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- During his stay on Taiwan, Mr. Johnson talks with and to many people- to boys and girls, to workers and farmers- one man: but he expresses America's interest in them, and their future.
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- Helena's 1958 cruise in the Far East began 3 August. Her first port of call was Keelung, Taiwan, arriving 21 August. Next day students and faculty of the Taiwan National Defense College were received on board for a tour of the ship.
1976, Hubert H. Humphrey, The Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics[3], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 347:Johnson was offered troops from Taiwan, but turned down the offer as unnecessarily provocative to the Peoples Republic of China.
1979, Gerald Ford, “Challenge from the Right”, in A Time to Heal[4], New York: Berkley Books, published 1980, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 209:I had never met Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung or the newly designated Vice Premier, Teng Hsiao-ping; we had substantive matters to discuss, and I wanted to do everything possible to implement the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972. I was not about to abandon our commitment to Taiwan, but it was important to expand upon the dialogue that Nixon had begun nearly four years earlier.
1996 May, Teng-hui Lee, “Political Reforms”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:A great ideal inspires great action. In carrying out the democratic reform and development started by Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo, the Republic of China has abided by from the very beginning three great principles: implementing democratic and constitutional government, resisting communism, and opposing Taiwan independence. Just because these principles represent our national spirit and conform with the basic interests of the people, we have won popular support and made incessant progress toward democratization.
1996 March 15, Michael Evans, “China offensive cannot be ruled out, experts say”, in The Times[5], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, columns 3, 4:In Washington, the House of Representatives international relations committee said yesterday that America should help Taiwan to defend itself against any Chinese aggression. It approved a non-binding resolution saying that the United States "should assist in defending [the Taiwan Government and people] against invasion, missile attack or blockade by China". A similar measure has been introduced in the Senate.
2002 April 3, “Police snag most wanted”, in Taipei Times[6], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 March 2023, Taiwan News, page 2[7]:Nicknamed the “pangolin,” he escaped from Taiwan to China in 1995. He was arrested by Chinese police in March 2000 for kidnapping a Taiwanese business man in Yunan[sic – meaning Yunnan] Province. He was later deported from China before being caught by Taiwan police.
2007 April, Julie Grundvig, “TAIWAN”, in The Asia Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Continent[8], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 103, column 1:China and Taiwan have had contact since at least the 1400s, when boatloads of Fujian immigrants washed up on the island's shores seeking refuge from political instability on the mainland.
2008 June 30, Song Yann-huei [宋燕輝], “Include Taiwan in China Sea talks”, in Taipei Times[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 July 2008, Editorials, page 8[10]:Last week, Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤) met with Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林). They discussed joint excavation of natural gas and oil in the waters off Taiwan and China. In terms of areas for cooperation, the two countries are discussing the resumption of an old plan between Taiwan and China’s Chaozhou and Shantou areas. This plan will involve the excavation of offshore oil resources near the Davis Line of the Taiwan Strait. However, media reports have also said that the CPC Corp, Taiwan and China’s National Offshore Oil Corp have signed a joint excavation plan for the Nanjihtao Basin (南日島盆地).
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- I noted that there have been some direct air flights recently so I see continuing negative tensions over political differences and positive economic and personal contacts. I had reminded everyone that I wanted a peaceful resolution to the differences between China and Taiwan agreed to by people on both sides of the Strait....One thing I am sure of - and the progress of Taiwan since I first came here so long ago proves it - the more people have positive things to do, the more they have something good to look forward to when they get up in the morning, the less likely they are to fall into destructive patterns and the more likely they are to lead their communities and their nations, and the world to a better place.
2019, “President Tsai meets US Senator Ted Cruz”, in Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan)[12]:
- The senator then remarked that all eyes in the world are focused on Hong Kong, and on the brutal repression that is being visited upon the people of Hong Kong. The stakes being fought for are democracy and freedom, he said, and that is what Taiwan rightfully symbolizes to the world. He firmly reiterated that the American people are proud to be friends of Taiwan, and proud to stand with Taiwan.
2020, Kuang-shun Yang, “Would Bernie Sanders Defend Taiwan?”, in The Diplomat[13]:
- One moment that caught many people’s attention came when the host, Anderson Cooper, asked for Sanders’ view, as a potential commander-in-chief, should China take military action against Taiwan. Sanders responded straightforwardly: “I mean, I think we have got to make it clear to countries around the world that we will not sit by and allow invasions to take place, absolutely.”
