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  Taipei's historic military villages face extinction | csmonitor.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
TAIPEI GROWS: Villages in Taiwan's capital for those who fled China in the '40s are disappearing.
SANCHUNG CITY, TAIWAN – Across the river from Taiwan's hurried capital, Taipei, Li Mei Ling wanders under a canopy of banana trees in the Air Force First Village and points out the landmarks of her childhood.
In Taipei, the city government, prompted by activists, restored a cluster of homes from the 44 South Village, located in the now-upscale Xinyi district, and converted them into a public assembly hall and exhibition space.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/1122/p04s01-woap.html   (1049 words)

  
  Taipei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taipei City (Traditional Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; Simplified Chinese: 台北市; pinyin: táibĕi shì; Peh-oe-ji: Tâipak; 25°02′N 121°38′E) is the capital of the Republic of China (ROC) and the largest city on Taiwan island.
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Sindian River (Hsintien), and the Danshuei (Tamsui) on the west.
The Easy Card, which is the Taipei's equivalent to Hong Kong's Octopus Card, is extremely convenient since it is read via sensory panels on buses and in MRT stations capable of scanning through wallets or purses, thus eliminating the need for the passenger to remove the card from his or her wallet or purse.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taipei   (1294 words)

  
 Taipei - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Taipei was also the capital of Taiwan Province until the 1960s when that was moved to Jhongsing Village.
Taipei Main Station is the largest railway station in Taiwan and also functions as the nexus for the MRT system.
Taipei 101 is a new financial center in Taipei.
open-encyclopedia.com /Taipei   (1146 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Xinyi, Taipei
Not to be confused with Mount Songshan in Henan province, mainland China Sōngshān (Hanyu Pinyin) (Chinese: 松山, WG: Sung-shan, Tongyong Pinyin: Songshan) is a district of Taipei.
Nángǎng (Hanyu Pinyin) (Chinese: 南港, WG: Nan-kang, Tongyong Pinyin: Nangang) is a district of Taipei.
Taipei was a temporary capical of the province before it became the official one in 1894.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Xinyi,-Taipei   (1331 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Songshan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sōngshān (Hanyu Pinyin) (Chinese: 松山, WG: Sung-shan, Tongyong Pinyin: Songshan) is a district of Taipei.
In 1990, the southern half of Songshan District became Xinyi (Sinyi) District.
Sōngshān (Chinese: 松山, Wade-Giles: Sung-shan, Tongyong Pinyin: Songshan) is a district of Taipei.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Songshan   (426 words)

  
 Xinyi, Taipei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xinyi District (信義區, Wade-Giles: Hsin-yi, Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyi) is the seat of the Taipei mayor's office and the Taipei city council.
Much of the district use to be wetlands, explaining the abundance of space for construction projects as this was one of the last places in Taipei to be developed.
Currently, a new Taipei Rapid Transit System is being built that would ultimately link the Taipei 101/World Trade Center area with the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall area in the Zhongzheng district.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xinyi,_Taipei   (278 words)

  
 Taipei 101 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taipei 101 is a 101-floor skyscraper located in Taipei, Taiwan.
Taipei 101's roof was completed on July 1, 2003.
Taipei 101 is so large that at 700,000 metric tons, its sheer weight is thought to have reopened an ancient earthquake fault that may cause future earthquakes.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taipei_101   (704 words)

  
 Taipei
Taipei City (Chinese: 台北市, pinyin: Táibĕi Shì, tai: Tâi-pak) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China and the largest city in Taiwan.
Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of Japanese rule (during which the city was known in Japanese as Taihoku) including the Presidential Palace which was the former mansion of the Japanese governor and which faces Tokyo.
The office of mayor of Taipei is seen as a stepping stone to higher office, both the current and previous Presidents Chen Shui-bian and Lee Teng-hui were mayors of Taipei.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/taipei.html   (780 words)

  
 Xinyi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xinyi can refer to several administrative entities in Mainland China and Taiwan.
Xinyi, Taipei (信義區), a district of Taipei, Taiwan.
Xinyi, Jiangsu (新沂市), a county-level city of Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Xinyi   (110 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Taipei 101
C.Y. Lee (born 1938 in Guangdong) is a Taiwanese architect.
Taipei City is located in the Taipei Basin in northern Taiwan and is bordered on the south by the Sindian River, and the Danshuei on the west.
Taipei 101 (臺北 101) is a 101-floor skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Taipei-101   (436 words)

  
 Travel Taipei
Also the statement that Taipei is the capital of Taiwan needed to be clarified a bit.
Taipei is the provisional national capital of the Republic of China but it is not the capital of Taiwan province which is in Chung-hsing-hsin-tsun.
Chinese Taipei (中華台北; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Táibĕi) is the designated name that the Republic of China (ROC or Taiwan) uses to participate in most international organizations due to the insistence by the People's Republic of China (PRC) of its version of the One-China policy over the political status of Taiwan.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/206/travel-taipei.html   (1614 words)

