Taiwan Travel Guide

Taiwan Travel Guide

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Taiwan Travel Guide

A intoxicating panorama of the Sun Moon Lake

Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the territories governed by the Republic of China (ROC) and to ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island in the Pacific off the Taiwan coast, the Pescadores in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands off the coast of mainland Fujian. The island groups of Taiwan and Penghu (except the municipalities of Taipei and Kaohsiung) are officially administered as Taiwan Province of the ROC. However, in practice, almost all government power is exercised at the national and local (city/county) levels. Taiwan is also currently claimed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a PRC province, though the government of the PRC has never controlled Taiwan island or any of the current ROC territory commonly referred to as "Taiwan". The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is located in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, southwest of the mai...Read More »

 

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Taiwan Quick Facts
  • Chinese Name: 台湾
  • Traditional Chinese Name: 臺灣
  • Chinese Pinyin: tai wan
  • Location: Southeast of China

 

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