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ARTICLES RELATED TO Taiwan - Geography | | | |  Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - GeographyMain article: Geography of Taiwan
The island of Taiwan lies some 200 kilometers off the southeastern coast of China, across the Taiwan Strait, and has an area of 35,801 square kilometers (13,823 square miles), with the East China Sea to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Luzon Strait directly to the south and the South China Sea to the southwest. The island is characterised by the contrast between the eastern two-thirds, consisting mostly of rugged mountains running in five ranges from the northern to the southern t ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Geography |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - History Main article: History of Taiwan
Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement.
Evidence of human settlement in Taiwan dates back 30,000 years, although the first inhabitants of Taiwan may have been genetically distinct from any groups currently on the island. About 4,000 years ago, ancestors of current Taiwanese aborigines settled Taiwan. These aborigines are genetically related to Malay and Polynesians, and linguists classify their language as Austronesian. Records indicate that Han Chinese settled in Penghu since the 1100s, but it was not until later that people other than aborigines permanently set ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - History |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Economy Main article: Economy of Taiwan
Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing state involvement in investment and foreign trade. In keeping with this trend, the government is privatizing some large banks and industrial firms. Real growth in gross domestic product has averaged about 8 percent during the past three decades. Exports have provided the primary impetus for industrialization. The trade surplus is substantial, and foreign reserves are the world's third largest. Taiwan's current GDP per capita is $27,122, ranking 23rd in the world.
The ROC has its ow ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Economy |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan 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 ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan 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 ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Demographics Main article: Demographics of Taiwan
ROC's population was estimated in 2005 as being 22.9 million, most of which are on Taiwan. About 98 percent of the population is of Han Chinese ethnicity. Of these people, 84 percent are descendants of early Han immigrants known as native Taiwanese (c: 本省人; p: Bensheng ren; lit. "home-province person"). This group contains two subgroups. The first subgroup is the Southern Fujianese (70 percent of the total population), who migrated from the coastal Southern Fujian region in the ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Demographics |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Political divisions Main article: Political divisions of the Republic of China
Taiwan Island contains all but one county of Taiwan Province: 15 counties and all five province-administered cities. Penghu (the Pescadores) is the only county in Taiwan Province which is not on Taiwan. Taiwan's two largest cities, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City, although on the island of Taiwan, are not part of Taiwan Province but are centrally-administered mun ...
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Political status Main article: Political status of Taiwan
In 1895, Taiwan, including the Pescadores, became a Japanese colony, a concession by the Qing Empire after it lost the First Sino-Japanese War. After Japan's defeat at the end of World War II in 1945, Allied Command ordered Japanese troops in Taiwan to surrender to the Republic of China (ROC) and the ROC has been the de facto ruler of Taiwan ever since. In 1949, upon losing the Chinese Civil War to the Communist Party of China, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) of the Republic of China retreat ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Political status |
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| | | | Taiwan - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Economy Main article: Economy of Taiwan
Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing state involvement in investment and foreign trade. In keeping with this trend, the government is privatizing some large banks and industrial firms. Real growth in gross domestic product has averaged about 8 percent during the past three decades. Exports have provided the primary impetus for industrialization. The trade surplus is substantial, and foreign reserves are the world's third largest.
The ROC has its ow ...
See also:Taiwan, Taiwan - Political status, Taiwan - History, Taiwan - Prehistory and early settlement, Taiwan - Koxinga and imperial Chinese rule, Taiwan - Japanese rule, Taiwan - Republic of China rule, Taiwan - Political divisions, Taiwan - Geography, Taiwan - Demographics, Taiwan - Languages, Taiwan - Religion, Taiwan - Economy, Taiwan - Culture of Taiwan, Taiwan - Convenience store culture Read more here: » Taiwan: Encyclopedia II - Taiwan - Economy |
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