  
 Taipei - Wikitravel
Taipei (台北 or 臺北) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China, otherwise known as Taiwan.
As Taipei is located in the north of Taiwan (the closest area to Japan), the city continued to thrive when Taiwan was ceded to Japan in 1895.
Taipei hosts numerous festivals throughout the year, but as many follow the lunar calendar the dates according to the Gregorian calendar are inconsistent.
wikitravel.org /en/Taipei   (8123 words)

  
 TRAVEL / Forging New Ties in Taipei / Memories created while adopting a baby should serve the little one for life
I know one friend who fought off a midlife crisis by traversing the island on a scooter, and a former classmate who taught ESL in fits and starts, the authenticity of her American- born English belied by her ethnic Chinese face.
During our first days in Taipei, without the baby, we indulged in two nights at the sleek Far Eastern Plaza Hotel, with its rooftop pool and lavish buffet breakfast: a slab of honeycomb as big as a picture window, mountains of passion fruit and papaya, a quadruple-tiered chocolate fountain.
A dozen blocks to the east, the eight supporting levels of Taipei 101 rise serenely skyward, a yearning effect somehow reminiscent of a Buddhist stupa.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/01/CMGA7C203D1.DTL   (2283 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'Xinyi, Taipei'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Xinyi District (信義區, Wade-Giles (additional info and facts about Wade-Giles) : Hsin-yi, Tongyong Pinyin (additional info and facts about Tongyong Pinyin) : Sinyi) is the seat of the Taipei (The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan) mayor's office and the Taipei city council.
The Taipei Convention Hall, the Taipei World Trade Center, the Taipei 101 (additional info and facts about Taipei 101), various shopping malls, and a Warner Village Movie Theater make Xinyi the most modern cosmopolitan district of Taipei.
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (additional info and facts about Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall) is also in the district.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/X/Xi/Xinyi,_Taipei.htm   (109 words)

  
 Taipei 101, Taipei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Taipei 101 now holds the title of the world's tallest building measured to the roof, replacing the Sears Tower.
Taipei's Mayor Ma Ying-jeou fastens a golden bolt to signify the official top-out of the tower at a ceremony held in October 17, 2003.
Taipei 101 exceeded the structural height of Petronas Tower 1 and Petronas Tower 2 in late August of 2003.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=100765   (608 words)

  
 Kaiworld the homepage of Global Village
Taipei City- one of the most important bases of the world IT industry (Chinese: 臺北, pinyin: Táibĕi Shì, tai.: Tâi-pak) is the provisional capital of the Republic of China ROC (while the official capital of the ROC is Nanjing
In 1949, the Chinese Communists forced the Nationalist (Kuomintang) government under Chiang Kai-shek to flee mainland China and establish Taipei as provisional capital of the ROC.
Taipei 101's measures, respectively, are 508 m = 1667 ft (pinnacle and structural top); 448 m = 1470 ft (roof); and 438 m = 1437 ft (highest floor).
www.kaiworld.co.uk /taipei.htm   (927 words)

  
 Taipei Times - archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With the construction of the MRT's Xinyi Line beginning Thursday, the city government has warned citizens they should be prepare for a minimum six-year-long "dark age of traffic" in areas near the line.
The construction of the Xinyi line, which is expected to be complete in 2011, is expected to greatly worsen traffic congestion at surrounding intersections, and especially in the already-crowded Xinyi District.
During the construction period, the lanes on Xinyi Road will be narrowed from seven meters to five meters, and a construction fence will be set up between Jinshan S Road and Zhongchi Road.
www.taipeitimes.com /News/front/archives/2005/09/12/2003271314/wiki   (759 words)

  
 Xinyi, Taipei - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Template:TaipeiDistrict Image:Taipei city hall.jpg Xinyi District (信義區, Wade-Giles: Hsin-yi, Tongyong Pinyin: Sinyi) is the seat of the Taipei mayor's office and the Taipei city council.
Much of the district use to be wetlands, explaining the abundance of space for construction projects as this was one of the last places in Taipei to be developed.
Currently, a new Taipei Rapid Transit System is being built that would ultimately link the Taipei 101/World Trade Center area with the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall area in the Zhongzheng district.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Xinyi,_Taipei   (369 words)

  
 Shopping mall masterminds share their secrets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Boasting that the mall occupies a "premium and international retail space" in Taipei's prosperous Xinyi district, Sironic said the third floor of the mall is dedicated to luxury-goods shops.
Wu said the Xinyi district's urban-development project is propped up by many operators, which offer different types of retail activities -- compared with the single choice provided in the ball-shaped Core Pacific City Mall.
"The development of Xinyi district is supported by the government, while we have to build our commercial area single-handedly," she said.
www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw /20040616/20040616b3.html   (506 words)

  
 list of districts of taipei by population   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dictionary Definition of list of districts of taipei by population
The following is a list of districts of Taipei City ranked by population.
Data is current as of April 30, 2004 and was sourced from the Taipei City Government.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /list_of_districts_of_taipei_by_population.html   (183 words)

