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	Learn more about Taiwan in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Taiwan's largest city Taipei serves as the provisional capital of the Republic of China, while Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un is the capital of Taiwan province.
		Taiwan's indigenous population was first joined and intermarried with male traders and seasonal workers from Mainland China primarily during a brief period of Dutch control between 1624 and 1662.
		The island of Taiwan lies some 200 km off the southeastern coast of Mainland China across the Taiwan Strait, with the East China Sea to the north, the Philippine Sea to the east, the Luzon Strait directly to the south and the South China Sea to the southwest.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /t/ta/taiwan.html (1112 words)

	Taiwan - MSN Encarta
		Taiwan is bordered on the west by the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from mainland China, on the north by the East China Sea, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the south by the South China Sea.
		The government on Taiwan also administers the P’enghu Islands (Pescadores), the Chinmen Islands (Quemoy Islands) offshore from the mainland city of Xiamen, and the Matsu Islands offshore from Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province.
		The government on Taiwan recognizes the mainland city of Nanjing (spelled Nanking in Taiwan) as its official capital, and designates Taiwan’s largest city of Taipei as its temporary capital.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761577607/Taiwan.html (646 words)

	Taiwan History
		Today's Taiwan's aboriginal peoples are classified as belonging to the Austronesian ethno-linguistic group of people, a linguistic group that stretches as far west as Madagascar, to Easter Island in the east and to New Zealand in the south with Taiwan as the northern most point.
		Taiwan's elite hoped that by declaring themselves a republic the world would not stand by and allow a sovereign state to be invaded by the Japanese, thereby allying with the Qing.
		From 1895, when Taiwan was ceded to Japan, to 1945, when it was assigned to the administration of the Republic of China, the policy of governments on the mainland toward this island followed an ambiguous path.
	www.traveltaiwanplus.com /history.html (2567 words)

	Taiwan History & Taiwan Culture \| iExplore.com
		Taiwan is an island off the southeast coast of China and is reputed to be the custodian and preserver of the world’s oldest culture.
		The Chinese still consider Taiwan to be part of the national territory and continue to harbor the long-term objective of reunifying Taiwan with the mainland.
		Bilateral trade between Taiwan and the mainland rose from $41.01 billion in 2002 to $58 billion in 2003 and is expected to have passed $70 billion in 2004.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Taiwan/History (1358 words)

	Coffee culture: Taiwan for Coffee Drinkers
		The island's centuries-old coffee culture is now experiencing something of a renaissance, spreading from the cities to take root in tourist resorts along its coastline and in the mountains.
		When the Japanese seized Taiwan in 1895, they judged its subtropical climate to be ideal for growing coffee and established plantations in the Taiwan hills, sending the coffee back for sale in Japan.
		Taiwan's coffee imports have almost doubled from 7,459 tonnes in 2000 to 14,270 tonnes in 2004, while tea imports have marked an increase of just over 1,000 tonnes (to 21,412 tonnes) in the same period, according to the Taiwan Coffee Association (TCA).
	www.cofei.com /culture/taiwan-for-coffee-drinkers.html (550 words)

	Taiwan Communique no.73 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		As we reported in the previous issue of Taiwan Communiqué, the original plan was to establish the party on December 10, but the organizers wanted to make a running start, and decided to move up the date.
		The Charter emphasizes that the teaching of Taiwan's own history, geography and its culture will be the focus of the educational system on the island (in the present educational system the students hardly learn anything about Taiwan's history and geography but focus on ancient dynasties of the Chinese Imperial period -- Ed.).
		The language and culture of Taiwan's four ethnic groups -- aborigines, Hoklo-Taiwanese, Hakka, and Chinese immigrants who came in the period after 1945 -- will be respected and have equal status.
	www.taiwandc.org /twcom/73-no4.htm (518 words)

	Popular Food Culture in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The culinary culture of the 13 conurbations of this northern county was originally similar to that of Changhua discussed above.
		Folk siao-chih are found throughout Taiwan’s culinary world, in all the eight main categories of cuisine, and might be generally termed “Taiwan folk siao-chih.” This comprises both foodstuffs and local produce, which differ in both characteristics and culinary methods.
		Most of Taiwan’s early Han-Chinese settlers came from Fujian and Guangzhou provinces, in particular from the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou regions of Fujian, an area of the southeast coast of China known for seafood cuisine.
	www.roc-taiwan.org.uk /taiwan/5-gp/culture/food (1318 words)

	soc.culture.taiwan FAQ (part 2/6) -- Culture
		Due to the close relationship between Taiwan and China in cultural respects, some of these taboos are common in all the Chinese societies, like Hongkong, Mainland China and Taiwan.
		Ceremony for Confucius (September 28) Ceremony for Confucius is held everywhere in Taiwan in the local Confucius Temples on September 28.
		Taiwan Hakka Association of the U.S.A. also has a homepage at http://www.softidea.com/twhakkausa/ where you might learn some Hakka songs and even Hakka phonetic alphabets.
	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/Taiwan-faq/culture.html (3348 words)

	soc.culture.taiwan FAQ (part 1/6) -- General
		Taiwan was named "Ihla Formosa", which means "the beautiful island" in Portuguese, by those Portuguese traders and sailors in the 16th century.
		Politically Taiwan is almost identical to Republic of China (ROC), as the latter effectively controls Taiwan, in addition to the Penghu islands which lie in Taiwan Strait, Kinmen (also known as Quemoy) and Matsu, which are two groups of islands lying very close to Xiamen and Fuzhou, two cities currently controled by PRC.
		Culturally Taiwan is closely related to China, though the Japanese occupation has some certain effects in Taiwan, say, some word usage in ordinary lives.
	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/Taiwan-faq/general.html (5481 words)

