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Taiwan economy shrinks at slower pace in 3Q...in the previous quarter and 9.1 percent in the first quarter. Slumping exports - the engine of the island's economic growth - have led to Taiwan's worst recession since 2001. But there has been improving demand for Taiwan's electronics and... In this article: Taiwan, Taiwan, China, Recession, Beijing, and Taipei |
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washingtonpost.com | 4 days ago
U.S. pledges new arms sales to Taiwan
...won the Chinese civil war and Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists fled to the island. Beijing has vowed to bring Taiwan under its rule, by force if necessary. Washington recognizes China diplomatically and is seeking to improve relations with...
In this article: United States, Taipei, Washington, Barack Obama, China, Beijing, and Nationalists
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 3 days ago
Taiwan maintains interest in Japan
...are based not on political but rather economic objectives. Taiwan's signing of trade agreements with Beijing will not affect Taiwan's intentions to improve relations with Japan. Furthermore, Hirsch's mention that the delay in opening a new...
In this article: Japan, Hokkaido, Beijing, Taipei, China, Democracy, The Japan Times, and Ma Ying-jeou
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Yahoo! News | November 20, 2009
US lawmakers press on Taiwan arms sales (AFP)
...on Taiwan's defense needs. Beijing considers Taiwan, where nationalists fled in 1949 after losing the mainland's civil war to the communists, to be a province awaiting reunification, by force if necessary. The United States in 1979...
In this article: United States, Beijing, China, Dalai Lama, Agence France Presse, Barack Obama, and Washington
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Taipei Times | November 19, 2009
No cross-strait peace without recognition: academic
It is key for Beijing to recognize Taiwan as a political entity before both sides can sit down and negotiate a peace agreement, an academic supporting the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) said at a cross-strait forum yesterday. Huang...
In this article: China, Beijing, Democracy, National Taiwan University, and Ma Ying-jeou
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Obama: No need to change China, Taiwan policy
Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949. Beijing continues to claim the island as part of its territory and threatens to attack if Taiwan moves to formalize its de facto independence. Obama says he is "very pleased" with the...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, Shanghai, Beijing, Washington, and U.S.
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Reuters | November 16, 2009
China hails U.S. reiteration of sovereignty over Taiwan
...President Obama's repeated reiteration of the one-China principle," Hu told reporters. Hu referred to China's "sovereignty over Taiwan and other matters" during a state visit in which some Western analysts had predicted that China would also...
In this article: Barack Obama, China, Dalai Lama, Hu Jintao, Beijing, Washington, U.S., Tibet, and All rights reserved
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Taiwan (台灣; historically 大灣 / 台員 / 大員 / 台圓 / 大圓 / 台窩灣), also known as Formosa (福爾摩沙; from Portuguese (Ilha) Formosa, meaning "beautiful (island)", is the primary island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait off the southeastern coast of China, east of the Taiwan Strait. Since the end of World War II in 1945, the island group has been under the government of the Republic of China.
Separated from the Asian continent by the 180-kilometre-wide Taiwan Strait, the main island of the group is 394 km long and 144 km wide. To its northeast are the main islands of Japan, and the southern end of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan is directly to the east; the Philippines lie to its south. The mountainous island spans across the Tropic of Cancer and is covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation. Other minor islands and islets of the group include the Pescadores, Green Island, and Orchid Island among others; as well as the Diaoyutai Islands which are controlled by Japan since the 1970s and known as the Senkaku-shotō.
Since the end of the World War II in 1945, the island group has been governed by the Republic of China. The island group is, however, claimed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), which was established in 1949 on mainland China displacing the ROC and considers itself the successor state to the ROC with the exception of Mongolia. Since the 1970s, ROC itself (which has been located only in Taiwan) is commonly known as "Taiwan".
- Name:
- 台灣
- Largest City:
- Taipei
- Area:
- 34507 km2
- Elevation:
- 3952 m
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