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Administrative divisions of Taiwan
Taiwan consists of provinces and special municipalities.
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Artillery
Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.
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August 23 Artillery Battle Museum
The August 23 Artillery Battle Museum is a museum in Zhongzheng Park, Jinhu Township, Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Bakkwa
Bakkwa, also known as rougan, is a Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to jerky.
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Boyu Road
Boyu Road (also spelt Buoyu Road; known formerly as Chung Yang Road (中央大道)) is a major road and one of the county highways in Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Ceiba
Ceiba is a genus of trees in the Malvaceace family, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to N Argentina) and tropical West Africa.
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Chen Fu-hai
Chen Fu-hai is a Taiwanese politician.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also romanized as Chiang Chieh-shih or Jiang Jieshi and known as Chiang Chungcheng, was a political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in exile in Taiwan.
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Chiayi Airport
Chiayi Airport, commonly known as Shueishang Airport, is an airport in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.
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China and the United Nations
China was one of the charter members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council.
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China Mobile
China Mobile, officially China Mobile Communications Corporation is a Chinese state-owned telecommunication corporation that provides mobile voice and multimedia services CMCC Official Site through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network across mainland China.
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China Post
China Post, full name China Post Group Corporation is the state-owned enterprise operating the official postal service of China, which provides the service in mainland China, excluding its special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau, which have their own postal service independent to the mainland's.
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China Telecom
China Telecom Corp., Ltd. is a Chinese Telecommunications company.
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China Unicom
China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. or China Unicom is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator of China.
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Chinese characters
Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.
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Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was a war fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Chinese people
Chinese people are the various individuals or ethnic groups associated with China, usually through ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship or other affiliation.
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Chinese postal romanization
Postal romanization was a system of transliterating Chinese place names developed by the Imperial Post Office in the early 1900s.
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Chunghwa Telecom
Chunghwa Telecom is the largest telecommunications company in Taiwan and the incumbent mobile, PSTN and broadband carrier there.
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Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China (CPC), also referred to as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.
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County (Taiwan)
A county is an administrative division unit in Taiwan.
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Cross-Strait relations
Cross-Strait relations or Taiwan-China relations, Mainland–Taiwan relations are the relations between the following two political entities, which are separated by the Taiwan Strait in the west Pacific Ocean.
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Cymbidium
Cymbidium, or boat orchid, is a genus of 52 evergreen species in the orchid family Orchidaceae.
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Dadan Island
Dadan Island (also written as 大擔島) is a small island in Taiwan Strait, along the coast of Mainland China.
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Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), also known as Minjindang (MJD) is a liberal political party in the Taiwan and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition as it is currently the majority ruling party, controlling both the presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan.
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Deyue Gun Tower
The Deyue Gun Tower is a tower in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Diesel fuel
Diesel fuel in general is any liquid fuel used in diesel engines, whose fuel ignition takes place, without any spark, as a result of compression of the inlet air mixture and then injection of fuel.
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Erdan Island
Erdan Island is an island in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
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Eurasian hoopoe
The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa, native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa.
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Exit & Entry Permit
The Exit & Entry Permit for the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China, commonly shortened to Exit & Entry Permit, is a de facto travel visa issued by the National Immigration Agency of the Republic of China to Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China residents with nationality of the People's Republic of China and/or British National (Overseas) status for entering areas controlled by the ROC government.
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First Taiwan Strait Crisis
The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also called the 1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Formosa Crisis, the Offshore Islands Crisis or the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a brief armed conflict that took place between the governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC), which by then had fled and was based in Taiwan.
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Free area of the Republic of China
The Free area of the Republic of China is a term used by the government of the Republic of China (ROC) to refer to the territories under its actual control.
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Fujian
Fujian (pronounced), formerly romanised as Foken, Fouken, Fukien, and Hokkien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China.
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Fujian Province, Republic of China
Fujian, formerly romanized as Fukien or Fuchien (see other names below), is a streamlined province of the Republic of China (ROC).
