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  2. Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan, [II] [k] officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), [I] [l] is a country [27] in East Asia. [o] It is located at the junction of 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.

  3. History of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]

  4. Political status of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The controversy surrounding the political status of Taiwan or the Taiwan issue is an ongoing dispute on the political status of Taiwan, currently controlled by the Republic of China (ROC). This dispute arose in the mid-twentieth century. Originally based in Mainland China before and during World War II, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan in ...

  5. Taiwan, China - Wikipedia

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    Since then the term "Taiwan, China" is a designation officially used in international organizations including the United Nations and its associated organs to refer to the Republic of China. [citation needed] (. The term "Chinese Taipei" was similarly created for the same purpose. [citation needed] )

  6. History of Taiwan (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    1945–present. Taiwan. History of. Taiwan portal. v. t. e. As a result of the surrender and occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the governance of the Republic of China (ROC), [note 1] ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT), on 25 October 1945. Following the February 28 massacre in 1947 ...

  7. Taiwan independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations . Into the 21st-century, Taiwan's political status is ambiguous. China claims it is a province of the People's Republic of ...

  8. Timeline of Taiwanese history - Wikipedia

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    July. The Dutch occupy Keelung [25] September. Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weather [25] Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000 [26] 1665. May. Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a storm [25] 1666.

  9. Taiwan drag queens bring their glamour to presidential office ...

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    Taiwan's capital Taipei hosts East Asia's largest Pride march every October. Last year, Vice President Lai Ching-te, who takes office as president on Monday, marched at Pride becoming the most ...

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