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  2. Time in Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Early 2000s. UTC+08:00. National Standard Time. 國家標準時間. Guójiā Biāozhǔn Shíjiān. 2000s. The first time zone standard in Taiwan was enforced on 1 January 1896, [2] the second year of Taiwan under Japanese rule. The standard was called Western Standard Time (西部標準時) with time offset of UTC+08:00, based on 120°E longitude.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Politics of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    e. Taiwan, officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a five-power system first envisioned by Sun Yat-sen in 1906, whereby under the constitutional amendments, the President is head of state and the Premier (President of the Executive Yuan) is head of government, and of a ...

  6. 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.

  7. Taipei Standard Time - Wikipedia

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  8. Legislative Yuan - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel voting system. Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly ...

  9. 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 ...