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Fujian Provincial Government
The Fujian Provincial Government (FKPG) is the government that governs Fujian Province of the Republic of China.
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Government of the Republic of China
The Government of the Republic of China was formally established in 1912 in Nanking, with Sun Yat-sen as President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China under the Provisional Constitution of the Republic of China.
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Groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
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Guangdong
Guangdong is a province in South China, located on the South China Sea coast.
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Gugang Lake
The Gugang Lake (is a lake in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence
The Gulongtou Zhenwei Residence is a historical building in Jinning Township, Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Guningtou Battle Museum
The Guningtou Battle Museum is located in the Kuningtou area of the Kinmen National Park, Jinning Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Hokkien
Hokkien (from) or (閩南語/閩南話), is a Southern Min Chinese dialect group originating from the Minnan region in the south-eastern part of Fujian Province in Southeastern China and Taiwan, and spoken widely there and by the Chinese diaspora in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and other parts of Southeast Asia, and by other overseas Chinese all over the world.
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Hongwu Emperor
The Hongwu Emperor (21 October 1328 – 24 June 1398), personal name Zhu Yuanzhang (Chu Yuan-chang in Wade-Giles), was the founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty.
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Hujingtou Battle Museum
The Hujingtou Battle Museum is a museum in Kinmen National Park, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Republic of China.
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Islet
An islet is a very small island.
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Jerky
Jerky is lean meat that has been trimmed of fat, cut into strips, and then dried to prevent spoilage.
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Jhaishan Tunnel
The Jhaishan Tunnel is a tunnel in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Jiangong Islet
The Jiangong Islet is an islet in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Jincheng Seaside Park
The Jincheng Seaside Park is a park in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Jincheng, Kinmen
Jincheng Township is an urban township on the southwestern corner of the island of Kinmen (Quemoy).
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Jinhu, Kinmen
Jinhu Township is an urban township of Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Jinjiang, Fujian
Jinjiang is a county-level city of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, China.
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Jinning, Kinmen
Jinning Township is a rural township in Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Jinsha, Kinmen
Jinsha Township is an urban township of Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Ju (city)
Ju is an ancient Chinese city that existed during the Warring States period, and was located in what is today Ju County, Rizhao Prefecture, Shandong.
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Juguang Tower
The Juguang Tower is a tower in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Kaohsiung International Airport
Kaohsiung International Airport (commonly), also known as Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport for the Siaogang District where it is located, is a medium-sized commercial airport in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
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Kaoliang wine
Kaoliang wine, Gaoliang wine or sorghum wine is a strong distilled liquor of Chinese origin made from fermented sorghum.
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Kinmen Airport
Kinmen Airport or Shang Yi Airport is a civilian airport serving Kinmen, Fujian Province, Taiwan (ROC).
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Kinmen County Council
The Kinmen County Council (KMCC) is the elected county council of Kinmen County, Republic of China.
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Kinmen County Government
The Kinmen County Government is the local government of the Republic of China that governs Kinmen County.
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Kinmen Folk Culture Village
The Kinmen Folk Culture Village is a culture village in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Kinmen knife
The Kinmen knife is a knife exclusively made in Kinmen County in Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Kinmen Military Headquarters of Qing Dynasty
The Kinmen Military Headquarters of Qing Dynasty is a museum in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Kinmen National Park
The Kinmen National Park is a national park on the islands of Greater Kinmen and Lesser Kinmen, administratively part of Kinmen County, Republic of China.
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Koxinga
Zheng Chenggong, better known in the West by his Hokkien honorific Koxinga or Coxinga, was a Chinese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast.
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Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.
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Lee Wo-shih
Lee Wo-shih is a Taiwanese politician.
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Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China now based in Taiwan.
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Lieyu
Lieyu Township is a rural township in Kinmen, Fujian Province, Taiwan.
