The fact that China ( which is obsessed by Formosa -- to Khrushchev a very small matter ) should be supported by North Korea and North Vietnam is highly indicative.

The Chinese, North Vietnamese and North Koreans, on the other hand, feel that, militarily, Russia is strong enough to support them in the `` just wars of liberation '' they would like to embark on before long: with China attacking Formosa and the North Koreans and North Vietnamese liberating the southern half of their respective countries.

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

* 1895 – The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president.

Taiwan ( historically called " Formosa " especially prior to 1945, from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, " Beautiful Island ") is an island and an archipelago in East Asia, composed of Taiwan Island and several much smaller islands such as the Penghu Islands, Orchid Island, Green Island, and Hsiao Liuchiu.

* Fort Santo Domingo is built in Formosa by the Spanish settlers.

This is a photograph of an aboriginal hunting party with their Formosan Mountain Dog in Muzha District | Ba ̍ k-sa, by John Thomson ( photographer ) | John Thomson, 1871: " A Native Hunting Party Baksa Formosa 1871 " 木柵原住民的狩獵祭典.

Presbyterian missionary George Leslie Mackay in From far Formosa ( 1896 ) reported that " if a savage is killed inland, the heart is eaten, flesh taken off in strips, and bones boiled to a jelly and preserved as a specific for malarial fever ".

An interesting feature of the Portuguese coast is Ria Formosa with some sandy islands and a mild and pleasant climate characterized by warm but not very hot summers and generally mild winters.

* Formosa Province, Argentina, which is also the antipodes of northern Taiwan.

* The eastern city of Formosa is the home of Madame Tang and her dragon in the video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow based on the Disney films

The Overseas Compatriot Youth Formosa Study Tour to Taiwan, informally known as the Love Boat, is currently a four-week summer program for about 400 – 600 college-aged Overseas Chinese.

The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait, formerly known as the Black Ditch, is a wide strait separating the island of Taiwan from the Asian mainland.

It is possible to circumvent S. 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 by making up pepper spray in an innocuous container ( for example a water pistol or washing-up liquid bottle ) as per R. v. Formosa and R. V. Upton, and this may be used for self-defense purposes on private property ( it would constitute an offensive weapon in a public place ).

Koxinga ( Lord of the Imperial Surname ) is the customary Western spelling of the popular appellation of Zheng Chenggong, a Chinese military leader who was born in 1624 in Hirado, Japan to Chinese merchant / pirate Zheng Zhilong and his Japanese wife, and died in 1662 on the Island of Formosa ( Taiwan ).

VIA Technologies Inc. () is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group.

* Formosa becomes the first horse to win four classic races in a single year, although one victory is a dead heat.

Formosa Province () is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region.

The capital is Formosa.

It coincidentally is the antipode to Taiwan, which was formerly known as " Formosa ".

** Formosa, Argentina, the capital of its namesake province

The campaign began in late May 1895 with a Japanese landing at Keelung, on the northern coast of Taiwan, and ended in October 1895 with the Japanese capture of Tainan, the capital of the self-styled ' Republic of Formosa '.

According to Psalmanazar, Formosa was a prosperous country with a capital city called Xternetsa.

* West: the Argentine province of Formosa separated by the Paraguay River, and the capital district, Asunción.

Only some 20 islands islands are populated year-round, namely Bubaque which is where the Bissagos administrative capital is situated and is the most populated island, Bolama, Carache, Caravela, Enu, Formosa, Galinhas, João Vieira, Maio, Meneque, Orango, Orangozinho, Ponta, Roxa, Rubane, Soga, Unhacomo, Uno, and Uracane.

* October 23 – The city of Tainan, last stronghold of the Republic of Formosa, capitulates to the forces of the Empire of Japan, ending the short-lived republic and beginning the Japanese rule era.

Meanwhile, the armada anchored in the beach of Formosa, disembarked a contingent of 800 men that marched towards the city in three columns, encountering no resistance until the main bridge in São Paulo.

Commander Luis Jorge Fontana, founder of the city of Formosa and the territory's foremost early promoter.

Freight rail station in the city of Formosa.

Sites of interest include the city of Formosa, the Río Pilcomayo National Park, Bañado La Estrella, Laguna Yema, Herradura town, and Misión Laishí.

The name Vuelta Fermosa or Vuelta la Formosa was used by Spanish sailors in the 16th century to describe the area where the Paraguay River makes a turn, right in front of the actual city.

File: Formosa, Argentina, estación de trenes. jpg | The former railway station, today city hall

Light frost is possible in Formosa, especially in the outskirts of the city further away from the river ; however, air temperatures seldom fall below 0 ° C, every few years at most, with a record low of-2 ° C ( 28F ).

Chang was born in 1938 in the city of Kagi ( present-day Chiayi ) when Taiwan ( then Formosa ) was still a colony of Japan.

:" It is recognized that under Article 2 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of San Francisco in the United States of America on September 8, 1951 ( hereinafter referred to as the San Francisco Treaty ), Japan has renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan ( Formosa ) and Penghu ( the Pescadores ) as well as the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands.

Estanislao Del Campo is also the name of a small cotton-producing town in Formosa Province, Argentina which lies about 135 km from the city of Formosa.

The MID maintained a considerable following in a number of the less developed Argentine provinces, where voters had fond memories of the Frondizi administration's development projects, and helped elect allies within the Justicialist Party ( Peronists ), in Formosa and Misiones Provinces, as well as Mayoral candidate Néstor Kirchner in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province ; Kirchner went on become governor and, in 2003, President of Argentina.

Among Argentine provinces, it ranks last by GDP per capita and 21st by Human Development Index, above neighbors Formosa and Santiago del Estero.

From there it flows in a southeasterly direction through Chuquisaca and Tarija departments, passes through the Argentine province of Formosa and the Gran Chaco plains of Paraguay, forming the border between these two countries before it joins the Paraguay River near Asunción.

Marcela Eliana Acuña ( born October 16, 1976 in Formosa ) is an Argentine female boxer, who is nicknamed La Tigresa.

The Argentine security forces admitted to 43 army troops killed in action in Tucuman, although this figure does not take into account police and Gendarmerie troops, and the soldiers who died defending their barracks in Formosa province on 5 October 1975.