Taiwan Republic of China (ROC ), is a country in East Asia . The main island of Taiwan , also known as Formosa , lies between 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 northeast, and the Philippines to the south. It has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 square miles), with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third, where its highly urbanized population is concentrated. The combined territories under ROC control consist of 168 islands in total covering 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 square miles). The largest metropolitan area is formed by Taipei (the capital), New Taipei City , and Keelung . With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries .
Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the island around 6,000 years ago. In the 17th century, large-scale Han Chinese immigration began under a Dutch colony and continued under the Kingdom of Tungning , the first predominantly Han Chinese state in Taiwanese history . The island was annexed in 1683 by the Qing dynasty of China and ceded to the Empire of Japan in 1895. The Republic of China , which had overthrown the Qing in 1912 under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen , took control following the surrender of Japan in 1945. The immediate resumption of the Chinese Civil War resulted in the loss of the Chinese mainland to Communist forces , who established the People's Republic of China and the flight of the ROC central government to Taiwan in 1949. The effective jurisdiction of the ROC has since been limited to Taiwan, Penghu , and smaller islands.
The early 1960s saw rapid economic growth and industrialization called the "Taiwan Miracle ". In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the ROC transitioned from a one-party state under martial law to a multi-party democracy , with democratically elected presidents beginning in 1996 . Taiwan's export-oriented economy is the 21st-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the 20th-largest by PPP measures, with a focus on steel, machinery, electronics, and chemicals manufacturing. Taiwan is a developed country . It is ranked highly in terms of civil liberties , healthcare , and human development .
The political status of Taiwan is contentious. Despite being a founding member, the ROC no longer represents China as a member of the United Nations after UN members voted in 1971 to recognize the PRC instead. The ROC maintained its claim of being the sole legitimate representative of China and its territory until 1991, when it ceased to regard the Chinese Communist Party as a rebellious group and acknowledged its control over mainland China. Taiwan is claimed by the PRC, which refuses to establish diplomatic relations with countries that recognise the ROC. Taiwan maintains official diplomatic relations with 11 out of 193 UN member states and the Holy See . Many others maintain unofficial diplomatic ties through representative offices and institutions that function as de facto embassies and consulatesChinese unification and promoting a pan-Chinese identity, contrasted with those aspiring to formal international recognition and promoting a Taiwanese identity ; in the 21st century, both sides have moderated their positions to broaden their appeal. (Full article...
Proportion of residents aged 6 or older using Hokkien at home in Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen & Matsu in 2010
Taiwanese Hokkien HOK -ee-enHOH -kee-enChinese : 臺灣話 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tâi-oân-ōe Tâi-lô : Tâi-uân-uē Taiwanese , also known as Taiuanoe , Taigi , Taigu (Chinese : 臺語 ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī /Tâi-lô : Tâi-gí Tâi-gú Taiwanese Minnan (Chinese : 臺灣閩南語 ), Hoklo and Holo , is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by more than 70 percent of the population of Taiwan . It is spoken by a significant portion of those Taiwanese people who are descended from Hoklo immigrants of southern Fujian . It is one of the national languages of Taiwan .
Taiwanese is generally similar to Hokkien spoken in Amoy , Quanzhou , and Zhangzhou , as well as dialectal forms used in Southeast Asia , such as Singaporean Hokkien , Penang Hokkien , Philippine Hokkien , Medan Hokkien , and Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien . It is mutually intelligible with the Amoy and Zhangzhou varieties at the mouth of the Jiulong River in mainland China, and with Philippine Hokkien to the south in the Philippines , spoken altogether by about 3 million people. The mass popularity of Hokkien entertainment media from Taiwan has given prominence to the Taiwanese variety of Hokkien, especially since the 1980s. (Full article...
Ang Lee OBS Chinese : 李安 ; pinyin : Lǐ Ān numerous accolades including two Academy Awards , four BAFTA Awards , and three Golden Globe Awards . In 2003, he was ranked 27th in The Guardian 's 40 best directors.
Born in Pingtung County , Lee was educated in Taiwan and later in the United States. He rose to prominence directing films such as Pushing Hands The Wedding Banquet Eat Drink Man Woman Father Knows Best trilogy. The films were critically successful both in Taiwan and internationally. (Full article...
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Image 1 Bird's eye view of
Fort Zeelandia in
Dutch Formosa in the 17th-century (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 3 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty by 1894 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 4 The original flag of the
Taiwanese People's Party , 2 January 1929 – 6 October 1929 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 5 The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan , 1895 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 7 Japanese painting of the expedition forces attacking the Mudan tribe, 1874 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 8 Chinese depiction of Chikan (
Fort Provintia ), 1752 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 10 Section of
Kangxi period painting of Taiwan, 1684–1722 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 11 Yin and Yang symbol of
Taoism (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 12 Entrance hall of a K-TV in Taipei (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 13 Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 14 Taiwan in the 17th century, showing Dutch (magenta) and Spanish (green) possessions, and the
Kingdom of Middag (orange) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 15 Two
7-Eleven stores opposite each other on a crossroad. Taiwan has the highest density of 7-Eleven stores per person in the world (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 16 Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 18 The Capture of
Lin Shuangwen (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 19 Sky Lantern festival in
Pingxi , Taiwan (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 20 Apo Hsu and the
NTNU Symphony Orchestra on stage in the
National Concert Hall in
Taipei and Play
Saint-Saens 's
Organ Symphony No. 3 (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 21 Section of a painting depicting daily life of the
Taokas people , 1684–1722 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 22 Shi Lang (1621–1696) in an 18th-century painting (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 23 Depiction of a Chinese man, woman, and soldier, by Georg Franz Müller (1646–1723) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 24 Photo from
Savages of Formosa , a 1926 government report on tribal life in Taiwan (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 25 Population density map of Taiwan in 2019 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 26 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1685 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 27 Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek , President
Franklin D. Roosevelt , and Prime Minister
Winston Churchill met at the Cairo Conference in Cairo, 25 November 1943. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 28 Evacuation of
Keelung by the French forces, image created 1887 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 29 Depiction of Qing ships crossing the ocean to suppress the
Lin Shuangwen rebellion , 1787–1788 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 30 1901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 31 Territory controlled by
Koxinga , founder of the
Kingdom of Tungning (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 32 Woodcut of the mass killings which took place during the February 28 Incident (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 33 The Qing Empire in 1820, with provinces in yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow, tributary states in orange. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 34 Kagi Shrine , one of many Shinto shrines built in Taiwan. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 35 Portrait of
Zheng Jing (1642–1681), possibly 17th c. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 38 Pearl milk tea (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 39 Map of Taiwan with the western coast pointed downwards, c. 1640 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 40 A map of the
Empire of Japan including Taiwan ("barbarian land" in red) in 1895 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 41 Severed heads of
Seediq rebels (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 42 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 44 Mid-17th century portrait of
Koxinga (
Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 45 Departure of a
Ryukyuan ship bearing tribute to
Beijing , 1831 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 46 Conquest of Douliumen (
Zhuluo ) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 47 Bunun dancer in traditional aboriginal dress (1989) (from
Culture of Taiwan )
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