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List of administrative divisions of Taiwan
The following is a list of 22 major administrative divisions of Taiwan, including six special municipalities, three provincial cities, and 13 counties.
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List of cities in Taiwan
In the structural hierarchy of the administrative divisions in Taiwan, there are three types of administrative divisions with City (市, shì) in their names.
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List of county magistrates of Kinmen
This is a list of magistrates of Kinmen County.
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Magong Airport
Magong Airport is an airport in Magong City, Penghu County, Taiwan.
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Mainland China
Mainland China, also known as the Chinese mainland, is the geopolitical as well as geographical area under the direct jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Maoshan Pagoda
The Maoshan Pagoda, or also known as Jinguishan Pagoda, is a pagoda in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station
The Mashan Broadcasting and Observation Station is a historical broadcasting station and observation in Jinsha Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands (Fuzhou dialect: Mā-cū liĕk-dō̤ or less frequently,; Fuzhou dialect: 馬祖島 Mā-cū-dō̤) are a minor archipelago of 36 islands and islets in the East China Sea administered as Lienchiang County (連江縣;; Lièng-gŏng-gâing) under streamlined Fujian Province, Republic of China (ROC).
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Meetings, incentives, conferencing, exhibitions
Meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) is a type of tourism in which large groups, usually planned well in advance, are brought together for a particular purpose.
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Michael Szonyi
Michael A. Szonyi (born May 18, 1967) is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University and the director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies.
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Ming Chuan University
Ming Chuan University (MCU) is a private university in Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan, accredited in the United States of America and by AACSB.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the – for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.
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Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan)
The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China (MOI) is a cabinet level policy-making body, governed under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China.
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Mofan Street
The Mofan Street is a street in Jincheng Township, Kinmen, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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National Geographic Maps
National Geographic Maps, founded in 1915, is a wholly owned division of the National Geographic Society.
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National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences (KUAS) is a university located in Yanchao District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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National Quemoy University
National Quemoy University (NQU) is a national university, located in Jinning Township, Kinmen (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China.
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National University of Kaohsiung
National University of Kaohsiung (NUK) is a national university located in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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NPR
National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
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One-China policy
"One China policy" is a policy saying that there is only one country of China, despite the fact that there are two governments, China (officially the People's Republic of China) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China), with the official name of China.
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Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Pe̍h-ōe-jī (abbreviated POJ, literally vernacular writing, also known as Church Romanization) is an orthography used to write variants of Southern Min Chinese, particularly Taiwanese Southern Min and Amoy Hokkien.
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Penghu
The Penghu or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait.
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People's Liberation Army
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the armed forces of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Communist Party of China (CPC).
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin Romanization, often abbreviated to pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Chinese in mainland China and to some extent in Taiwan.
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Political status of Taiwan
The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, sometimes referred to as the Taiwan Issue or Taiwan Strait Issue, or from a Taiwanese perspective as the Mainland Issue, is a result of the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent split of China into the two present-day self-governing entities of the People's Republic of China (PRC; commonly known as China) and the Republic of China (ROC; commonly known as Taiwan).
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Prefecture-level city
A prefectural-level municipality, prefectural-level city or prefectural city; formerly known as province-controlled city from 1949 to 1983, is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
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Pu-Xian Min
Puxian (Hinghwa Romanized: Pó-sing-gṳ̂/莆仙語), also known as Pu-Xian Chinese, Puxian Min, Xinghua or Hinghwa (Hing-hua̍-gṳ̂/興化語), is a branch of Min Chinese.
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Qi (state)
Qi was a state of the Zhou dynasty-era in ancient China, variously reckoned as a march, duchy, and independent kingdom.
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Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty, also known as the Qing Empire, officially the Great Qing, was the last imperial dynasty of China, established in 1636 and ruling China from 1644 to 1912.
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Quanzhou
Quanzhou, formerly known as Chinchew, is a prefecture-level city beside the Taiwan Strait in Fujian Province, China.
