The SIG has local offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing, China, Seoul, Korea, Tokyo, Japan and Malmö, Sweden.

The University has general exchange agreements with many European and US universities and maintains a special exchange program agreement with National Chiao Tung University ( NCTU ) in Taiwan where the exchange students from the two universities maintains offices for, among other things, helping local students with applying and preparing for an exchange year as well as acting as representatives ( NCTU Europe – NCTU students at Chalmers, Chalmers Asia – Chalmers students at NCTU ).

In Taiwan, where the Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang ) strongly promoted Confucian beliefs in ethics and behavior, the tradition of the memorial ceremony of Confucius ( 祭孔 ) is supported by the government and has continued without interruption.

His name is also written in Taiwan as " The Late President Lord Chiang " ( 先總統 蔣公 ), where the one-character-wide space known as nuo tai shows respect ; this practice has lost some popularity.

Similarly, the international community has largely refused to recognize secessionist regions, while keeping some states such as Cyprus and Taiwan in diplomatic recognition limbo.

It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity, including promotion of de jure Taiwan independence.

Sign designating a sanctioned graffiti zone in Taipei. In Taiwan, the government has made some concessions to graffiti artists.

Geneva also established the Center for Urban Theological Studies in Philadelphia and has sister colleges in Taiwan ( Christ College ) and Korea ( Chong Shin College and Theological Seminary ).

This has made its adoption difficult with the established user base from Hong Kong and Taiwan where traditional Chinese is the official language.

The PRC has an extensive missile build-up near Taiwan and passed an Anti-Secession Law in 2005 threatening to use force.

Japan has territorial disputes with Russia over the Kuril Islands ( Northern Territories ), with South Korea over Liancourt Rocks ( known as " Dokdo " in Korea, " Takeshima " in Japan ), with China and Taiwan over the Senkaku Islands and with China over the status of Okinotorishima.

Since the joint Communique, Japan has maintained non-governmental, working-level relations with Taiwan.

It has a significant presence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and a growing presence in mainland China, India and Vietnam.

) and reestablish relations with the Republic of China ( commonly known by its main island as Taiwan ), it has since restored ties with the P. R. C.

Malaysia has asserted sovereignty over the Spratly Islands together with China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Brunei.

It also has offices in Hsin-chu, Taiwan ; Tokyo, Japan ; Remscheid, Germany and Haifa, Israel.

Taiwan and Nauru had shared diplomatic ties for 22 years ; Taiwan has enjoyed diplomatic ties with several Pacific countries even in the face of the " One China policy " by Beijing.

Approximately half the size of Taiwan, the group has a land area of 18, 575. 5 square kilometres ( 7, 172 sq mi ).

Similarly, in the Republic of China on Taiwan, the status of national without household registration refers to a person who has Republic of China nationality, but does not have an automatic entitlement to enter or reside in the Taiwan Area, and does not qualify for civic rights and duties there.

Since the 1970s, the tea industry in Taiwan has expanded at a rapid rate, in line with the rest of Taiwan's economy.

Today it has factories in Italy, Taiwan, Japan, and the USA.

Recently, the number of tourists from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia has grown dramatically due to the increased popularity of the Korean wave (" hallyu ").

It has diplomatic relations through the Kittitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Republic of China on Taiwan ( not to be confused with the People's Republic of China ).

After the later establishment of the People's Republic of China and its adoption of Hanyu Pinyin, the use of Zhuyin today is limited, but it's still widely used in Taiwan where the Republic of China still governs.

In May 2011, a food scandal broke out in Taiwan where DEHP ( a chemical plasticizer and potential carcinogen used to make plastic ) was found as a stabilizer in drinks and juice syrups.

It is the official system of romanization used by the governments of the People's Republic of China, Singapore and Taiwan.

Plurality voting is used for local and / or national elections in 43 of the 193 countries of the United Nations, as well as in the Republic of China ( Taiwan ).

The plurality election system is used in the Republic of China on Taiwan for executive offices such as county magistrates, mayors, and the president, but not for legislative seats which used the single non-transferable vote system.

" In Taiwan, the term 母國 ( literally " motherland ") is also used, though that may be due to Japanese or Western influence.

The different script systems resulting from the preservation or simplication of original pre-Republic Chinese characters are used by Chinese people living under different jurisdictions: " Simplified Chinese " in Mainland China ( the People's Republic of China ), " Traditional Chinese " in the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and " Proper Chinese " ( which is the same script as " Traditional Chinese ") in Taiwan ( the Republic of China ).

Kana was used in Taiwanese as a gloss ( furigana ) for Chinese characters during the Japanese administration of Taiwan.

It is used by most research and academic libraries in the U. S. and several other countries ; for example, Australia and Taiwan, ROC Most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the older Dewey Decimal Classification ( DDC ).

The written forms of Standard Chinese are also essentially equivalent, although simplified characters are used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore while people in Taiwan, Macao and Hong Kong generally use traditional characters.

NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, parts of South America ( except Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and French Guiana ), Myanmar, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories ( see map ).

A widely used ceremonial method of steeping oolongs in Taiwan and China is called gongfucha.

Today, stevia is cultivated and used in food elsewhere in East Asia including in China ( since 1984 ), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia.

In Taiwan, facial tattoos of the Atayal tribe are named " Badasun "; they are used to demonstrate that an adult man can protect his homeland, and that an adult woman is qualified to weave cloth and perform housekeeping.

Penhold styles are popular among players originating from East Asian regions such as China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea. Traditionally, penhold players use only one side of the racket to hit the ball during normal play, and the side which is in contact with the last three fingers is generally not used.

In formulating laws, the PRC has been influenced by a number of sources including traditional Chinese views toward the role of law, the PRC's socialist background, the German-based law of the Republic of China on Taiwan, and the English-based common law used in Hong Kong.

* Neofelis nebulosa brachyura ( Swinhoe, 1862 ): used to live in Taiwan, and is considered extinct.

However, many challenged that the document was merely a statement of intent for possible reference used for those who would draft the post-war peace treaty and that it was a press release without force of law to transfer sovereignty from Taiwan to the Republic of China.

The Kuomintang government also moved the entire gold reserve from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan, and used this reserve to back the newly-issued New Taiwan Dollar to stabilize the new currency and put a stop to hyperinflation.

Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities.

Sword used in the " contest " on display at the Republic of China Armed Forces Museum in Taipei, Taiwan

To emphasize " equal footing " in cross-strait relations, the term is used in official contexts with reference to Taiwan, with the PRC referring to itself as " the mainland side " ( as opposed to " the Taiwan side ").