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Main   Geography   Recognized content Introduction 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 - Official portrait, 2005 Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (Chinese: 呂秀蓮; pinyin: Lǚ Xiùlián; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lū Siù-liân; born 7 June 1944) is a 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...) 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 Taoyuan International Airport Taipei Metro New Taiwan dollar Taiwan Province 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 Chen Yi as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries Chen Yi (Chinese: 陳儀; pinyin: Chén Yí; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June 18, 1950) was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China. He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25, 1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947, resulting in the deaths of 18,000 to 28,000 people, and was dismissed. In June 1948 he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province, but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by shooting in Taipei in 1950. (Full article...) List of selected biographies Tsai Ing-wen Cheng Yen Teresa Teng Tsai Wan-lin Wang Jinping (scholar and activist) 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. Official portrait, 2019 Chen Chi-mai (Chinese: 陳其邁; pinyin: Chén Qímài; Wade–Giles: Ch'ên2 Ch'i2-mai4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kî-māi; born December 23, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician and the current Mayor of Kaoshiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of the Legislative Yuan in 1996 and served as legislator for almost eight years before becoming the spokesperson of the Executive Yuan. In 2005, Chen succeeded to the mayoralty of Kaohsiung after Frank Hsieh's appointment as premier. Chen became the Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office in 2007 and served until the inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou. Following his December 2018 loss in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Chen was appointed Vice Premier of the Republic of China by President Tsai Ing-wen. Chen yielded the vice premiership to Shen Jong-chin in June 2020, and won the Kaohsiung mayoralty in a by-election on August 15, 2020 after previous mayor Han Kuo-yu was recalled. (Full article...) List of Good articles Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa EVA Air 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 - Hsu Tain-tsair ... that the Democratic Progressive Party nominated Hsu Tain-tsair (pictured) as the party's candidate for the 2001 Tainan mayoral race instead of George Chang, then-incumbent mayor of Tainan? ... that the National Taiwan Museum is the oldest museum in Taiwan and was established during the Japanese rule era? ...that professional baseball in Taiwan began in 1989, and the Chinese Professional Baseball League and Taiwan Major League merged in 2003? General images The following are images from various Taiwan-related articles on Wikipedia. Zheng Keshuang (from History of Taiwan) Japanese painting of the expedition forces attacking the Mudan tribe, 1874 (from History 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) 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) Entrance hall of a K-TV in Taipei (from Culture of Taiwan) Territory controlled by Koxinga, founder of the Kingdom of Tungning (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) Map showing the Revolt of the Three Feudatories (1673–1681) (from History of Taiwan) Sky Lantern festival in Pingxi, Taiwan (from Culture of Taiwan) A map of the Empire of Japan including Taiwan ("barbarian land" in red) in 1895 (from History of Taiwan) Conquest of Douliumen (Zhuluo) (from History of Taiwan) Siege of Fort Zeelandia (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) The Qing Empire in 1820, with provinces in yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow, tributary states in orange. (from History of Taiwan) Map of Taiwan with the western coast pointed downwards, c. 1640 (from History of Taiwan) The Dharmachakra represents the Noble Eightfold Path. (from Culture of Taiwan) Kagi Shrine, one of many Shinto shrines built in Taiwan. (from History of Taiwan) Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from History of Taiwan) Pearl milk tea (from Culture of Taiwan) The original flag of the Taiwanese People's Party, 2 January 1929 – 6 October 1929 (from History of Taiwan) Depiction of Qing ships crossing the ocean to suppress the Lin Shuangwen rebellion, 1787–1788 (from History of Taiwan) Taichung Middle School in 1919 (from History of Taiwan) Photo from Savages of Formosa, a 1926 government report on tribal life in Taiwan (from History of Taiwan) Section of Kangxi period painting of Taiwan, 1684–1722 (from History of Taiwan) Evacuation of Keelung by the French forces, image created 1887 (from History of Taiwan) Bird's eye view of Fort Zeelandia in Dutch Formosa in the 17th-century (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) 1901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from History of Taiwan) The Capture of Lin Shuangwen (from History of Taiwan) Woodcut of the mass killings which took place during the February 28 Incident (from History of Taiwan) Portrait of Zheng Jing (1642–1681), possibly 17th c. (from History of Taiwan) Depiction of a Chinese man, woman, and soldier, by Georg Franz Müller (1646–1723) (from History of Taiwan) Yin and Yang symbol of Taoism (from Culture of Taiwan) Section of a painting depicting daily life of the Taokas people, 1684–1722 (from History of Taiwan) Shi Lang (1621–1696) in an 18th-century painting (from History of Taiwan) Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from History of Taiwan) Takasago Volunteers in October 1944 (from History of Taiwan) Population density map of Taiwan in 2019 (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) Bunun dancer in traditional aboriginal dress (1989) (from Culture of Taiwan) Severed heads of Seediq rebels (from History of Taiwan) Departure of a Ryukyuan ship bearing tribute to Beijing, 1831 (from History of Taiwan) Chinese depiction of Chikan (Fort Provintia), 1752 (from History of Taiwan) The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan, 1895 (from History of Taiwan) On this day... In the news 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. (Reuters) 28 June 2024 – Indonesian officials arrest and intend to deport 103 Taiwanese nationals suspected of running a cybercrime operation in Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera) Topics Elections and referendums in Taiwan Presidential elections 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028 Legislative Yuan elections 1969 1972 1975 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Next Local elections 1935 1936 1939 1940 1946 1950–51 1952 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978 1981 1982 1985 1986 1989 1990 1993 1994 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2009 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Referendums 2004 2008 (Jan) 2008 (Mar) 2018 2021 2022 National Assembly elections 1969 1972 1980 1986 1991 1996 2005 See also: Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49) List of by-elections in Taiwan Republic of China (Taiwan) Armed Forces
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