Main article: Culture of Taiwan Taiwan's culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with some Japanese and American influences. Taiwanese aborigines each also have distinct cultures. Most Taiwanese adhere to a mix of Buddhist/Taoist religions and Confucian teachings. Traditional Chinese holidays such as Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival are celebrated regularly. One especially important deity for Taiwanese people is Matsu, symbolizing the seafaring spirit of T ...

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Main article: Culture of Taiwan Taiwan's culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with some Japanese and American influences. Taiwanese aborigines each also have distinct cultures which are thought to share the common ethnic origins with the Pacific Islanders. Most Taiwanese adhere to a mix of Buddhist/Taoist religions and Confucian teachings. Traditional Chinese holidays such as Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival are celebrated regularly. One especially important deity for Taiwanese people is Matsu, symbolizing the seafaring spirit of T ...

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Since both China proper and Taiwan are controversial topics, the question of whether Taiwan is included within "China proper" is thorny as well. In general, people who support independence for Taiwan, whether Taiwanese or outside observers, would argue that Taiwan is not a part of China at all, let alone China proper, from historical, cultural, or other grounds. Such a point of view often bears a strong affinity with sympathy to other independence movements such as those in Tibet and Xinjiang, and would promote receptivity to the concept of "China proper" as an entity ...

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Since both China proper and Taiwan are controversial topics, the question of whether Taiwan is included within "China proper" is thorny as well. In general, people who support independence for Taiwan, whether Taiwanese or outside observers, would argue that Taiwan is not a part of China at all, let alone China proper, from historical, cultural, or other grounds. Such a point of view often bears a strong affinity with sympathy to other independence movements such as those in Tibet and Xinjiang, and would promote receptivity to the concept of "China proper" as an entity ...

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In Taiwan it is celebrated on September 28. The day honors teachers' virtues, pains, and also their contribution not only to their own students but also to the whole society. People often make use of the day to express their gratitude to their teachers, such as paying them a visit or sending them a card. This date was chosen to commemorate the birth of Confucius, believed to be the model master educator in ancient China. In 1939, the ROC Ministry of Education established the national holiday to be August 27, the attributed birthday of ...

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The status of homosexuals has been developing in Taiwan. In 1970s, some novels regarding homosexuality were published. One of the most prominent writers is Pai Hsien-yung, who created many gay characters in his novels, and the most famous one is Crystal Boys. Nowadays, some gay TV series and movies have been made and gained great attention among gay community in both China and Taiwan, including the TV series Crystal Boys, adapted for the same name novel written by Pai Hsien-yung, movie Formula 17 etc. Homosexualit ...

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List of nuclear reactors - Power station reactors. Chin Shan - 2 BWR reactors Kuosheng - 2 BWR reactors Lungmen (under construction) Maanshan - 2 PWR reactors List of nuclear reactors - Research reactors. Taipei - TRIGA, Tsing Hua University (installed 1977) ...

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The Culture of Taiwan is a blend of traditional Chinese with significant Asian influences notably Japanese and Western influences including American, Spanish and Dutch. The Taiwanese aboriginals also have a distinct culture. Fine arts, folk traditions, and popular culture embody traditional and modern, Asian, and Western motifs. One of Taiwan's greatest attractions is the National Palace Museum, which houses over 650,000 pieces of Chinese bronze, jade, calligraphy, painting, and porcelain. This collection was moved from the mainland i ...

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The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) serves as the de facto embassy of the United States in the Republic of China on Taiwan. The AIT exists because the United States, in maintaining diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and acknowledging its view of the One-China policy, may not officially recognize the Republic of China and hence cannot open an actual embassy there. It was created in 1979 by the Taiwan Relations Act after severing ties with the ROC in 1978. Although it is a nominally private organiz ...

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Population: 22,894,384 (July 2005 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 22% (male 2,485,421; female 2,292,901) 15-64 years: 70% (male 7,869,939; female 7,629,195) 65 years and over: 8% (male 1,013,074; female 900,557) (2000 est.) Population growth rate: 0.81% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 14.42 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration ra ...

