 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.
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19 hours ago · Kiribati (/ ˌ k ɪr ɪ ˈ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-ih-BASS), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: [Ribaberiki] Kiribati), is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, with more than half living on Tarawa atoll.
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5 days ago · The name of Malolos was presumably derived from the Tagalog word “Paluslos”, meaning ” downwards”. The name resulted from a misunderstanding among the first Spanish missionaries who reached the place. Searching for inhabited places along the Calumpit River, these priests came upon some natives of a riverside barrio (now Kanalate).
3 days ago · Country name. conventional long form: Republic of Korea conventional short form: South Korea local long form: Taehan-min'guk local short form: Han'guk abbreviation: ROK etymology: derived from the Chinese name for Goryeo, which was the Korean dynasty that united the peninsula in the 10th century A.D.; the South Korean name "Han'guk" derives from the long form, "Taehan-min'guk," which is itself ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Ho Chi Minh, founder of the Indochina Communist Party (1930) and its successor, the Viet-Minh (1941), and president of North Vietnam (1945–69). Ho led the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades and was a key figure in the post-World War II anti-colonial movement in Asia.
