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Taiwan
Taiwan is an island in East Asia. It is also known as Formosa (from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa, meaning "beautiful island"). It is located in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, southwest of the main islands of Japan but directly west of the end of Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and north-northwest of the Philippines.
The island is 394 kilometers (245 miles) long and 144 kilometers (89 miles) wide and consists of steep mountains covered by tropical and subtropical vegetation. |
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Taipei 101 Night View (Photo is from
http://www.taiwan.net.tw) |
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Taipei 101
Taipei City is the
capital of Taiwan. It is Taiwan's center of politics,
commerce, mass media, education, and pop culture.
Taipei 101 has 101 stories above
ground (hence the name) and five underground. It is
currently the tallest skyscraper in the world in three
of the four categories defined by the Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitat.
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