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 , 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 since 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 Despite being a founding member, the ROC no longer represents China as a member of the United Nations after UN members voted in 1971 to recognize the PRC instead.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...
Annette Lu Hsiu-lien Chinese : 呂秀蓮 ; pinyin : Lǚ Xiùlián Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Lū Siù-liân Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement , she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Taoyuan County Magistrate between 1997 and 2000, and was the Vice President of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China ) from 2000 to 2008, under President Chen Shui-bian . Lu announced her intentions to run for the presidency on 6 March 2007, but withdrew to support eventual DPP nominee Frank Hsieh . Lu ran again in 2012 , but withdrew for a second time, ceding the nomination to DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen . She lost the party's Taipei mayoral nomination to Pasuya Yao in 2018, and stated that she would leave the party. However, by the time Lu announced in September 2019 that she would contest the 2020 presidential election on behalf of the Formosa Alliance , she was still a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. (Full article...
Latisha Chan Chan Yung-jan (Chinese : 詹詠然 ; pinyin : Zhān Yǒngrán Taiwanese Mandarin: [tsán jʊ̀ŋ zǎn, -lǎn] tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 US Open alongside Martina Hingis , as well as nine at WTA 1000 -level. Chan also finished runner-up at three other Grand Slam events, the 2007 and 2015 Australian Open , and the 2007 US Open . In mixed doubles, she has won three Grand Slam titles: the 2018 French Open , 2019 French Open , and 2019 Wimbledon Championships , all with Ivan Dodig . Highlights of her singles career include reaching the semifinals at the 2006 Japan Open and the final at the Bangkok Open in 2007. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 50 on 11 June 2007, and became world No. 1 in doubles on 23 October 2017, the second Taiwanese player to do so, after Hsieh Su-wei . She again topped the doubles rankings on 13 August 2018, and has spent a total of 34 weeks as world No. 1. (Full article...
Distribution of aborigines. ... there are thirteen officially recognized Taiwanese aboriginal tribes (pictured) in Taiwan comprising 2% (458,000) of Taiwan's population. Did you also know that the Ami tribe are the most populous (37.5%) and that pop-singer A-mei is from the Puyuma tribe?
The following are images from various Taiwan-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1 Population density map of Taiwan in 2019 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 4 Shi Lang (1621–1696) in an 18th-century painting (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 5 Section of
Kangxi period painting of Taiwan, 1684–1722 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 7 The Capture of
Lin Shuangwen (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 8 Map of Taiwan with the western coast pointed downwards, c. 1640 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 9 Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 10 Yin and Yang symbol of
Taoism (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 11 The original flag of the
Taiwanese People's Party , 2 January 1929 – 6 October 1929 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 12 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 13 Evacuation of
Keelung by the French forces, image created 1887 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 14 Woodcut of the mass killings which took place during the February 28 Incident (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 15 A map of the
Empire of Japan including Taiwan ("barbarian land" in red) in 1895 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 16 Taiwan in the 17th century, showing Dutch (magenta) and Spanish (green) possessions, and the
Kingdom of Middag (orange) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 17 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 18 Bunun dancer in traditional aboriginal dress (1989) (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 19 Territory controlled by
Koxinga , founder of the
Kingdom of Tungning (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 20 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty by 1894 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 21 Mid-17th century portrait of
Koxinga (
Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 22 Chinese depiction of Chikan (
Fort Provintia ), 1752 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 24 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1685 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 25 Departure of a
Ryukyuan ship bearing tribute to
Beijing , 1831 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 26 Conquest of Douliumen (
Zhuluo ) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 27 Sky Lantern festival in
Pingxi , Taiwan (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 30 Portrait of
Zheng Jing (1642–1681), possibly 17th c. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 31 Pearl milk tea (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 32 The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan , 1895 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 33 Kagi Shrine , one of many Shinto shrines built in Taiwan. (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 34 1901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 35 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 36 Entrance hall of a K-TV in Taipei (from
Culture of Taiwan )
Image 37 Japanese painting of the expedition forces attacking the Mudan tribe, 1874 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 38 Depiction of a Chinese man, woman, and soldier, by Georg Franz Müller (1646–1723) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 39 Depiction of Qing ships crossing the ocean to suppress the
Lin Shuangwen rebellion , 1787–1788 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 40 Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 41 Photo from
Savages of Formosa , a 1926 government report on tribal life in Taiwan (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 42 Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 43 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 44 Bird's eye view of
Fort Zeelandia in
Dutch Formosa in the 17th-century (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 45 Section of a painting depicting daily life of the
Taokas people , 1684–1722 (from
History of Taiwan )
Image 47 Severed heads of
Seediq rebels (from
History of Taiwan )
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