	Taiwan's Culture and Art
		Taiwan's film industry was one of the healthiest in Asia in the late 1960s and early 1970s, though syrupy romances, grade-B kung fu movies, and moralistic or propaganda-oriented dramas predominated.
		The cultural environment became largely consumer-oriented in the 1980s, with the literary scene dominated by baby-boomers concerned predominantly with their own popularity, their unique cultural identities, and various problems affecting Taiwan's middle-class urbanites.
		Like Taiwan, which had undergone great changes in national identity and multicultural diversification, Taiwan's literature of the 1990s tended to mix genres and multilingual devices, drawing on a wide range of global and local cultural codes, idioms, and traditions, to express a fluid, albeit disoriented, structure of feelings.
	www.asianinfo.org /asianinfo/taiwan/pro-art.htm (2446 words)

	The Beauty of Taiwan Culture
		Taiwan's topography and diverse range of fauna and flora are unmatched elsewhere.
		Culture is an overall manifestation of life so different eras exhibit different cultural visages.
		Taiwan has experienced various stages of colonial history, and from the mid-20th century onward has undergone one social sea change after another from an agricultural economy to a handicraft, industrial/commercial and now high-technology economy, and from authoritarian politics to multiparty democracy.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /taiwan_culture.htm (296 words)

	Food Culture in Taiwan
		The culinary culture of the 13 conurbations of this northern country was originally similar to that of Changhua discussed above.
		Folk siao-chih are found throughout Taiwan's culinary world, in all the eight main categories of cuisine, and might be generally termed "Taiwan's folk siao-chih." This comprises both foodstuffs and local produce, which differ in both characteristics and culinary methods.
		Most if Taiwan's early Han-Chinese settlers came from Fujian and Guangzhou provinces, in particular from the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou regions of Fujian, an area of the southeast coast of China known for seafood cuisine.
	www.chinatownconnection.com /food-culture-in-taiwan.htm (1240 words)

	Taiwan Links
		Taiwan's National parks are national representatives of natural resources or cultural assets, designated and managed by the central government.
		The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) is a non-profit, private corporation established shortly after the United States Government changed its diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing on January 1, 1979.
		Located in the north-eastern part of Taiwan, it faces the Pacific Ocean on the east and covers an area of more than 92000 hectares in the northern section of the Central Mountain Range.
	www.geocities.com /pons5607/Taiwan/taiwan_info.html (593 words)

	TAIWAN CULTURE AND RELIGION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The majority of the people of Taiwan were born on the mainland and are ethnic Han Chinese.
		The predominant religions of Taiwan are Taoism and Buddhism.
		Today Taiwan is a very industrialized modern environment, although some of the traditions including those of ancestor reverence and a strong work and school ethic are still practiced.
	www.beaconschool.org /~npanken/culture.html (220 words)

	WWW - Taiwan Aboriginal Culture Resources
		Considered as ethnic Chinese, Taiwan’s aborigines were not only vested with the same rights as all other Chinese on the island, but were also forced to compete in a cultural and political climate that was totally dominated by the Han.
		Web-Site of the administrators of the Culture Park in Taiwan’s most southern county Pingdong that also gives an introduction to the rites of nine different aboriginal groups.
		Web-Site on the culture and cultural activities of the Zhou of Alishan.
	www.ritual-and-identity.uni-hd.de /Contributers/Dr__Michael_Rudolph/Sino/index.htm (1568 words)

	Amazon.com: Taiwan: A Political History: Books: Denny Roy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Roy touches on nearly every major political event in Taiwan's history, from the earliest impact of the first Chinese and Europeans to claim its territory, to Japanese colonialism, to land reform, to the island's role in the Cold War, to the rise and consolidation of its democracy.
		Taiwan's print media are addicted to scandal-mongering, but in the hands of someone who knows how to use them, they are still the best source of information on Taiwan's political scene -- far better than any of the English-language newspapers.
		It is only in the last five years or so that Taiwan scholars have been able to receive stipends and recognition for study of Taiwan history; before the early 1990s their work was more likely to be suppressed.
	www.amazon.com /Taiwan-Political-History-Denny-Roy/dp/0801488052 (2131 words)

	Taiwan-related links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Taiwan Communiqué is a bi-monthly journal founded in 1980 focusing on political developments in Taiwan.
		Taiwan Security Research is the website of the National Taiwan University Department of Political Science devoted to security issues of concern to Taiwan.
		Friends of Taiwan was founded in 1997 to foster understanding between the American public and the people of Taiwan at the grassroots level, and to secure the moral and ethical support of the American people for a free and democratic Taiwan.
	www.taiwandocuments.org /links.htm (388 words)

