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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 ...
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday off the coast of Taiwan, killing at least four people in the island’s most powerful tremor in at least 25 years. Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 ...
Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA) measured the earthquake's local magnitude at 7.2, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) placed the earthquake at M w 7.4. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, which measured M w 7.7.
Updated April 4, 2024 at 3:27 AM. The powerful earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday shook an island that was well prepared for a seismic catastrophe — likely more so than some regions of the U.S ...
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 ...
A Taiwanese Air Force F-16 fighter jet taxis after landing at an air force base in Hualien in eastern Taiwan (AFP via Getty Images) Tensions between China and Taiwan soared to new heights this ...
The February 28 incident (also called the February 28 massacre, [3] [4] the 228 incident, [5] or the 228 massacre) [5] was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan in 1947 that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang –led nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC). Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and president Chiang Kai ...
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.