  
 SkyscraperCity Forums - Taipei na polskim forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Taipei 101 chyba byl spcejalnie budowany zeby mogl wytzrymac potezne trzesienia ziemi.
Taipei 101 ma wytrzymac trzesienia ziemi do 7 stopni, to najwieksze z 1999 roku mialo 7,6 w epicentrum i 5 stopni w Taipei.
Jest mnostwo centrow handlowych i domow towarowych, juz w tej chwili jest to najwieksza dzielnica handlowa Taipei a jeszcze powstanie kilka nowych.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=189359&page=3   (1001 words)

  
 Taipei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Among the 14 were the city of Chiayi and the counties of Ilan and Taipei, three prizes added to the minimum of 11 Ma had staked his Kuomintang chairmanship on.
Geologist Cheng Horng Lin of National Taiwan Normal University believes Taipei 101 may have reopened an ancient earthquake fault.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The opposition Nationalist Party thrashed the government in Taiwanese municipal elections Saturday, delivering President Chen Shui-bian a...
www.wikiverse.org /taipei   (781 words)

  
 Taipei Medical University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
'''Taipei Medical University''' (&21488;&21271;&37291;&23416;&22823;&23416;) was founded as Taipei Medical College in 1960.
It was renamed as Taipei Medical University in 2000.
Its campus is in Wuxing Street, Xinyi District, Taipei.
taipei-medical-university.area51.ipupdater.com   (50 words)

  
 Taipei_101   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Its original name was '''Taipei Financial Center''', based on its official Chinese name: the Taipei International Financial Building (臺北國際金融大樓).
An 800-ton tuned mass damper is held at the 88th floor, stabilizing the tower against earthquakes, typhoons, and wind.
Image:31-January-2004-Taipei101-Interior.jpgleftthumb240pxInterior of one of the floors of Taipei 101.
q-basic.xodox.de /Taipei_101   (600 words)

  
 Taipei   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Songshan 松山區; Sung-shan SongShan ---------- Xinyi 信義區 Hsin-yi
As approved on December 30, 1966 by the Executive Yuan, Taipei became a municipality on July 1, 1967.
Marshall, Texas became a sister city with Taipei on November 29, 1978, when then Mayor Lee Teng-Hui signed a treaty of sisterhood and Mayor William O. Burns in Marhsall
www.portaljuice.com /taipei.html   (512 words)

  
 Zhongshan, Taipei - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Zhongshan District (中山區 Wade-Giles: Chung-shan, Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongshan) of Taipei City has many recreational areas which include Rongxing Garden, Xinsheng Park, Zhongshan Fine Arts Park, the Dajia Riverside Park, and the Taipei Municipal Children's Recreation Area.
There is also a Martyr's Shrine dedicated to those who died trying to turn China into a republic and a Fine Arts Museum.
Taipei's equivalent to "Little Manila" lies in the Zhongshan District in the region near St. Christopher's (Catholic) Church.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Chungshan   (215 words)

  
 list of districts of taipei by area   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dictionary Definition of list of districts of taipei by area
The following is a list of districts of Taipei City ranked by area.
Data was sourced from the Taipei City Government.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /list_of_districts_of_taipei_by_area.html   (167 words)

  
 -:-:Entrance of Taipei WLAN:-:-
In order to serve the citizens and foreigners traveling or working in Taipei, Taipei City Government planed to develop Xinyi District a place with outdoor WLAN.
(Clocking less than one minute was viewed as one minute.) WLAN program of Taipei Xinyi District will serve for free from 5/1/2003 to 4/30/2004.
If you are one of Taipei Internet Citizen, you could check it by your personal ID, internet ID, or birthday.
wlan.taipei-elife.net /english/qa.html   (931 words)

  
 Taipei Hotels - HotelTravel.com - DISCOUNTING Taipei hotels up to 75% off — Guaranteed Lowest Rates
Taipei City these days is the centre of tourism in the northern part of Taiwan Province.
Apart from the Yang Ming Mountain and Peitou Picturesque Scenic Spot, the Taipei Park visitors can’t afford to miss seeing the Taipei City Gate, the Long Shan Temple, Bao An Palace and Confucian Temple, just to mention a few.
Taipei Hotel : Taipei Guide : Taipei Map : Taipei Resort : Taipei Travel
www.hoteltravel.com /taiwan/taipei/hotels.htm   (97 words)

  
 Xinyi - Taiwan - China
Xinyi, TaipeiXinyi District (信義區 Hsinyi District), a district of Taipei, in the Republic of China on Taiwan
Xinyi, JiangsuXinyi City (新沂市), a county-level city of Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China
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