Taiwan,officially the Republic of China (ROC),is a country in East Asia,at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean,with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest,Japan to the northeast,and the Philippines to the south. The territories controlled by the ROC consist of 168 islands,with a combined area of 36,193 square kilometres (13,974 sq mi). The main island of Taiwan,also known as Formosa,has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi),with mountain ranges dominating the eastern two-thirds and plains in the western third,where its highly urbanised population is concentrated. The capital,Taipei,forms along with New Taipei City and Keelung the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Other major cities include Taoyuan,Taichung,Tainan,and Kaohsiung. With around 23.9 million inhabitants,Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries in the world.
Taipei,officially Taipei City,is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). 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. Most of the city rests on the Taipei Basin,an ancient lakebed. The basin is bounded by the relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers,which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border.
Taiwan Province is a nominal administrative division of the Republic of China (ROC). Its definition has remained part of the Constitution of the Republic of China,but the province is no longer considered to have any administrative function practically.
The February 28 incident,also rendered as the February 28 massacre,the 228 incident,or the 228 massacre was an anti-government uprising in Taiwan that was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang–led nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC). Directed by provincial governor Chen Yi and president,Chiang Kai-shek,who was still in Nanjing directing the nation and the Civil War in the Chinese mainland,thousands of civilians were killed beginning on February 28,1947. The number of deaths from the incident and massacre was estimated to be between 18,000 and 28,000.
New Taipei City is a special municipality located in northern Taiwan. The city is home to an estimated population of 3,974,683 as of 2022,making it the most populous city of Taiwan,and also the second largest special municipality by area,behind Kaohsiung. New Taipei City neighbours Keelung to the northeast,Yilan County to the southeast,and Taoyuan to the southwest,and completely encloses the city of Taipei. Banqiao District is its municipal seat and biggest commercial area.
Chen Yi was the chief executive and garrison commander of Taiwan Province after the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Republic of China. He acted on behalf of the Allied Powers to accept the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Taipei Zhongshan Hall on October 25,1945. He is considered to have mismanaged the tension between the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese which resulted in the February 28 Incident in 1947,and was dismissed. In June 1948 he was appointed Chairman of Zhejiang Province,but was dismissed and arrested when his plan to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party was discovered. He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in Taipei in 1950.
Datong District or Tatung is a district of Taipei City,Taiwan. It is located between the Taipei Metro Red Line and eastern shore of the Tamsui River,and between Civic Boulevard and the Sun Yat-sen Freeway. The southern part of this area used to be the site of Twatutia,one of the first settlements in what is now Taipei and for a time the area's commercial center. Taipei's commercial center has since shifted south east to Zhongzheng,Da'an and Xinyi,and Datong is far less important economically. One of the last vestiges of Twatutia's commercial importance disappeared with the closing of the Chien-Cheng Circle in 2006. The north was the site of the village of Daronpon.
Daan District is an important educational,commercial,residential and cultural district of Taipei City,Republic of China (Taiwan). The name of the district means "great safety" or "great peace".
The Taiwan Provincial Government was the government that governed Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Its functions have been transferred to the National Development Council and other ministries of the Executive Yuan.
The Presidential Office Building is the work place of the president of the Republic of China on Taiwan. The building,located in the Zhongzheng District in the national capital —Taipei,was designed by architect Uheiji Nagano during the period of Japanese rule of Taiwan (1895–1945). The structure originally housed the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan. Damaged in Allied bombing during World War II,the building was restored after the war by Chen Yi,the governor-general of Taiwan Province. It became the Presidential Office in 1950 after the government of the Republic of China lost control of mainland China and relocated the nation's capital to Taipei at the end of the Chinese Civil War. At present,this Baroque-style building is a symbol of the government and a famous historical landmark in downtown Taipei.
Jiufen,also spelled Jioufen or Chiufen,is a seaside mountain area in Ruifang District,New Taipei City,Taiwan.
The recorded history of Taipei began with the Han Chinese settling of the Taipei Basin in 1709,leading up to the formation of the national capital of Taiwan and high-tech industry hub and that is now Taipei City. Other notable dates include the 1895 annexation of Taiwan by Japan,during which Taipei began to grow more rapidly,and in the 1950s,the USA's provision of financial assistance to the Republic of China government,after which the city continued on a path of fast structural and industrial growth.
Badu Station is a railway station at the junction of the Taiwan Railways Administration West Coast line and the Yilan line. It is the western terminus of the Yilan line and is located in Nuannuan District,Keelung,Taiwan.
The 228 Peace Memorial Park is a historic site and municipal park located at 3 Ketagalan Boulevard,Zhongzheng District,Taipei,Taiwan. The park contains memorials to victims of the February 28 Incident of 1947,including the 228 Memorial Monument that stands at the center of the park and the Taipei 228 Memorial Museum,housed at the site of a former radio station that operated under Japanese and Kuomintang rule. The National Taiwan Museum stands at the park's north entrance. The park also has a bandshell and exercise areas.
Tianma Chafang may refer to:
The Embassy of the United States,Taipei is a former United States diplomatic mission in Zhongshan District,Taipei,Taiwan. The building current houses the Taipei Film House as a movie theater.
In Taiwan,the White Terror is used to describe the political repression on civilians living on the island and the surrounding areas under its control by the government under the rule of the Kuomintang (KMT). The period of White Terror is generally considered to have begun when martial law was declared in Taiwan on 19 May 1949,which were enabled by the 1948 Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion,and ended on 21 September 1992 with the repeal of Article 100 of the Criminal Code,which allowed for the prosecution of people for "anti-state" activities;the Temporary Provisions were repealed a year earlier on 22 April 1991 and martial law was lifted on 15 July 1987.
Events from the year 1995 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 84 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
The capture of the tanker Tuapse occurred on 23 June 1954,when a civilian Soviet ship was captured and confiscated by the Republic of China Navy in the high seas near the Philippines and the sailors were detained in Taiwan for various periods with 3 deaths,until the last 4 were released in 1988.
Tianma is the Chinese mythological version of the pegasus.