2020 January 6, Raymond Zhong, “Awash in Disinformation Before Vote, Taiwan Points Finger at China”, in The New York Times[14], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-01-06, Technology[15]:Polls suggest, however, that Beijing’s heavy-handed ways might be backfiring and driving voters to embrace Ms. Tsai. Thousands of Taiwan citizens marched last month against “red media,” or local news organizations supposedly influenced by the Chinese government.
2022 July 28, Matt Yu, Joseph Yeh, “Chinese drone detected near Taiwan-held island close to China: Army”, in Focus Taiwan[16], archived from the original on 28 July 2022, Cross-Strait:A Chinese drone was detected on two occasions flying close to an island held by the Republic of China (Taiwan's offical[sic – meaning official] name) near the Chinese coast earlier Thursday, before being warned away by soldiers using flares, Taiwan's military said Thursday.
In a press statement, the nation's Army said it believed the drone was being used by the Chinese side to conduct surveillance of ROC troops stationed on Dongyin (東引) Island, and/or test the Taiwan military's response to such incursions.
2022 August 8, “China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan”, in AP News[17], archived from the original on 08 August 2022:Meanwhile, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported that Taiwan’s army will conduct live-fire artillery drills in southern Pingtung county on Tuesday and Thursday, in response to the Chinese exercises.
2022 August 9, 6:11 from the start, in Speaker Pelosi: China's President Shouldn't Control Schedules Of Congress Members[18], spoken by Nancy Pelosi, MSNBC, archived from the original on 09 August 2022:So it was a very productive trip, again emphasizing our interparliment- although we met with the heads of state or had discussions with them- we met with every speaker in all five countries and their members of parliament. So it's very productive, and in terms of Taiwan, we were not going to take Taiwan off our list because the President of Taiwan has invited us; the President of China does not do our schedule.
2022 August 13, Sarah Wu, David Kirton, Ben Blanchard, quoting Tsai Ing-wen, “Taiwan thanks U.S. for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait”, in Tom Hogue, Michael Perry, William Mallard, editors, Reuters[19], archived from the original on 13 August 2022, World:"Taiwanese are very enthusiastic and love freedom and democracy, so many good international friends have come to Taiwan to support us. This is a normal and good thing, but China threatens and intimidates Taiwan," she said.
"However, I would like to reassure everyone that both our government and the military are prepared, and I will definitely take care of Taiwan."
2022 August 31, “Taiwan vows tough response if China enters its territory”, in Deutsche Welle[20], archived from the original on 2022-08-31, NEWS[21]:A recent string of drone flights from mainland China to Taiwan's offshore islands of Kinmen and Matsu has further exacerbated tensions between Beijing and Taipei […] Taiwan's military fired warning shots on Tuesday at a Chinese drone that flew into an area near Kinmen that is restricted.
2023 March 27, “Taiwan's former leader Ma sets off on China tour”, in Deutsche Welle[22], archived from the original on 2023-08-12, Politics[23]:The Kuomingtang[sic – meaning Kuomintang] had maintained closer cross-strait relations than Tsai's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) who have angered Beijing through their insistence on Taiwan's independence and sovereignty.
2023 June 3, Ben Blanchard, “US, Canadian navies stage rare joint mission through Taiwan Strait”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters[24], archived from the original on 2023-06-03:China has been ramping up military and political pressure in an attempt to force Taiwan to accept Beijing's sovereignty claims, which the government in Taipei strongly rejects.
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1971, Lyndon Johnson, “Feeding the Hungry: India's Food Crisis”, in The Vantage Point[25], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 224:India was not alone in its predicament or in its policy. While a few developing countries like Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand had made remarkable progress in agriculture and had experienced success in curbing their population increases, others were nearly as bad off as India, even without a drought.
1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon[26], Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 570:Taiwan was the touchstone for both sides. We felt that we should not and could not abandon the Taiwanese; we were committed to Taiwan's right to exist as an independent nation.
1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times[27], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 2:Pei Ling Wu, 30, said: "I am worried about my family, but they do not want to leave Taiwan. They want to defend their country and fight to the end. If China continues to push us, independence is the only solution."
2018 October 9, “Taiwan conducts massive military drills ahead of National Day”, in EFE[28], archived from the original on 18 August 2022:Taiwan carried out an unprecedented military drill Tuesday, a day ahead of its National Day celebrations, in Taoyuan in northern parts of the country.
