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	Taiwan
		Taiwan, as well as several smaller islands of Fujian, such as Quemoy and Matsu, have been administered since 1945 by a government called the Republic of China (ROC), the former government of mainland China before its 1949 defeat by the Communist Party of China.
		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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ta/Taiwan.html (1622 words)

	Taiwan - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa (Portuguese sailors called it Ilha Formosa, which means "beautiful island"), is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea.
		Taiwan's two largest cities, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City, although on the island of Taiwan, are not part of Taiwan Province but are centrally-administered municipalities, with the same level as provinces.
		Taiwan's mainstream culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with significant influences also from Japanese and American cultures, especially in the areas of politics and architecture.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/t/a/i/Taiwan.html (3997 words)

	Wikinfo \| Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The island, along with the Pescadores Islands, is administered as part of the Province of Taiwan by the government of the Republic of China (ROC), which was the former government of mainland China before its 1949 defeat by the Communist Party of China.
		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.
		However, due to Taiwan's status of composing most of the ROC current jurisdiction, the word "Taiwan" is usually used synonymously with the Republic of China, while the word "China" is used synonymously with the People's Republic of China.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Taiwan (1096 words)

	Ethnologue report for Taiwan
		Mountains in the northeast, south of the Ketagalan area.
		Shi Xien is in northern and southern Taiwan, Hi-Lu is central and north central.
		Western mountains, west of the Atayal, Nanchuang Township, Miaoli County and Wufong Township, Hsinchu County.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Taiwan (896 words)

	Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Taiwan's largest city Taipei serves as the provisional capital of Republic of China while Jhongsing Village in central Taiwan near the city Taichung is the capital of Taiwan province.
		Taiwan's indigenous population was first joined and intermarried with 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 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.freeglossary.com /Taiwan (1645 words)

	BUILDING ON SUCCESS TAIWAN R.O.C.
		Taiwan's trade policy is continuing to evolve as the nation adapts to changing circumstances, The 1950s saw a policy of import substitution to cope with high unemployment and a shortage of foreigh reserves.
		Taiwan consistently ranks among the top countries in the world in major surveys measuring economic performance and potential, such as the BERI and U.S. Conference Board reports, and its status is rising annually.
		Taiwan is moving quickly in other areas of protection of intellectual property as well, by adopting a new copyright law and designing new trademark and patent laws, a cable TV law, a video reproduction law, an integrated circuit design law, and an industrial design law.
	park.org /Taiwan/Government/Theme/Economic_Political/enp113x.htm (1926 words)

	Museum documents an operating US, WW II built submarine in Taiwan.
		Taiwan, R.O.C. has the last two operational WW II built submarines in the world.
		Taiwan's boats represent the last chance to capture the essence of the WW II and Cold War U.S. Fleet Submarine experience.
		The museum collection was brought to Taiwan by the Nationalist as they fled the Communist in 1947.
	www.maritime.org /taiwan/index.htm (2775 words)

	Taiwan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Taiwan [1], whose official name is the Republic of China (ROC), is an island of about 36,000 square kilometers located off the coast of southeastern China, southwest of Okinawa and north of the Philippines.
		Taiwan's second largest city, Kaohsiung, and oldest city, Tainan, are located in the south of the island.
		Taiwan's banking system is light-years ahead of most other countries, with the ability to use any of the abundant 24-hour ATM Machines to withdraw cash from anywhere in the world using the Plus or Cirrus sytems.
	wikitravel.org /en/Taiwan (9339 words)

	Sourseed.com - Taiwan
		Taiwan is known for its eminent mountain features that span from the north to the south of the island.
		Taiwan's climate is subtropical monsoon type of climate found on the southern Chinese mainland, with average annual temperatures of 21.7C (71.2F) in the north and 24.1C (75.7F) in the south.
		Taiwan is one of the highest population density in the world with average 607 people per sq km.
	www.sourseed.com /taiwan.asp (4574 words)

	Eating China - Eating Taiwan: Taiwanese Food
		Apart from the staple, rice, Taiwan is a bounty of fruit, vegetables, and seafood.
		Taiwan rice wine is much less distinctive in taste than yellow wine and has the effect of lightening the flavour of the food in comparison.
		Taiwan Seafood: As you might expect of island where you are never far from the shoreline, seafood is plentiful and very fresh.
	www.eatingchina.com /articles/taiwanfood.html (1398 words)

