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The armed forces of Taiwan are at a working strength of about 450,000, though a reserve potential twice that high is contemplated.

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.

* 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty ( Treaty of Taipei ) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.

This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

Bubble tea, also known as pearl tea or boba tea, is a tea-based drink invented in tea shops in Taichung, Taiwan, during the 1980s.

An alternative origin is the Hanlin teahouse in Tainan, Taiwan, owned by Tu Tsong-he.

: The name " Republic of China " is not listed as Taiwan's " official name " under the " Government " section, due to U. S. acknowledgement of Beijing's One-China policy according to which there is one China and Taiwan is a part of it.

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.

Despite its difficulty of learning, this method remains popular in Chinese communities that use traditional Chinese characters, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan ; it is also the first method that allowed users to enter more than a hundred Chinese characters per minute.

In mainland China, wubi ( shape-based ) and pinyin methods such as Sogou Pinyin and Google Pinyin are the most popular ; in Taiwan, Boshiamy, Cangjie, and zhuyin predominate ; and in Hong Kong, Cangjie is most often taught in schools.

Vegetarian cuisine is known as zhāicài ("( Buddhist ) vegetarian food ") in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan ; đồ chay in Vietnam ; in Japan ; sachal eumsik (" temple food ") in Korea and by other names in many countries.

The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a famous monument, landmark, and tourist attraction in Taipei, Taiwan.

Today, Chiang's popularity in Taiwan is divided along political lines, enjoying greater support among Kuomintang supporters.

However, it was readily accepted by members of the Chinese Nationalist Party and is the name under which Chiang Kai-shek is still commonly known in Taiwan.

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.

However, he is still known as Lord Chiang ( 蔣公 ) ( without the title or space ), along with the name Chiang Chung-cheng, in Taiwan.

Counter-Strike Online is available in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Indonesia, and is now fully online.

In Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Sweden, the United States, and Canada, a dentist is a healthcare professional qualified to practice dentistry after graduating with a degree of either Doctor of Dental Surgery ( DDS ) or Doctor of Dental Medicine ( DMD ).

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

The Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ; 民主進步黨 ) is a political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition.

Rosa laevigata ( Cherokee Rose ) is a white, fragrant rose native to southern China and Taiwan south to Laos and Vietnam, and invasive in the United States.

During the Apartheid regime ( 1948 – 93 ) certain East Asian nationals ( such as Japan and Taiwan – not Chinese ) in South Africa were declared honorary whites and thus avoided most forms of official discriminatory laws ( they could live in reserved white neighborhoods unlike black, Chinese, and Asian-Indian South Africans ), since Apartheid created a strict racial segregation system for non-white / European persons ( esp.

In Taiwan, the cross is white with a red border.

The 3, 636 subjects involved in the study, from the United States and Taiwan, self-identified as belonging to white, African American, East Asian, or Hispanic (= self-identified race / ethnic group ( SIRE )).

The first reported epidemic due to this virus is from Taiwan in 1992 ; however, reports of losses due to white spot disease came from China in 1993, where it led to a virtual collapse of the shrimp farming industry.

These include a number of Jardines ’ long-standing businesses such as Jardine Engineering Corporation ( JEC ), Jardine Shipping Services, Jardine Aviation Services, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Jardine Schindler and Gammon Construction as well as more contemporary interests that reflect the demands of Asian consumers ; among them Pizza Hut restaurants in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam and Jardine OneSolution IT services.

Although the ROC's Government Information Office officially lists 13 major groupings as " tribes " the consensus among scholars maintains that these 13 groupings do not reflect any social entities, political collectives, or self-identified alliances dating from pre-modern Taiwan.

Another argument holds that the jurisdiction of the ROC Olympic Committee ( ROCOC ) includes Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu in addition to Taiwan, and thus the name “ Taiwan ” does not reflect the “ territorial extent ” of the ROCOC.

* The spellings " fong " and " wong " more accurately reflect the sounds of 風 and 翁 as pronounced in Standard Mandarin in Taiwan, as compared to " feng " and " weng ".

Many commentators were concerned about this as it seemed to reflect public disillusionment with the tone of politics on Taiwan.

An international conference on " Humanistic and Engaged Buddhism-Patterns and Prospects " was held May 18 – 24, 2009 at Foguang University in Ilan, Taiwan to reflect on the history, teachings, practices, and future of these movements.

Taiwan media reports, Taiwan Lions Club and the government of Taiwan claimed the decision not to use the poster resulted from pressure from China ; the rejection of the student's painting on political grounds did not reflect the ideals of the International Day of Peace.

Chiang Kai-shek ( October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975 ) was a political and military leader of 20th-century Mainland China and Taiwan.

Such individuals were strongly committed to political change that would ensure constitutional support in Taiwan for freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and association.

The primary political axis in Taiwan involves the issue of Taiwan independence versus eventual unification with China.

At the other end of the political spectrum, the acceptance by the DPP of the symbols of the Republic of China is opposed by the Taiwan Solidarity Union.

* 1971 – The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China ( see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations )

Korea was specifically granted independence but the receiver of various other areas was not stated in the Treaty of San Francisco, giving Taiwan de facto independence although its political status continues to be ambiguous.

Since then, the People's Republic of China has been involved in disputes with the ROC over issues of sovereignty and the political status of Taiwan.

Taiwanese independence is a political movement whose goals are primarily to formally establish the Republic of Taiwan by renaming or replacing the Republic of China ( ROC ) ( commonly known as Taiwan ), strengthen Taiwanese national identity, reject unification and One country, two systems with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) ( commonly known as China and mainland China ) and a Chinese identity, and obtain international recognition as a sovereign state.

The success of this movement would be one possible outcome for the resolution of the political status of Taiwan.

Many supporters of independence for Taiwan view the history of Taiwan since the 17th century as a continuous struggle for independence and use it as an inspiration for the current political movement.

County is the common English translation for the character 縣 that denotes the current first level political division in Taiwan.

Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and ( other ) countries are linked to Culture of China | Chinese cultural and political history.

* Pan-Blue Coalition and Pan-Green Coalition, which refer to political constellations in the Republic of China on Taiwan ; the colours here have different meanings

As of the moment when the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into force, the political status of Taiwan and Penghu Islands were still uncertain.

The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan.

Since the 1980s, increased political and public attention has been paid to the rights and social issues of the indigenous tribes of Taiwan.

The movement for indigenous cultural and political resurgence in Taiwan traces its roots to the ideals outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( 1948 ).

The political liberalization Taiwan experienced leading up to the official end of martial law on July 15, 1987, opened a new public arena for dissenting voices and political movements against the centralized policy of the KMT.