The drill was attended by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, and President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez, who is on a state visit to Taiwan until Thursday.
2022 March 23, Steven Crook, “Environmental Impact Assessment: Can Taiwan kick its coal habit?”, in Taipei Times[29], archived from the original on 22 March 2022:Steven Crook, the author or co-author of four books about Taiwan, has been following environmental issues since he arrived in the country in 1991. He drives a hybrid and carries his own chopsticks.
2022 August 23, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, Sarah Wu, quoting Tsai Ing-wen, “Taiwan warns China of 'heavy price' for invasion on battle anniversary”, in Stephen Coates, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters[30], archived from the original on 23 August 2022, Asia Pacific:"This battle defended Taiwan for us, and it also declared to the world that no threat can shake the determination of the Taiwanese people to defend their country," Tsai said, in comments released by her office.
"What we have to do is to let the enemy understand that Taiwan has the determination and preparation to defend the country, as well as the ability to defend itself," she added.
"A heavy price will be paid for invading Taiwan or attempting to invade Taiwan, and it will be strongly condemned by the international community."
2022 August 26, Eva Dou, Christian Shepherd, quoting Marsha Blackburn, “Sen. Blackburn calls Taiwan a ‘country’ during meeting with Tsai”, in The Washington Post[31], archived from the original on 26 August 2022, Asia[32]:In her visit on Friday, Blackburn called Taiwan a “country” in passing, while saying it was important to support Taiwan in “preserving its freedom.”
“I am looking forward to a wonderful visit. And yes indeed, I do remember my visit fondly in 2008 and the opportunity to get to see some of your country firsthand,” Blackburn told Tsai, according to a video posted on Tsai’s official Facebook account.
2022 September 11 [2022 September 9], Hsin-fang Lee, Jonathan Chin, “Letter calls for Taiwan’s UN inclusion”, in Taipei Times[33], archived from the original on 11 September 2022, Front Page:“Meeting all the criteria of statehood under international law, Taiwan has long been an independent and sovereign country,” they said. “It is a proactive major contributor to the international community — a beacon of democracy for countries around the world to emulate.”
The “continued exclusion of Taiwan from the UN system is not only unwise, unjust and unfair, but also is a blatant violation of the principles of universality and self-determination as enshrined in the UN Charter, and must be rectified immediately,” they said.
“The time is now for the United Nations and the rest of the world to jointly stand up against China and its lawless and out-of-control bullying of Taiwan,” they said, adding: “Enough is Enough.”
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2022 March 15, William Yang, “Taiwan's military tests new capabilities to deter China threat”, in Deutsche Welle[34], archived from the original on 15 March 2022, Asia[35]:Taiwan is scheduled to hold several military exercises in the coming weeks as the self-governing island's leadership grows more concerned about a more emboldened China after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
2023 March 25, Damien Cave, “An Anxious Asia Arms for a War It Hopes to Prevent”, in The New York Times[36], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 March 2023[37]:Mr. Xi has made his intentions clear. He aims to achieve a “national rejuvenation” that would include displacing the United States as the dominant rule-setter in the region, controlling access to the South China Sea, and bringing Taiwan — a self-governing island that China sees as lost territory — under Beijing’s control.
2024 January 13, Natasha Li, “Taiwan’s ruling party secures record third term as VP Lai Ching-te wins presidential vote”, in France 24[38], archived from the original on 13 January 2024, Asia / Pacific[39]:Lai has said he hopes for a reopening of dialogue between China and Taiwan following almost eight years of Beijing's near-complete refusal to communicate with leaders of the self-governing island.
1888, James Harrison Wilson, chapter III, in China: Travels and Investigations in the "Middle Kingdom": A Study of Its Civilization and Possibilites[40], →OCLC, page 26:The Government claims suzerainty over and receives tribute more or less regularly from Corea, and also from Anam, Siam, Burmah, and part of the Loochoo Islands, and it has recently erected the beautiful and extensive Island of Formosa, or Taiwan, hitherto attached to the province of Fo-Kien, into a separate province with its own governor-general who, like those of the other provinces, is appointed directly from Peking.