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Quanzhou dialect
The Quanzhou dialect, also known as the Chin-chew dialect or the, is a Hokkien dialect that is spoken in southern Fujian (in southeast China), in the area centered on the city of Quanzhou.
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Republic of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China was a sovereign state in East Asia, that occupied the territories of modern China, and for part of its history Mongolia and Taiwan.
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Republic of China Armed Forces
The Republic of China Armed Forces, also known as the Chinese National Armed Forces (CNAF) or Armed Forces of Taiwan are the armed forces of the Republic of China now on Taiwan, encompassing the Army, Navy (including the Republic of China Marine Corps), Air Force and Military Police Force.
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Ryukyu Islands
The, also known as the or the, are a chain of islands annexed by Japan that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost.
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945.
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Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in which the PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen and the nearby Matsu Islands along the east coast of the PRC (in the Taiwan Strait) to "liberate" Taiwan from the Chinese Nationalist Party, also called Kuomintang (KMT), and probe the extent of the United States defense of Taiwan's territory.
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
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Shisa
is a traditional Ryukyuan cultural artifact and decoration, often seen in similar pairs, resembling a cross between a lion and a dog, from Okinawan mythology.
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Shuitou Pier
The Shuitou Pier is a pier in Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Soil salinity
Soil salinity is the salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization.
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Southern Ming
The Southern Ming was a loyalist movement that was active in southern China following the Ming dynasty's collapse in 1644.
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Standard Chinese
Standard Chinese, also known as Modern Standard Mandarin, Standard Mandarin, or simply Mandarin, is a standard variety of Chinese that is the sole official language of both China and Taiwan (de facto), and also one of the four official languages of Singapore.
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Su Shulin
Su Shulin (born 14 March 1962) is a Chinese oil and gas executive and former politician.
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Taichung International Airport
Taichung International Airport, previously known as Ching Chuan Kang Airport, is an international airport located in Taichung City, Taiwan for both commercial and military purposes.
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Tainan Airport
Tainan Airport (formally "臺南航空站") is a commercial airport located in South District, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Taipei Songshan Airport
Taipei Songshan Airport is a mid-size commercial airport and military airbase located in Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.
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Taiwan Affairs Office
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
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Taiwan general election, 2016
General elections were held in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, on Saturday, 16 January 2016 to elect the 14th President and Vice President of the Republic of China, and all 113 members of the ninth Legislative Yuan.
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Taiwan independence movement
The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement to pursue formal independence of Taiwan, Goals for independence have arisen from international law in relation to the 1952 Treaty of San Francisco.
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Taiwan legislative election, 2008
Elections for the Seventh Legislative Yuan were held on January 12, 2008 in Taiwan.
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Taiwan Power Company
The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) is a state-owned electric power industry providing electricity to Taiwan and off-shore islands of the Republic of China.
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Taiwan presidential election, 2008
The election for the 12th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) was held in Taiwan on Saturday, March 22, 2008.
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Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims the island of Taiwan to be part its territory under its Constitution as the Taiwan Province.
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Taiwanese Hokkien
Taiwanese Hokkien (translated as Taiwanese Min Nan), also known as Taiwanese/Taiwanese language in Taiwan (/), is a branched-off variant of Hokkien spoken natively by about 70% of the population of Taiwan.
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Taiwanese local elections, 2009
The Taiwanese local elections of 2009, or more commonly known as the Taiwan three-in-one elections of 2009, was held on Saturday, December 5, 2009, to elect magistrates of counties, mayors of provincial cities, members of county and city councils, and heads of townships and county-administered cities.
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Taiwanese local elections, 2014
The Taiwanese local elections of 2014, commonly known as the nine-in-one elections, were held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, to elect the Municipal Mayors, Municipal Councilors, Chiefs of indigenous districts in municipalities, Councilors of indigenous districts in municipalities, County Magistrates (City Mayors), County (City) Councilors, Township Chiefs, Township Councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities).