	Geography of Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taiwan island is separated from mainland China by the Taiwan Strait and borders the South China Sea and Philippine Sea to the south, the East China Sea in the north, and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
		Taiwan's area is 35,980 km² of which 32,260 km² is land and 3,720 km² is territorial water claims, making it slightly smaller than the combined area of Maryland and Delaware.
		Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east, but gradually transitions to gently sloping plains in the west (satellite photo by NASA).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Taiwan (870 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Regional : Asia : Taiwan
		Almost everyone on Taiwan born after the early 1950s can speak Mandarin, which was forced on the mainly Taiwanese/Japanese speaking population in a heavy-handed way, when the KMT came to Taiwan.
		Taiwan has become a major investor in mainland China, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam; around 50,000 Taiwanese businesses are established in mainland China.
		Taiwan's culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with some Japanese and American influences.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Regional-Asia/Taiwan.shtml (4473 words)

	A SEA OF DANGER SURROUNDS TAIWAN: COLUMNIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But Taiwan's well-trained 240,000-man army, with 300,000-500,000 effective reserves, is dug in behind belts of fortifications with interlocking fields of fire, large numbers of heavy guns and batteries of Israeli-supplied anti-ship missiles, the columnist said.
		Half of Taiwan is flat but densely urbanized and covered with factories, while the rest is wooded mountains.
		Either accept Beijing's embargo and Taiwan's inevitable surrender, place US flags on tankers and freighters headed into Taiwanese ports and pray they aren't torpedoed or strike mines, or order the 7th Fleet to break the blockade by mine sweeping and hunting Chinese subs.
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/2000/e-03-27-00-7.htm (603 words)

	Taiwan
		Taiwan (China) is the main island of a group of 78 islands.
		It is dominated by the Central Mountain Range covering 75 per cent of its land area and running its full length north to south on the eastern seaboard.
		Taiwan has an abundance of nightlife, and Taipei in particular is lively at night.
	www.gettingaway.com /directory/asia/taiwan/main.htm (4907 words)

	Major Projects in Taiwan -- U.S. Commercial Service Taiwan
		Although most of the major projects listed are infrastructure projects sponsored by the Taiwan authorities, some are the result of direct investments by the private sector, or are co-developed by the authorities and private investors on a “Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)” basis.
		Taiwan’s central authority consists of the Office of the President and five branches (each of which is called a "Yuan"): the Executive; Legislative; Judicial; Examination, and the Control Yuan.
		All of Taiwan’s current construction and design codes are derived from sources in the U.S.: the American Concrete Institute (ACI) for concrete structures; the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) for steel structures; and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) for highway and bridge design and construction.
	www.buyusa.gov /taiwan/en/majorprojects.html (3769 words)

	Taiwan Sightseeing and Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Taiwan is known for its towering mountains, and is reputable as a "Mountainous Island".
		Besides mountains, beautiful coastal scenes are also part of Taiwan's great natural asset.
		Taiwan is somewhere you can experience the amazement of Chinese culture.
	www.asia-planet.net /taiwan/attraction.htm (328 words)

	Taiwan Communique no.76
		By shooting from the shallow waters close into the Chinese coastline, from amid the clutter of merchant vessels, China would be placing United States warships in the position of having to launch a counterattack on vessels located within Chinese territorial waters.
		Yet another unsavory note in the Chinese dirty laundry list of violations is the fact that China continues to export weapons to repressive and undemocratic regimes.
		Taiwan Communiqué comment: While the latter sanctions are a positive step, they are only peanuts in comparison what would be required if Mr.
	www.taiwandc.org /twcom/76-no3.htm (1630 words)

	Bird List: Taiwan, November 2003
		Taiwan Laughingthrush - Several locations at high elevations.
		Taiwan Barwing - Uncommon at higher elevation forests.
		Taiwan Yuhina - Common in noisy flocks at higher elevations.
	www.noahstrycker.com /tripreports/taiwanbirdlist.htm (1962 words)