1900 June 1, W. M. Davis, “Current Notes on Physiography.”, in Science[41], volume XI, number 283, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 871, column 2:The Pescadores or Hoko islands, lying between Formosa (Taiwan) and the Chinese coast, are described by Koto (Notes on the Geology of the dependent isles of Taiwan, Journ. Coll. Sci., Imp. Univ., Tokyo, xiii, 1899, pt. 1) as the ragged remnants of a series of nearly horizontal basalt sheets with intercalated strata of supposed Tertiary age.
1963, Dwight Eisenhower, “Formosa Doctrine”, in Mandate for Change 1953-1956[42], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 460:As a result of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, China lost to Japan the important islands of Taiwan (Formosa) and the Pescadores, lying about a hundred miles off the Chinese coast.
1988, Richard Nixon, “The Awakened Giant”, in 1999: Victory Without War[43], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258:But we must make it clear that in building our friendship with the Chinese on the mainland we will not sacrifice our Chinese friends on Taiwan. Julian Amery put the issue eloquently: "It is often necessary and legitimate to abandon causes long supported and to dissolve pledged bonds of alliance. But it is always wrong to abandon men who have been friends to their fate. We may have to jettison their interests but we should leave no stone unturned to save at least their lives."
2014 April 24, “Scenery of Liouciou township in SE China's Taiwan”, in China Internet Information Center[44], archived from the original on April 24, 2014, page 3[45]:Photo taken on April 21, 2014 shows mango trees in Liouciou Township in Pingtung County, southeast China's Taiwan. Liouciou township, which locates 8-9 nautical miles away from the Taiwan Island, has an area of 6.8 square meters[sic – meaning kilometers].
"One such theory is advanced in the Japanese language Taiwan Chimei Kenkyu (Research on Taiwan Place Names) by Akiyoshi Abe of the now defunct Aboriginal Languages Research Institute of Taihoku and published in 1937. Abe wrote that the name "Taiwan" came from the words "taian" and "tayoan" which natives in the present Tainan area used in referring to early Chinese settlers."
http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/site/Tr/ct.asp?xitem=132237&ctnode=1341&mp=1
Lee Wen-jer, Taiwan Review, What's new in a name, 03/01/1971, Copyright © 2010 Government Information Office, Republic of China (Taiwan)
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[1845 June, Richard Collinson, “Sailing Directions for the Panghú, or Pescadore Archipelago, with notices of the islands.”, in The Chinese Repository[46], volume XIV, number 6, Canton, →OCLC, page 249:We may remark here, that the Pescadore Group of islands forms one of the six districts which constitute Táiwán fú 臺灣府, the department of Táiwán, or Formosa. The Group is called by the Chinese, in their statistical works, Panghú ting, 澎湖廳, or the district of Panghú, and is under the immediate government of a magistrate, a subordinate of the prefect, or chífú, of Formosa.]
1864, Robert Swinhoe, “Notes on the Island of Formosa.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London[47], volume XXXIV, London: John Murray, published 1865, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct. “The district of Taiwan,” says the Chinese Government Chart, of which a copy was supplied to me by the Formosan authorities, “is bounded in the rear by mountains, and in front by the sea. The ancestral hills of Formosa derive their origin from the Woo-hoo-mun (Five Tiger Gate), the entrance to Foochow, whence they glided across the sea. In the ocean towards the east are two places called Tungkwan (Damp Limit) and Pih-mow (White Acre), which mark the spots where the dragons of the Formosan hills emerged. These sacred reptiles had pierced unseen the depths of ocean, and announcing their ascent to the surface by throwing up the bluff at Kelung-head, by a number of violent contortions heaved up the regular series of hills, valleys, and plains that extend north and south in varied undulations for the space of 1000 leagues (applied figuratively). The mountain-peaks are too multitudinous to enumerate, and the geography of the island too comprehensive to take into present consideration ; we will therefore confine ourselves to a few general remarks. In rear of the hills, eastward, flows the ocean ; facing them, to the westward, is the sea ; and between lies the prefecture of Taiwan.”
1887 February, W. Campbell, “A Few Notes from the Pescadores.”, in Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal[48], volume XVIII, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, →OCLC, page 62:THE PESCADORES, consisting of over twenty inhabited islands, besides several inlets and rocks, lie off the south-western coast of Formosa at a minimum distance of about twenty-five miles, and the entire group is set down on the charts as extending from latitude 23° 12′ to 23° 47′ N., and from longitude 119° 19′ to 119° 41′ E. They form together the Dashing Lake District or Ting, 澎湖廳, of the Taiwan Prefecture, and are placed under the control of resident civil and military mandarins who report to their superior officers at Taiwanfoo.
