Taiwan,officially known as the Republic of China (ROC),is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a five-power system first envisioned by Sun Yat-sen in 1906,whereby under the constitutional amendments,the President is head of state and the Premier is head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Executive Yuan. Legislative power is vested primarily in the Legislative Yuan. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. In addition,the Examination Yuan is in charge of validating the qualification of civil servants,and the Control Yuan inspects,reviews,and audits the policies and operations of the government. The party system is currently dominated by two major parties:the Kuomintang (KMT),which broadly favors closer links to mainland China,and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),which broadly favors status quo and sovereignty.
Taipei,officially Taipei City,is the capital and a special municipality of 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.
The February 28 incident 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,thousands of civilians were killed beginning on February 28,1947. The incident is considered to be one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement.
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 20 March 2004. A consultative referendum took place on the same day regarding relations with the People's Republic of China.
Annette Lu Hsiu-lien is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement,she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990,and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently,she served as Taoyuan County Magistrate between 1997 and 2000,and was the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008,under President Chen Shui-bian. Lu announced her intentions to run for the presidency on 6 March 2007,but withdrew to support eventual DPP nominee Frank Hsieh. Lu ran again in 2012,but withdrew for a second time,ceding the nomination to DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen. She lost the party's Taipei mayoral nomination to Pasuya Yao in 2018,and stated that she would leave the party. However,by the time Lu announced in September 2019 that she would contest the 2020 presidential election on behalf of the Formosa Alliance,she was still a member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
Hope Su Tseng-chang is a Taiwanese politician who served as premier of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2019 to 2023. He was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in 2005 and from 2012 to 2014. Su served as Chief of Staff to President Chen Shui-bian in 2004. He is currently the longest-serving Democratic Progressive premier in history.
Highways in Taiwan are classified into five types:
National Freeway 3,also known as Formosa Freeway,is a freeway in Taiwan. It is the second north–south freeway in Taiwan,beginning in Keelung City at Jijin Interchange on the provincial highway 2 and ending in Linbian,Pingtung on the provincial highway 17. It is the longest freeway in Taiwan with a total length of 431.5 km (268.1 mi). The freeway is also the only one in Taiwan to have a spur route,Freeway 3A.
Million Voices against Corruption,President Chen Must Go (百萬人民反貪腐倒扁運動) was a Taiwanese mass campaign led by former Chairman Shih Ming-teh of the Democratic Progressive Party to pressure the Taiwanese then President Chen Shui-bian to resign in 2006.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Taiwan:
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Ng Chiau-tong was a Taiwanese pro-independence activist who served as the chairman of the World United Formosans for Independence (WUFI) until his death in 2011.
Yu Cheng-hsien is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Interior from 2002 to 2004.
Events from the year 2014 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 103 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Events from the year 2004 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 93 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
Events from the year 2015 in Taiwan,Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 104 according to the official Republic of China calendar.
The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014,and advocates for universal human rights,civil and political liberties,as well as Taiwan independence/nationalism. The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (第三勢力),in which new political parties,unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or Pan-Blue Coalitions,sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics. Nevertheless,the NPP's policies are very much aligned with and closely match the Pan-Green camp;thus the NPP cooperated with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 2016 elections,going as far as not to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP. The party works in tandem with a perceived generational shift towards Taiwan-centrism as the new socio-cultural norm.
Chung Chia-pin is a Taiwanese politician. He served on the National Assembly from 1996 to 2000. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2016.
Wei Yao-chien is a Taiwanese politician.
Chou Chun-mi is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who is currently Magistrate of Pingtung County,serving since 2022. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),she served in the Legislative Yuan from 2016 until 2022.