	Culture - Taiwan - Asia
		Many ancient Chinese customs and holidays are still observed in Taiwan, including the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese New Year, and the Feast of Lanterns.
		The arts in Taiwan draw from a diverse heritage, encompassing aboriginal art, folk art, traditional fine arts, and modern art.
		Taiwan’s thriving film industry produces more than 100 movies annually; some receive international acclaim.
	www.countriesquest.com /asia/taiwan/culture.htm (212 words)

	Picturese of Taiwanese Culture
		Traditionally, Chinese parents prepared lanterns for their children to carry on the school day of the new year to symbolize the hope that the children would have bright futures.
		In modern Taiwan, small children carrying lanterns roam the streets on the evening of the festival.
		Some of the best examples in Taiwan of both wood and stone carvings are in the temples-wooden idols, stone lions, pillars, and engraved wall murals.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/7031/culture.htm (989 words)

	TaiwanHeadlines - Culture - Taiwan contributes to Asian new humanism conference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Beginning on June 12, the evolution of humanism in Taiwan was the subject for discussion at the event, which closed on Thursday.
		Taiwan possesses an economic success driven by technology as well as a rich cultural treasury, making Taiwan fit the theme of the conference perfectly.
		These are titled "A Moving Memory" and "Forbidden Plays." "A Moving Memory" is the first blueprint to mix Taiwanese history and culture, inviting 17 artists to create works on the colonial, post-colonial, post-modern and globalization processes and to discuss the transformation of Taiwan's cultural memory and the nature of travel.
	english.www.gov.tw /TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=197&recordid=95938 (738 words)

	Culture of Taiwan ( 台湾文化 )
		The Culture of Taiwan is a blend of traditional Chinese with significant Asian influences notably Japanese and Western influences including American, Spanish and Dutch.
		One of Taiwan 's greatest attractions is the National Palace Museum, which houses over 650,000 pieces of Chinese bronze, jade, calligraphy, painting, and porcelain.
		Because they are found everywhere, convenience stores in Taiwan provide services on behalf of financial institutions or government agencies such as collection of the city parking fee, utility bills, traffic violation fines, and credit card payments.
	www.chinadetail.com /Culture/ReligionsCultureTaiwan.php?PHPSESSID=c1cf... (667 words)

	The culture history of Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The rite of masculinity for young Kaohsiung men is to visit a collective grave dedicated to 25 virgin women factory workers who died in a boat accident in 1973.
		Under President Chen Shui-bian and the Democratic Progressive Party, the Taiwanisation process, begun during President Lee Teng-hui's last term, is predicted to continue and even gather pace.
		President Chen is actively promoting Taiwanese culture, which he says is distinct from that which exists on the mainland.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/55/index-cf.html (237 words)

	soc.culture.taiwan Thread
		Like you said Hou couldn't approach the massacre too directly two or three years ago due to the political environment that time in Taiwan (Actually, were it not that it received honor internationally, it was quite possible that a very abridged version would have to be shown on theatre).
		Hou's high modernist approach to the history of Taiwan merely cannot reach to the mass audience, not to mention to evoke their political consciousness or increase their historical knowledge.
		Taiwan is not just another exotic or erotic wonderland for you to exercise your humanistic or intellectual sympathy.
	cinemaspace.berkeley.edu /Papers/CityOfSadness/thread.html (2892 words)

	Chinese Culture
		Each culture boasts a good library of proverbs which mirrors the life experience, physical and mental, of that culture.
		As China is a multi-ethnic nation with diverse cultures, what is presented here is but a portion of the many rituals and ceremonies observed by the Chinese of different ethnic and geographical backgrounds.
		To further enhance cultural understanding, the tales are supplemented with historical and cultural background, notes on storytelling, crafts and games, recipes, proverbs, color photos, a map, a glossary, and more.
	www.wku.edu /~yuanh/China/culture.html (538 words)

	Mondo Taiwan - Culture: Betel Nut, KTV, and Perverts
		If you ever take a taxi in Taiwan, you'll no doubt experience the strange scent of "betel nut." Betel nuts are the seeds of the betel palm which are usually prepared by having a slit cut in them into which a slaked lime (CaO) paste is added.
		According to the Ministry of the Interior, suicide was the number 9 killer in Taiwan in 2000 (source).
		In 1999, Taiwan had the 15th highest suicide rate in the world (10.36 cases per 100,000 people) (source).
	www.angelfire.com /mt/mondotaiwan/culture.html (1819 words)

	Travel in Tainan - Taiwan - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		ainan, Taiwan's fourth largest city, is located in the southwestern part of the island and enjoys a warm climate year-round.
		The gentle-natured people of the city are warmly hospitable, and the relatively tranquil life there seems far removed from the hustle and bustle of modern urban life.
		Its unique history has left Tainan with the heritage of tremendous historic sites as well as has awarded Tainan the reputation of "Cultural City" which is well known on the island.
	www.asiatravelling.net /taiwan/tainan/tainan_culture.htm (388 words)

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