1980, Ramon H. Myers, “The Public Sector: The State”, in The Chinese Economy Past and Present[49], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 78–79:In effect each area paid an assigned land tax quota, which was allocated among households — depending upon the amount of land they owned and registered with the land tax office. Households paid this tax in silver, and by 1736 the state collected this kind of land tax in all provinces except Shansi, Taiwan prefecture (part of Fukien province), and Kweichow.
1994 July, Robert Storey, “Facts about Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit[50], 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 10–11:Koxinga’s forces hoped to launch an invasion to recapture the mainland from the Manchus, but instead the Manchu armies captured Taiwan in 1682. For the next 200 years there was substantial migration from the Fujian province across the Taiwan Straits. These immigrants brought with them their culture and language, which are still in evidence today. Taiwan remained a county of the Fujian province from 1684 until 1887, when with a population of more than 2½ million it became a province of China.
1996 [1993 August 31], Taiwan Affairs Office, “The Taiwan Question and Unification of China”, in Winberg Chai, May-lee Chai, editors, 中國大陸與臺灣 [Chinese Mainland and Taiwan: A Study of Historical, Cultural, Economic and Political Relations with Documents][51], Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 274:In 1684 (23rd year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi) a Taiwan-Xiamen Patrol Command and a Taiwan Prefecture Administration were set up under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province.
2016 [2014 April 17], “President Ma Attends "Examining the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute under New and Multiple Perspectives" International Conference”, in Ying-jeou Ma, editor, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs[52], volume 32 (2014), Brill Nijhoff, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 281:President Ma further noted that in 1683 during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) the emperor formally included the Diaoyutais as territory of China in Taiwan Prefecture, Fujian Province. In 1812, the Diaoyutais were placed under the administration of the Kavalan Office of the Taiwan prefectural government, he added, pointing out that the Record of Missions to Taiwan and Adjacent Waters 《臺海使槎錄》 and the Illustrations of Taiwan 《全臺圖説》 prove that China effectively ruled over the Diaoyutai Islets during the Qing Dynasty.
2018 June 5, Sebo (許世模) Koh, “Chinese identity was short-lived”, in Taipei Times[53], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-06-07, Editorials, page 8[54]:Taiwan, like China, was a colony of the Qing Empire from the late 17th century. Although the Qing established Taiwan Prefecture and later designated Taiwan as a province, they never took control of the whole island.
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1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa[55], Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 44:In 1885 Governor LIU determined to reconstruct Taipei and make it the temporary capital until, the railway having on its way to Taiwan reached the old town of Changhua, in about the middle of Formosa, he should build a city near that place and make it, under the name of Taiwan, the capital of the province of Taiwan.
1898, “Bang-ka, or Mang-ka”, in Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia: A New Edition[56], volume I, New York: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 480, column 2:Near Bang-ka is Twa-tu-tia, the great center of the tea-trade of Formosa, and the capital of the province of Taiwan (i. e. Formosa) from 1885 to 1896.
1918, Hosea Ballou Morse, “France and Tongking”, in The International Relations of the Chinese Empire[57], volume II, Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 861:The Chinese forces holding Formosa numbered about 50,000 men, and its defence was ably conducted by Liu Ming-chüan, then imperial High Commissioner ad hoc afterwards first governor of the newly created province of Taiwan.
2000, Chien-chao Hung, “Taiwan under the Ch’ing”, in A History of Taiwan[58], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:An imperial edict was issued at last on November 12, 1885, proclaiming Taiwan a province and appointing Liu its first governor.
2015, Wan-yao (周婉窈) Chou, “Han Homelands and the Immigrant Settler Society”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan[59], Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 87:After the Sino-French War of 1883-1885, the Ch’ing court decided to elevate Taiwan from a prefecture (fu) of Fukien Province to a province. Taiwan Province had three fu and one special prefecture (chih-li-chou).
2022 August 10, Alex Millson, “China's First White Paper on Taiwan Since Xi Came to Power — In Full”, in Bloomberg News[60], archived from the original on 10 August 2022, Business:In 1885, Taiwan's status was upgraded and it became the 20th province of China.
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1902, “Appendix”, in The Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Malta, St Helena, Barbados, Cyrpus, the Channel Islands, the British Army & Navy (The British Empire Series)[61], volume V, →OCLC, page 649:Taiwan (Formosa) and Hōkotō (the Pescadores) were ceded to Japan upon the close of the Chinese War of 1895. Taiwan has a Governor-General with extreme powers, and is now an integral part of Japan.
