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- Taiwan, roughly oval in shape, is approximate in area to the Netherlands or to the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut combined. It is part of a string of islands off the coast of East and Southeast Asia extending from Japan south through the Philippines to Indonesia.
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2 days ago · Taiwan is an island in the western Pacific Ocean that lies roughly 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of southeastern China. Taipei, in the north, is the seat of government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist China).
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1 day ago · Location Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China Language
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2 days ago · Country Facts. Capital, Population, Government... With the end of World War II, in 1945, Taiwan was again made part of China, but that arrangement lasted for only four years.
23 hours ago · Taiwan-EU trade deal is possible. On Thursday last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was re-elected in Strasbourg, France. Before her re-election she gave a speech to the European Parliament and published a document entitled “Europe’s Choice: Political Guidelines for the Next European Commission 2024-2029.”.
3 days ago · Taiwan Strait, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 km) wide at its narrowest point, lying between the coast of China’s Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa). The strait extends from southwest to northeast between the South and East China seas.
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1 day ago · The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]
2 days ago · Taipei ( / ˌtaɪˈpeɪ / ⓘ; Chinese: 臺北; pinyin: Táiběi ), [4] officially Taipei City, [I] is the capital [a] and a special municipality of Taiwan. [7] [8] Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung.
