The Penghu or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait,located approximately 50 km (31 mi) west from the main island of Taiwan across the Penghu Channel,covering an area of 141 square kilometers (54 sq mi). The archipelago collectively forms Penghu County of Taiwan and is the smallest county of Taiwan. The largest city is Magong,located on the largest island,which is also named Magong.
The New Taiwan dollar is the official currency of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949,when it replaced the old Taiwan dollar,at a rate of 40,000 old dollars per one new dollar. The basic unit of the New Taiwan dollar is called a yuan (圓) and is subdivided into ten chiao (角),and into 100 fen (分) or cents,although in practice both chiao and fen are never actually used.
The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Its leader is premier,who is appointed by president of the Republic of China and serves as the head of government of the nation.
The China Times is a daily Chinese-language newspaper published in Taiwan. It is one of the most widely circulated newspapers in Taiwan. It is owned by Want Want,which also owns TV stations CTV and CTiTV,and maintains a Pan-Blue editorial stance.
The yuan is the base unit of a number of former and present-day currencies in Chinese.
Propaganda in the Republic of China has been an important tool since its inception with the Xinhai Revolution in 1912. The term xuanchuan can have either a neutral connotation in official government contexts or a pejorative connotation in informal contexts. Some xuanchuan collocations usually refer to "propaganda",others to "publicity",and still others are ambiguous. It also was an important tool in legitimizing the Kuomintang controlled Republic of China government that retreated from Mainland China to Taiwan in 1949.
The languages of Taiwan consist of several varieties of languages under the families of Austronesian languages and Sino-Tibetan languages. The Formosan languages,a geographically designated branch of Austronesian languages,have been spoken by the Taiwanese indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Owing to the wide internal variety of the Formosan languages,research on historical linguistics recognizes Taiwan as the Urheimat (homeland) of the whole Austronesian languages family. In the last 400 years,several waves of Han emigrations brought several different Sinitic languages into Taiwan. These languages include Taiwanese Hokkien,Hakka,and Mandarin,which have become the major languages spoken in present-day Taiwan.
Taiwan Province is a nominal administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The PRC constitution defines Taiwan as part of its territories although the PRC has never controlled Taiwan since the PRC's establishment in 1949. Taiwan is currently administered by the Republic of China (ROC).
The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau is a criminal-investigation and counter-intelligence agency reporting under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The agency is run by the Director-General which is accountable to the cabinet level minister,Minister of Justice. MJIB is a National Member of Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units and Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering.
The Republic of China (ROC) or simply China was a sovereign state based in mainland China from 1912 to 1949 prior to its move to Taiwan. It was first established on 1 January 1912,after being proclaimed in the Xinhai Revolution against the Manchu-led Qing dynasty,and lasted until 7 December 1949,after its ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) was defeated by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the de facto end of the Chinese Civil War,which resulted in a retreat of its central government to Taiwan,a territory which it took control of from the Empire of Japan in October 1945 after its surrender in World War II. The Communist-led People's Republic of China (PRC) was established on the mainland upon its official proclamation on 1 October 1949,while the ROC is now based on the island of Taiwan with its capital Taipei,where it retains actual rule over the Taiwan Area with the political status of Taiwan remaining in dispute to this day.
Chiang Wei-ling is a Taiwanese educator. He was the Minister of the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Executive Yuan in 2012–2014. He is also the former President of National Central University in Taoyuan.
Luo Ying-shay was a Taiwanese politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 30 September 2013 until 20 May 2016.
Wu Mei-hung is a Taiwanese politician. She was the Political Deputy Minister and Spokesperson of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2015.
John Deng is a politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan),currently minister without portfolio in charge of the Office of Trade Negotiations. He was the Minister of Economic Affairs since 8 December 2014 until 20 May 2016.
Events from the year 2016 in Taiwan.
Joe Hung was a Taiwanese journalist,diplomat,and translator. He served as a foreign correspondent for the Central News Agency (CNA) from 1974 until 1989,as well as the President of CNA from 1990 until 1992 and chairman from 1992 to 1993 and again 2009 until 2011. Hung also joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' diplomatic corp during the 1990s. He served as the Representative of Taiwan to Italy from 1993 until 2000.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. As of 19 March 2023 in Taiwan,10,231,343 are confirmed cases,including 18,775 deaths.
The 8th direct presidential elections in Taiwan are scheduled to be held on 13 January 2024. Incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),has been elected to the office of the President twice consecutively since 2016,is therefore not eligible for the election.
COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country.
TaiwanPlus is a state-owned free English-language streaming service and international television channel based in Taiwan. It was launched on 30 August 2021 and targeted at an international audience. The platform provides international and local news,along with other programming centered on Taiwan.