1913, Charlotte M. Salwey, “Formosa, the Beautiful (Taiwan)”, in The Island Dependencies of Japan[62], London: Eugène L. Morice, →OCLC, page 39:Taiwan is governed by a Governor-General. Since 1895 three Governors have resigned. The present in office is General Count Samata Sakuma.
1938 July 29, “Amoy is Island Key to South China's Strategic Province”, in The Winchester Star[63], volume LVIII, number 1, Winchester, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 5:Amoy is one of the three Chinese ports closer to the Japanese colony of Taiwan (Formosa) than are any ports in the Japanese Empire proper.
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1946 February 16, “China”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly[64], volume XXII, number 7, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:Recent reports from Taiwan (Formosa), although fragmentary, begin to give a picture of economic conditions following the conclusion of the war. Now officially referred to as Taiwan Province, the island's former Japanese administration is being replaced by Chinese officials with little change, at least as yet, in the administrative pattern. Although there is no indication that ideographs will be changed, Chinese readings rather than Japanese will be followed for place names. Taihoku, for example, will be read in our alphabet as Taipei. This city presumably will continue to be the capital of Taiwan.
1949, Winifred Lewis, “The Aluminium Producing Industry”, in The Light Metals Industry[65], Temple Press Limited, →OCLC, page 116:A second smaller works in Taiwan Province, at Hualien, with capacity 8,000 tons per annum, closed down in 1944 and it is not known whether this will be reopened by Chinese or American interests.
1957, Chung-cheng (Kai-shek) Chiang, Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy[66], New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 239–240:The Chinese Government today, with its program of local self-government in Taiwan, provides a revealing contrast to the Communist totalitarian "democratic dictatorship" on the mainland. Herein lies the foundation for our eventual victory against Communism.
1979 October 7, “Govt succeeds in efforts to narrow income gap”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly][67], volume XX, number 39, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
- The income gap between the rich and the poor in Taiwan Province was narrowed considerably between 1968 and 1978, Lin Kai-fan, director of the Provincial Department of Budgets, Accounting & Statistics, told members of the Provincial Assembly Sept. 24.
1988 January 25, Fay Willey, Carroll Bogert, Dorinda Elliott, David Newell, “End of a Dynasty and an Era”, in Newsweek[68], volume CXI, number 4, →ISSN, →OCLC, International, page 34, column 3:By all accounts, Lee lacks Chiang's charisma. The son of a rice farmer from northern Taiwan, he trained as an agronomist at Cornell University, then served as mayor of Taipei and governor of Taiwan Province, where he won widespread popularity.
2000, Law of the Sea: The Common Heritage and Emerging Challenges[69], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310:Yann-huei Song is Research Fellow and Head, Division of Legal and Political Studies, in the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
2000, Shui-Bian Chen, “From Elected Representative to Administrative Chief”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan[70], Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:In August 1993, I began preparing to run in the first race for mayor of Taipei elected directly by popular vote, to be held in December 1994. At the same time, the positions of mayor of Kaohsiung City and governor of Taiwan Province were also up for direct popular election.
2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities[71], archived from the original on 02 March 2022, page 6:The remote offshore areas set forth in the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 include:
1. Lanyu Township and Lyudao Township under the jurisdiction of Taitung County, Taiwan Province.
2. Cimei Township and Wang-an Township under the jurisdiction of Penghu County, Taiwan Province.
3. Beigan Township, Nangan Township, Jyuguang Township and Dongyin Township under the jurisdiction of Lienchiang County, Fuchien Province.
2019 November 7, Sophia Yang, “PFP leader James Soong could change Taiwan's 2020 election landscape: political observer”, in Taiwan News[72], archived from the original on 2019-11-07, 2020 Taiwan Presidential Election[73]:Soong, 77, was the country's first popularly elected governor of Taiwan Province under the Republic of China constitutional structure before it became void in 1997 due to political reform.
2020 January 11, “The state of Taiwan: Five things to know”, in France 24[74], archived from the original on 11 January 2020:After being defeated by the Communist Party in 1949, China's Kuomintang (KMT) nationalist government fled to the island province of Taiwan 180 kilometres (110 miles) off the mainland.
