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Main   Geography   Recognized content Einführung Taiwan, officially the 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. Japan renounced sovereignty over Taiwan in 1952. 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. In the early 1960s, Taiwan entered a period of 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 industrial 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 consulates. International organizations in which the PRC participates either refuse to grant membership to Taiwan or allow it to participate on a non-state basis. Domestically, the major political contention is between parties favoring eventual Chinese 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...) Selected article - Taiwan Province (Chinese: 臺灣省; pinyin: Táiwān Shěng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng; PFS: Thòi-vàn-sén or Thòi-vân-sén) is a de jure administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Provinces remain a titular division as a part of the Constitution of the Republic of China, but are no longer considered to have any administrative function practically. Taiwan Province covers approximately 69% of the island of Taiwan, and comprises around 31% of the total population. The province initially covered the entire island of Taiwan (Formosa), Penghu (the Pescadores), Orchid Island, Green Island, Xiaoliuqiu Island, and their surrounding islands. Between 1967 and 2014, six special municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei and Taoyuan) were split off from the province, all in the most populous regions. (Full article...) List of selected articles Taiwanese indigenous peoples Taipei Taiwan under Japanese rule Taipei 101 February 28 incident Shin Kong Life Tower Kaohsiung Taiwanese Hokkien Sakizaya people Battle of Baguashan Republic of Formosa Yangmingshan Kingdom of Tungning 228 Peace Memorial Park Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) North–South divide in Taiwan Tainan Spanish Formosa 1999 Jiji earthquake Hengchun Dutch Formosa Iron egg Sunflower Student Movement Taiwanese Mandarin Penghu Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band) Taichung Annette Lu Taoyuan International Airport Taipei Metro New Taiwan dollar Languages of Taiwan Grand Hotel (Taipei) Formosan sika deer Buddhism in Taiwan Formosan black bear Love River Paiwan people Eat Drink Man Woman Selected biography Wang Jinping oder Wang Chin-ping (Chinese: 王津平; pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng; 1946 – 7 September 2019) was a scholar and president of the "China Union for Unification". He was a noted activist of the Tangwai movement in touch with many writers of the Taiwan Nativist Literature movement since the mid 1970s. He was also, together with Liang Jingfeng and a few others on the Tamkang campus in Tamsui, a key mover of a new political direction in native folk music. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Tsai Ing-wen Cheng Yen Chen Yi (Kuomintang) Teresa Teng Tsai Wan-lin Jay Chou Ang Lee S.H.E Lee Teng-hui Justin Huang Chiau Wen-yan Kao Chin Su-mei Latisha Chan Wu Nien-jen Wu Zhaonan Selected picture - A true-color satellite image of Taiwan taken by NASA's Terra satellite. Photo credit: NASA Good article - This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards. EVA Airways Corporation (/ˌiːviːˈeɪ/ EE-va; Chinese: 長榮航空; pinyin: Chángróng Hángkōng) (TWSE: 2618) is a Taiwanese international airline headquartered in Taoyuan City. It is one of the two largest airlines in Taiwan along with state-owned China Airlines. The privately owned airline operates passenger and dedicated cargo services to over 40 international destinations in Asia, Australia, Europe & North America. Its network fully consists of international routes, with no domestic routes. It is rated as a 5-star airline by Skytrax, and is the second largest airline based in Taiwan after China Airlines. EVA Air is headquartered at Taoyuan International Airport in Luzhu, Taoyuan City. The company slogan is "Sharing the World, Flying Together" (分享世界，比翼雙飛; Fēnxiǎng shìjiè, bǐyì shuāngfēi). Since its founding in 1989 as an affiliate of shipping conglomerate Evergreen Group, EVA Air has expanded to include air cargo, airline catering, ground handling, and aviation engineering services. Its cargo arm, EVA Air Cargo, links with the Evergreen worldwide shipping network on sea and land. Its domestic and regional subsidiary, UNI Air, operates a medium and short-haul network to destinations within the island of Taiwan, Macau as well as mainland China with its main hub in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (Full article...) List of Good articles Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa Chen Chi-mai Chai Trong-rong Taiwan High Speed Rail Pe̍h-ōe-jī Mei-Ann Chen Hsu Tain-tsair You Are the Apple of My Eye Did you know - Acer's