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Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is an island located in the Western Pacific and East Asia with a tropical climate, annual typhoons and occasional earthquakes. It currently forms a substantial majority of the Republic of China (ROC), along with the islands of Pescadores Islands, Orchid Island, Green Island, Taiping Island and Pratas Islands.

The islands of Quemoy and Matsu Islands are administered under a separate Fukien Province by the ROC government. Although Taipei City and Kaohsiung City are on Taiwan island, they are directly administered by the ROC government under the municipal system. Taipei City is the de facto capital of ROC. And the government of Taiwan Province is located in Jhongsing Village, Nantou County.

The political status of Taiwan is a sensitive issue due to the existence of Cross-strait relations. Since the 1970s, many nations switched diplomatic recognition of China from Taipei to Beijing after the ROC lost its seat at the United Nations to the PRC. The ROC government has governed Taiwan since 1945, whereas the PRC has never had any jurisdiction over the island.

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Taiwanese (pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-oân-oē or Tâi-gí; Chinese: 台語, 台灣話; pinyin: Táiyǔ, Táiwānhuà) is a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken by about 70% of Taiwan's population. The sub-ethnic group in Taiwan for which Taiwanese is considered a native language is known as Hoklo (the correspondence between language and ethnicity is generally true though not absolute, as some Hoklo speak Taiwanese poorly while some non-Hoklo speak Taiwanese fluently). Pe̍h-oē-jī (POJ) is a popular orthography for this language, and Min Nan in general.

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Ximending shopping district at night in Wanhua, Taipei.

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• ... that the Democratic Progressive Party nominated Hsu Tain-tsair (pictured) as the party's candidate for the 2001 Tainan mayoral race instead of George Chang, then-incumbent mayor of Tainan?
  
• ... that the National Taiwan Museum is the oldest museum in Taiwan and was established during the Japanese rule era?
• ... that the Sakizaya people, a Taiwanese aboriginal tribe, has been recognized by the government of Taiwan since January 2007?
• ... that the Cheng Kung Senior High School, previously known as the Taihoku Prefecture Second Middle School, is renamed after Koxinga?
• ... that Tsungming Tu, founder of the Kaohsiung Medical College, was the first Taiwanese medical doctor?
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Here are some tasks you can do: Article requests: Hinduism in Taiwan, Taiwanese composers[1], Taiwanese architecture[2], Hohaiyan Rock Festival, Taiwanese national identity Cleanup: Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Politics of the Republic of China Expand: Republic of Formosa, Literature of Taiwan, Lingya District NPOV: Million Voices against Corruption, President Chen Must Go Stubs: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Council of Labor Affairs

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• December 10: Leaked cables cause Australian concern
• October 23: Typhoon Megi kills seven in Taiwan, heads towards southern China
• May 28: Foxconn under pressure after tenth employee suicide this year
• April 26: 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Taiwan
• March 4: 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan
• January 31: China threatens to take action over US-Taiwan deal
• January 30: Pentagon proposes Taiwanese arms sale

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Wang Jin-ping (Chinese: 王金平; born March 17, 1941) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the President of the Legislative Yuan, analogous to the chairperson of the national congress. He began to serve as a member of the Legislative Yuan in 1999. As one of the leading figures of the Kuomintang, Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a concilatory figure.

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Clockwise from top-left: a map of Taiwan in 1896, Taiwan and Fujian, an old map of Tainan, and a map in 1901

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