2020 March 15, Han Cheung, “Taiwan in Time: The KMT’s first downfall”, in Taipei Times[75], archived from the original on 15 March 2020:But ever since the KMT lost China to the Chinese Communist Party 1949, the Taiwan Provincial Government and the central government essentially ruled the same territory, with 98 percent overlap.
2022 February 28, Yi-ching Chiang, Teng Pei-ju, “Civil groups march in Taipei, demand truth about 228 Incident”, in Focus Taiwan[76], archived from the original on 28 February 2022:The participants then marched to several sites where other major incidents had occurred, and they ended at the Executive Yuan building, which was formerly the headquarters of the Taiwan Provincial Government.
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1964, 任育地 [Jen Yu-ti], “Seas”, in 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China][77], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, →OL, pages 42–43:The eastern part of Taiwan Province is washed by the Pacific Ocean while the mainland coast borders on the Pohai, the Yellow, the East China and the South China Seas, each with its different depth and water temperature.
1983, James C. H. Shen, “Dropping the First Shoe”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally[78], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 74:I asked Kissinger what he and Chou En-lai talked about. He said Chou spoke heatedly on two questions, namely, Taiwan and the China seat in the United Nations. Chou claimed that Taiwan is "a province of China"—the People's Republic of China, that is—and should be reunited with the mainland.
1992, Shunwu (周舜武) Zhou, “Overview”, in 中国分省地理 [China Provincial Geography][79], Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 499:China (excluding Taiwan Province) has 381 cities as of the end of 1987, including 3 provincial-level cities, 170 provincially administered cities and 208 township-level cities. In addition there are 1,985 counties (including autonomous counties, banners and autonomous banners) in China.
2003 May 30, “Chinmen Willing to Accept Donations From Chinese Motherland”, in Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China[80], archived from the original on 24 September 2022:At the sunset of May 28, the Chinmen County Council of Taiwan Province passed a joint resolution adopted by the county government and "congress" that a civil channel would be opened to accept the donations from the Chinese motherland the materials for the prevention and protection against atypical pneumonia.
2004 January 23, “Mainland City Greets Taiwan County with Fireworks”, in China Internet Information Center[81], archived from the original on 26 April 2004[82]:Xiamen City in east China greeted Jinmen County of Taiwan Province with a display of fireworks Thursday night, the first day of the traditional Chinese lunar New Year or Spring Festival.
2010 August 20, “Major figures of the 2000 population census”, in China Daily[83], archived from the original on 25 August 2010, page 1[84]:China has a population of 1,295.33 million. Of which:
The total population of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Jinmen and Mazu islands of Fujian Province hereafter) and of servicemen on the mainland of China was 1,265.83 million.
The population of Hong Kong SAR was 6.78 million.
The population of Macao SAR was 440 thousand.
The population of Taiwan Province and of Jinmen, Mazu and a few other islands of Fujian Province was 22.28 million.
2011 [1979 January 31], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary[85], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 286:I had my final meeting with Deng Xiaoping. We signed agreements concerning consular offices, trade, science and technology, cultural exchange, and so forth. After discussing the political problems I had in normalization, Zbig asked him, "Did you have political opposition in China?" Everybody listened very carefully when Deng said, "Yes, I had serious opposition in one province in China—Taiwan."
2018 February 2, Michelle Nichols, “Exclusive: North Korea earned $200 million from banned exports, sends arms to Syria, Myanmar - U.N. report”, in James Dalgleish, Cynthia Osterman, editors, Reuters[86], archived from the original on 02 December 2018, APAC:The U.N. monitors “also investigated cases of ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products in violation (of U.N. sanctions) ... and found that the network behind these vessels is primarily based in Taiwan province of China.”
2020 July 28, Taiwan Affairs Office, “Basic facts about Taiwan”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China[87], archived from the original on 31 July 2020[88]:China’s Taiwan refers to Taiwan province (including Taiwan Island, Orchid Island, Green Island, Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, and the Penghu Islands) and Fujian province’s Jinmen, Mazu, Wuqiu and other islands, with a total land area of 36,000 square kilometers.
2022 August 30, Donald Kirk, “Could China invade South Korea after Taiwan?”, in The Hill[89], archived from the original on 30 August 2022[90]:If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could order his troops into his neighbor with impunity, surely China’s President Xi Jinping might finally decide to recover Taiwan, the island province that has remained staunchly independent ever since Mao Zedong’s Red Army finished his conquest of the mainland in 1949.