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Taiwanese people
Taiwanese people (Mandarin: 臺灣人 (traditional), 台湾人 (simplified); Minnan: 臺灣儂; Hakka 臺灣人 (Romanization: Thòi-vàn ngìn)) are people from Taiwan who share a common Taiwanese culture and speak Mandarin Chinese, Hokkien, Hakka, or Aboriginal languages as a mother tongue.
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty or the Tang Empire was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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Tashan Power Plant
The Tashan Power Plant is a fuel-fired power plant in Tashan, Shuitou Village, Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Three Links
The Three Links or Three Linkages was a 1979 proposal from the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to open up postal, transportation (especially airline), and trade links between China and Taiwan, with the goal of unifying Mainland China and Taiwan.
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Time in Taiwan
National Standard Time (see below) is the official time zone in Taiwan defined by an UTC offset of +08:00.
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Township (Taiwan)
Townships are the third-level administrative subdivisions of counties of Taiwan, along with county-controlled cities.
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Transcription (linguistics)
Transcription in the linguistic sense is the systematic representation of language in written form.
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Treaty of Shimonoseki
The was a treaty signed at the Shunpanrō hotel, Shimonoseki, Japan on 17 April 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing Empire, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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Wade–Giles
Wade–Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system for Mandarin Chinese.
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Warring States period
The Warring States period was an era in ancient Chinese history of warfare, as well as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation, following the Spring and Autumn period and concluding with the Qin wars of conquest that saw the annexation of all other contender states, which ultimately led to the Qin state's victory in 221 BC as the first unified Chinese empire known as the Qin dynasty.
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Water scarcity
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet water demand.
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Water treatment
Water treatment is any process that improves the quality of water to make it more acceptable for a specific end-use.
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Wentai Pagoda
The Wentai Pagoda is a pagoda in Gucheng Village, Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Wokou
Wokou (Japanese: Wakō; Korean: 왜구 Waegu), which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China, Japan and Korea.
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Wuqiu Lighthouse
The Wuqiu Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Daqiu Village, Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China.
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Wuqiu, Kinmen
Wuqiu/Wuchiou is a group of islands comprising two major islands, namely Greater Qiu Islet and Smaller Qiu Islet, in the Taiwan Strait.
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Wutong Ferry Terminal
Wutong Ferry Terminal or Wutong Port is located on the North East coastline of Amoy island in the city of Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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Xiamen
Xiamen, formerly romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait.
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Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport is the airport serving the city of Xiamen in Fujian Province, China.
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Xiamen North railway station
Xiamen North railway station is a railway station located in Houxi Town, Jimei District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, China, on the Fuxia Railway which operated by Nanchang Railway Bureau, China Railway Corporation.
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Yan (state)
Yan (Old Chinese pronunciation: *) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.
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Yu Da Wei Xian Sheng Memorial Museum
The Yu Da Wei Xian Sheng Memorial Museum is a war memorial museum in Zhongzheng Park, Jinhu Township, Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China.
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Zhang Zhijun
Zhang Zhijun (born February 1, 1953) is a diplomat and politician of the People's Republic of China.
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Zhangzhou dialect
The Zhangzhou dialect, also known as Changchew dialect or Changchow dialect, is a dialect of Hokkien spoken in southern Fujian province (in southeast China), centered on the city of Zhangzhou.
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Zhejiang
, formerly romanized as Chekiang, is an eastern coastal province of China.
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Zhu Yihai
The Gengyin Emperor (1618–1662), personal name Zhu Yihai, was an emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty, reigning from 1645 to 1655.
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1987 Lieyu massacre
The 1987 Lieyu massacre, also known as the March 7 Incident, Donggang Incident or Donggang Massacre, occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China.
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2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
The 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations of the Kuomintang (KMT) to mainland China.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinmen