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Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects A large majority of people on Taiwan speak Mandarin Chinese, which has been the only officially sanctioned medium of instruction in the schools for more than four decades. Native Taiwanese and many others also speak one of the Southern Fujianese dialects, Min-nan, also known as Taiwanese locally. Recently there has been a growing use of Taiwanese in the broadcast media. The Hakka, who are concentrated in several counties throughout Taiwan, have their own distinct dialect. As a result of the half century of Japanese rule, many peo ...

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A 9-year public educational system has been in effect since 1979. Six years of elementary school and 3 years of junior high are compulsory for all children. About 94.7% of junior high graduates continue their studies in either a senior high or vocational school. Reflecting a strong commitment to education, in FY 2001 16% of the ROC budget was allocated for education. Taiwan has an extensive higher education system with more than 100 institutions of higher learning. Each year over 100,000 students take the joint college entrance exam; ...

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The official opinion of the People's Republic of China has always been against Taiwan independence, and it has stated that a formal declaration of Taiwan independence will trigger military intervention. They often state that independence is wanted by only a small group, which is trying to brainwash others into thinking the same thing. Most people on the mainland would have a similar view. In Taiwan itself, the situation is much more complicated. As mentioned previously there are two different interpretations in Taiwan. For the nationa ...

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Taiwan Province (Traditional Chinese: 臺灣省) is an administrative subdivision of the Republic of China (ROC) that includes most of the island of Taiwan and surrounding islets, and the Pescadores. Since 1998, the provincial administration has been greatly streamlined, leaving counties and provincial cities the primary divisions in Taiwan Province. Even though the province-level municipalities of Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are on the island of Taiwan, they are not administratively part of the Province, and instead are administer ...

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Although only about one-quarter of Taiwan's land area is arable, virtually all farmland is intensely cultivated, with some areas suitable for two and even three crops a year. However, increases in agricultural production have been much slower than industrial growth. Agriculture only comprises about 2.69% of Taiwan's GDP. Taiwan's main crops are rice, sugar cane, fruit, and vegetables. Although self-sufficient in rice production, Taiwan imports large amounts of wheat, mostly from the United States. Meat production and consumption are r ...

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Magazines are extremely popular in Taiwan. Some important financial magazines are CommonWealth 天下雜誌, Wealth 財訊, Smart 智富月刊, and Business Next 數位時代. The most notable financial magazine is definitely is the Business Weekly 商業周刊. It enjoyed the highest advertising earnings in 2002 and received awards in 2003 for its coverage of financial and Tiwan/China news. Magazines aimed at women, Chinese editions of foreign magazines, or local magazines, have high sales. The Chinese edition of magazines lik ...

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Domestically, the issue of independence has dominated Taiwanese politics for the past couple decades. This is also a grave issue for mainland China. Internationally, this movement is also significant in that a formal declaration of independence is one of the five conditions the PRC has stated or implied under which it will take military action against Taiwan to force reunification — the other four being that Taiwan makes a military alliance with a foreign power, there is internal turmoil in Taiwan, Taiwan gains weapons of mass destr ...

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Taiwan now faces many of the same economic issues as other developed economies. With the prospect of continued relocation of labor-intensive industries to countries with cheaper work forces, Taiwan's future development will have to rely on further transformation to a high technology and service-oriented economy. In recent years, Taiwan has successfully diversified its trade markets, cutting its share of exports to the United States from 49% in 1984 to 20% in 2002. Taiwan's dependence on the U.S. market should continue to decrease as its expo ...

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Taiwan Province (Simplified Chinese: 台湾省) is a term used by leaders and people from the People's Republic of China to refer to Taiwan and depending on the context (if referring to the entire Republic of China government as "provincial," as such is often the case) can provoke a bad reaction by most Taiwanese people, although those strongly favoring Chinese reunification probably do not object since "Taiwan province" is ambiguous as to whether it refers to the PRC or ROC. The PRC state press commonly uses the term "China's Taiwan ...

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