Taiwan was Japan's first
colony and can be viewed as the first step in implementing their "
Southern Expansion Doctrine" of the late 19th century. Japanese intentions were to turn Taiwan into a showpiece "model colony" with much effort made to improve the island's economy,
public works,
industry, cultural
Japanization, and support the necessities of Japanese military aggression in the
Asia-Pacific. Japan established monopolies and by 1945, had taken over all the sales of opium, salt, camphor, tobacco, alcohol, matches, weights and measures, and petroleum in the island. (Full article...)
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Official portrait, 2019
Chen Chi-mai (
Chinese: 陳其邁;
pinyin: Chén Qímài;
Wade–Giles: Ch'ên2 Ch'i2-mai4;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kî-māi; born December 23, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician and the current Mayor of Kaoshiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the
Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from
Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of the
Legislative Yuan in 1996 and served as legislator for almost eight years before becoming the spokesperson of the
Executive Yuan.
In 2005, Chen succeeded to the mayoralty of
Kaohsiung after
Frank Hsieh's appointment as premier. Chen became the Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office in 2007 and served until the inauguration of President
Ma Ying-jeou. Following his December 2018 loss in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Chen was appointed Vice Premier of the Republic of China by President
Tsai Ing-wen. Chen yielded the vice premiership to
Shen Jong-chin in June 2020, and won the Kaohsiung mayoralty in a by-election on August 15, 2020 after previous mayor
Han Kuo-yu was
recalled. (Full article...)
Image 3Taiwan in the 17th century, showing Dutch (magenta) and Spanish (green) possessions, and the
Kingdom of Middag (orange) (from History of Taiwan)
Image 5Two
7-Eleven stores opposite each other on a crossroad. Taiwan has the highest density of 7-Eleven stores per person in the world (from Culture of Taiwan)
Image 6The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan, 1895 (from History of Taiwan)
Image 16Mid-17th century portrait of
Koxinga (Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from History of Taiwan)
Image 311901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from History of Taiwan)
Image 32Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 (from History of Taiwan)
Image 33The Qing Empire in 1820, with provinces in yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow, tributary states in orange. (from History of Taiwan)
Image 34Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from History of Taiwan)
Image 35Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from History of Taiwan)
Two people are killed and 266 others are injured by Typhoon Gaemi in northern
Taiwan as the typhoon passes through
Fujian province,
China, and heads inland.
(Reuters)
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Taiwan was Japan's first
colony and can be viewed as the first step in implementing their "
Southern Expansion Doctrine" of the late 19th century. Japanese intentions were to turn Taiwan into a showpiece "model colony" with much effort made to improve the island's economy,
public works,
industry, cultural
Japanization, and support the necessities of Japanese military aggression in the
Asia-Pacific. Japan established monopolies and by 1945, had taken over all the sales of opium, salt, camphor, tobacco, alcohol, matches, weights and measures, and petroleum in the island. (Full article...)
This is a
Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards.
Official portrait, 2019
Chen Chi-mai (
Chinese: 陳其邁;
pinyin: Chén Qímài;
Wade–Giles: Ch'ên2 Ch'i2-mai4;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Kî-māi; born December 23, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician and the current Mayor of Kaoshiung since August 24, 2020. He has served as spokesperson of the
Democratic Progressive Party and the chief executive officer of its Policy Research and Coordinating Committee. A physician from
Keelung, Chen started his political career by becoming member of the
Legislative Yuan in 1996 and served as legislator for almost eight years before becoming the spokesperson of the
Executive Yuan.
In 2005, Chen succeeded to the mayoralty of
Kaohsiung after
Frank Hsieh's appointment as premier. Chen became the Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office in 2007 and served until the inauguration of President
Ma Ying-jeou. Following his December 2018 loss in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Chen was appointed Vice Premier of the Republic of China by President
Tsai Ing-wen. Chen yielded the vice premiership to
Shen Jong-chin in June 2020, and won the Kaohsiung mayoralty in a by-election on August 15, 2020 after previous mayor
Han Kuo-yu was
recalled. (Full article...)
Image 3Taiwan in the 17th century, showing Dutch (magenta) and Spanish (green) possessions, and the
Kingdom of Middag (orange) (from History of Taiwan)
Image 5Two
7-Eleven stores opposite each other on a crossroad. Taiwan has the highest density of 7-Eleven stores per person in the world (from Culture of Taiwan)
Image 6The Imperial Guard Defeats the Enemy in Hard Fighting at Keelung on the Island of Taiwan, 1895 (from History of Taiwan)
Image 16Mid-17th century portrait of
Koxinga (Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from History of Taiwan)
Image 311901 map with red line marking approximate boundary separating territory under actual Japanese administration from "Savage District" (from History of Taiwan)
Image 32Administrative units of Taiwan under the Qing dynasty in 1734 (from History of Taiwan)
Image 33The Qing Empire in 1820, with provinces in yellow, military governorates and protectorates in light yellow, tributary states in orange. (from History of Taiwan)
Image 34Original geographic distributions of Taiwanese aboriginal peoples (from History of Taiwan)
Image 35Map of Asia showing the "Chinese Empire" (1892) (from History of Taiwan)
Two people are killed and 266 others are injured by Typhoon Gaemi in northern
Taiwan as the typhoon passes through
Fujian province,
China, and heads inland.
(Reuters)
Portals listed here are related to Taiwan by way of history, Asian region, diplomatic relations with ROC, and significant diaspora of overseas Taiwanese
Projects
You are cordially invited to join and contribute to WikiProject Taiwan, a
WikiProject dedicated to the development and improvement of articles relating to
Taiwan.