	Be In Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They are usually in the mountains and have great costal views.
		Taiwan has some of the most spectacular scenery I’ve ever seen.
		The club scene in Taiwan is centred in Taipei city here's a list of the most popular ones:
	www.beintaiwan.com /NightlifeCulture.htm (491 words)

	Scenery of Smangus - Mountains in Taiwan pictures on Worldisround
		Mountains in Taiwan - travel photos - The Smangus is in Hsinchu County of Taiwan.
		The Smangus is in Hsinchu County of Taiwan.
		This area is a part of the Central Mountain Chain of Taiwan.
	www.worldisround.com /articles/11844/text.html (419 words)

	Taiwan: The Legend of the White Snake Maiden
		A white baby python was captured by a snake handler in the mountains.
		Just when the snake handler was about to kill the python for its medicinal gallbladder, a young herder who was passing by saved the snake’s life by bribing the handler with delicious fruits.
		Some of the movie sets are very fake, done in the typical old Hong Kong and Taiwan style, though the show was actually filmed on location at the West Lake, so not all sets are artificial.
	www.spcnet.tv /taiwan_legendwhitesnake.shtml (1972 words)

	UCLA Asia Institute: Taiwan via the Web
		Established in 1928 in Nanjing, China and now based in Taipei, Taiwan, Academica Sinica is a large and respected center of research and graduate training.
		A list of the works published in the Science and Civilization in China series as well as Needham's formal letter requesting the Cambridge University Press publish the work is included.
		Coverage of Taiwan has improved in recent years, though remains weak compared to the coverage of the mainland.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/web/taiwanweb.htm (2605 words)

	Taiwan Bird Photos, Trip Report, December 2003
		The purpose of our visit was to aid the Taiwan Tourism Bureau in its efforts to attract more birders to their country, and to give them suggestions about how to eventually put together an official birding tour.
		Around the viewing platform we found Taiwan (White-whiskered) Laughingthrushes, Yellowish-bellied Bush Warblers, Streak-throated Fulvettas, a pair of Peregrine Falcons, Eurasian Nutcrackers, Red-flanked Bluetails, etc. The highlight of the morning was a singing Pygmy Wren-Babbler which we observed hopping around in the undergrowth and perching up on low branches.
		Evidently this area is in a hybrid zone between the two species, and we saw a full range of variation in the amount of fl and white coloration on the head of these birds.
	www.noahstrycker.com /tripreports/taiwan.htm (3095 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Pocdol Mountains \| Summary
		The linear Pocdol Mountains range lies between Saragon Bay and Albay Gulf in southern Luzon.
		Little is known of the geologic history of the Pocdol Mountains volcano.
		List of Volcano Names with Synonyms and Subfeatures
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0703-02= (87 words)

	Taiwan Travel Guide \| Taiwan Tourism \| Taiwan Vacations
		With a tropical climate, Taiwan is considered to be one of the most desirable tourist countries in Asia.
		A blend of Chinese, Japanese and Western cultures, Taiwan boasts skyscrapers and the latest technology in the capital city, Taipei.
		Around the active city, Taiwan still holds true to its natural beauty with shrines and temples surrounded by mountains, river walks and small fishing villages.
	realtravel.com /taiwan-travel-guide-d756-1.html (178 words)

	Lonely Planet \| Bluelist
		Walk among the ruins of the ghostly Bokor Hill Station, an old colonial retreat built by the French in the '20s and later occupied by Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese forces in the war.
		Discover Myanmar with your own two feet and 36 km of trails that wind through mountains, pine forests, plantations, and villages inhabited by hill tribes.
		On the western edge of the Shan plateau, the old colonial hill station of Kalaw is the base for trekking.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /bluelist (532 words)

	taiwan tiger 台灣的老虎
		Being the description of one year...and counting...in Taiwan.
		Whichever, a lot of information about the always fascinating world of food in Taiwan.
		A well-designed site that has many photographs of climbs throughout the mountains of central Taiwan
	jackson.typepad.com (191 words)

	Taiwan Travel Guide \| TravelPost.com
		A half hour bus ride from the end of the MRT line brought us to Wulai, a little village in the mountains.
		In Front of Taipei 101 - taken during the opening
		All places in Taiwan (can be a long list)
	www.travelpost.com /dir/Asia/Taiwan/TW (171 words)

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