logo since 2011. ... that Acer (pictured) is ranked as one of the world's top five branded PC vendors and has a history dating to 1976? ... that Taipei was the first city in the world to roll out a city-wide Wi-Fi network with 4,000 hot spots serving a city population of 2.6 million? ... that the 2006 Hengchun earthquake (6.7 Richter scale) off the southwest coast of Taiwan damaged several submarine communications cables resulting in severe disruptions to telecommunication services including Internet access to many East and Southeast Asian countries? General images The following are images from various Taiwan-related articles on Wikipedia. Entrance hall of a K-TV in Taipei (from Culture of Taiwan) Japanese painting of the expedition forces attacking the Mudan tribe, 1874 (from History of Taiwan) Evacuation of Keelung by the French forces, image created 1887 (from History of Taiwan) Section of a painting depicting daily life of the Taokas people, 1684–1722 (from History of Taiwan) Depiction of a Chinese man, woman, and soldier, by Georg Franz Müller (1646–1723) (from History of Taiwan) Photo from Savages of Formosa, a 1926 government report on tribal life in Taiwan (from History of Taiwan) Departure of a Ryukyuan ship bearing tribute to Beijing, 1831 (from History of Taiwan) Map showing the Revolt of the Three Feudatories (1673–1681) (from History of Taiwan) Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from History of Taiwan) Bird's eye view of Fort Zeelandia in Dutch Formosa in the 17th-century (from History of Taiwan) Mid-17th century portrait of Koxinga (Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from History of Taiwan) Depiction of Qing ships crossing the ocean to suppress the Lin Shuangwen rebellion, 1787–1788 (from History of Taiwan) Map of Taiwan with the western coast pointed downwards, c. 1640 (from History of Taiwan) Territory controlled by Koxinga, founder of the Kingdom of Tungning (from History of Taiwan) Population density map of Taiwan in 2019 (from History of Taiwan) Pearl milk tea (from Culture of Taiwan) Woodcut of the mass killings which took place during the February 28 Incident (from History of Taiwan) Severed heads of Seediq rebels (from History of Taiwan) A map of the Empire of Japan including Taiwan ("barbarian land" in red) in 1895 (from History of Taiwan) Siege of Fort Zeelandia (from History of Taiwan) Sky Lantern festival in Pingxi, Taiwan (from Culture of Taiwan) Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty by 1894 (from History of Taiwan) Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1685 (from History of Taiwan) Section of Kangxi period painting of Taiwan, 1684–1722 (from History of Taiwan) The Qing Empire in 1820, with provinces in yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow, tributary states in orange. (from History of Taiwan) Yin and Yang symbol of Taoism (from Culture of Taiwan) 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) 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) Shi Lang (1621–1696) in an 18th-century painting (from History of Taiwan) Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from History of Taiwan) 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) Kagi Shrine, one of many Shinto shrines built in Taiwan. (from History of Taiwan) Takasago Volunteers in October 1944 (from History of Taiwan) Chinese depiction of Chikan (Fort Provintia), 1752 (from History of Taiwan) Portrait of Zheng Jing (1642–1681), possibly 17th c. (from History of Taiwan) Bunun dancer in traditional aboriginal dress (1989) (from Culture of Taiwan) The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan, 1895 (from History of Taiwan) Statue of Chen Di in Lianjiang County (from History of Taiwan) Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 (from History of Taiwan) Conquest of Douliumen (Zhuluo) (from History of Taiwan) The Dharmachakra represents the Noble Eightfold Path. (from Culture of Taiwan) Taichung Middle School in 1919 (from History of Taiwan) 1901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from History of Taiwan) Taiwan in the 17th century, showing Dutch (magenta) and Spanish (green) possessions, and the Kingdom of Middag (orange) (from History of Taiwan) The original flag of the Taiwanese People's Party, 2 January 1929 – 6 October 1929 (from History of Taiwan) The Capture of Lin Shuangwen (from History of Taiwan) Zheng Keshuang (from History of Taiwan) On this day... In the news 19 August 2024 – 2023–2024 mpox epidemic Health officials in Tainan City, Taiwan, report that they have confirmed three cases of mpox so far this year. (TVBS Taiwan) 24 July 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season Two people are killed and 266 others are injured by Typhoon Gaemi in northern Taiwan as the typhoon passes through Fujian province, China, and heads inland. 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