2022 September 27, Allison Lampert, David Shepardson, “Buttigieg backs Taiwan participation in UN civil aviation body”, in Leslie Adler, Jonathan Oatis, editors, Reuters[91], archived from the original on 27 September 2022, Everythingnews[92]:China sees democratically ruled Taiwan as one of its provinces. Beijing has long vowed to bring Taiwan under its control and has not ruled out the use of force to do so.
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1877 November 8, “Robert Swinhoe, F.R.S.”, in Nature[93], volume XVII, number 419, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 35, column 2:In 1860 Mr. Swinhoe attended Gen. Napier, and afterwards Sir Hope Grant, the Commander-in-Chief, as interpreter, and received a medal for war service. At the end of the same year he was appointed Vice-Consul at Taiwan, Formosa, and in 1865 to the full Consulship.
1885 January 7, “Summary of News”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette[94], volume XXXIV, number 913, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:Evidently the French blockade of Formosa is not very effective, or else the Pescadores are not included in the blockaded district. The Daily Press of 31st December states:—We learn by private letter that there have been no blockading ships at Taiwan or at Takao during the last seven days. The blockade is a purely paper one. Troops and treasure are pouring into South Formosa.
1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa[95], Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 44:In 1885 Governor LIU determined to reconstruct Taipei and make it the temporary capital until, the railway having on its way to Taiwan reached the old town of Changhua, in about the middle of Formosa, he should build a city near that place and make it, under the name of Taiwan, the capital of the province of Taiwan.
1897 June 9, “Oriental News”, in The Daily Colonist[96], volume LXXVII, number 153, Victoria, British Columbia, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 4:Vernacular papers report that dispatches have been received by the Colonial Department from Formosa stating that 200 cases of black plague have broken out at Taihoku and Taiwan.
1897 January, “Railways in Formosa”, in The Board of Trade Journal of Tariff and Trade Notices and Miscellaneous Commercial Information[97], volume XXII, number 126, →OCLC, page 95:The contemplated railway system is to be divided, we believe, into four sections ; the first, a line from Kelung to Takow, passing through Taipeh, Taichu (Taiwan), and Tainan, that is to say, a line along the western coast; the second from Kelung to Giran, in the north ; the third from Takow to Hienchun, in the south; and the fourth from Hienchun to Giran, along the east coast.
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1996, Zip Dobyns, “Asteroid-World Fall 1996”, in Los Angeles Community Church of Religious Science[98] (Astrology), archived from the original on 17 May 2008[99]:I do not think they will make a serious move against Taiwan for at least a few years. The asteroid Taiwan will be in 15 Gemini 46 with a sextile to Peking and a semisextile to Mercury, though it is also square Nobel in 14 Virgo, the asteroid of explosives. There could be more rocket and missile confrontations similar to the demonstrations when Taiwan voted democratically against becoming again a part of China. The asteroid Taiwan is also octile Epeios, the inventor of the Trojan horse which enabled the Greeks to conquer Troy through trickery, in 0 Taurus. That suggests that when China does move against Taiwan it could initially involve trickery. In a few years, P Epeios will complete a grand fixed cross with Venus, Karma in 3 Scorpio, and Siva in 3 Aquarius for potential power struggles.
2005, D. Vokrouhlický et al., “Yarkovsky/YORP chronology of asteroid families”, in Icarus[100], volume 182, number 1, published 2006, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 126, column 2:For the Massalia family, we only have information on (20) Massalia (pv = 0.21±0.01). Finally, for the Astrid family, we have (1128) Astrid with pv = 0.077±0.010 and (2169) Taiwan with pv = 0.099±0.020. In each of these cases, the values conform to the taxonomic type of the corresponding families.
2019 August 29, “Asteroid 'Taiwan' to come closest to Earth late Thursday: museum”, in Focus Taiwan[101], archived from the original on 10 September 2022, Science & Tech[102]:2169 Taiwan, a carbonaceous asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, will be at its closest to Earth at around 11 p.m. Thursday, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said.
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1669, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company on the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China[103], pages 20-21:
- So upon the 20. of August Mr. Frederick Schzdel a Merchant, ſet ſail in the good Ship called the Brown Fiſh, very richly freighted with all ſorts of Merchandizes from Taiwan to Canton ; and after nine days ſail, landed in the Canton River, at a place called Heytamon.
