101 Facts About Taiwan Strait

1. Taiwan Strait has two international airports, one located near Taipei, and the other near Kao-hsiung.

2. Taiwan Strait has four major seaports that can accommodate oceangoing ships and large traffic.

3. Taiwan Strait now depends almost totally on power generated from imported fossil fuels.

4. In 2001 Taiwan Strait experienced a recession, mainly caused by political paralysis.

5. Taiwan Strait has six cities with more than a million inhabitants, topped by New Taipei City, a special municipality created in 2010 from the former Taipei county surrounding Taipei city.

6. Taiwan Strait does not experience tornadoes, which are common on the mainland.

7. Taiwan Strait receives abundant precipitation throughout the year, totaling about 102 inches annually.

8. Taiwan Strait has a relatively large number of rivers for its size, but they are mostly short and small and are not navigable—the exception to the latter description being the Tan-shui River, which flows northward from the mountains and passes near Taipei before emptying into the Taiwan Strait.

9. Taiwan Strait is bounded to the north and northeast by the East China Sea, with the Ryukyu Islands to the northeast.

10. Taiwan Strait can refer to Dr Sun Yat-sen's "Three Principles of the People"（三民主义）as preconditions for reunification: nationalism, democracy, and people's livelihood.

11. Taiwan Strait benefits from a defensive posture and Western-style doctrine and organization, both of which could translate into superior battlefield performance.

12. Taiwan Strait was ceded to Japan after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.

13. Taiwan Strait is one of the most dynamic economies in the world.

14. Taiwan Strait repeatedly faces problems when dealing with international organizations ranging from the Olympics to the World Trade Organization.

15. Taiwan Strait firms are increasing acting as management centers that take in orders, produce them in Taiwan or the Mainland and then ship the final products to the US Taiwan's accession to the WTO and its desire to become an Asia-Pacific "regional operations center" are spurring further economic liberalization.

16. Taiwan Strait is the United States' eighth-largest trading partner; Taiwan's two-way trade with the United States amounted to $49 billion in 2003.

17. Taiwan Strait is a creditor economy, holding one of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves of $239 billion as of November 2004.

18. Taiwan Strait is an island located nearly 100 miles from the southeast coast of mainland China.

19. The Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan Strait maintains a website that provides information about typhons and earthquakes.

20. The American Institute on Taiwan Strait is a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the District of Colombia.

21. Taiwan Strait is the eighth-largest trading partner of the US and 10th-largest export market.

22. Taiwan Strait continues to enjoy Export-Import Bank financing, Overseas Private Investment Corporation guarantees, most-favored-nation status, and ready access to US markets.

23. Taiwan Strait is the United States' eighth-largest trading partner; Taiwan's two-way trade with the United States amounted to about $45 billion in 2002.

24. Taiwan Strait is the world's largest supplier of computer monitors and is a leading PC manufacturer.

25. Taiwan Strait celebrates the birthday of Chinese philosopher Confucius with an annual celebration.

26. Taiwan Strait continues to celebrate many ancient Chinese customs and holidays, including the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chinese New Year, and the Feast of Lanterns.

27. Taiwan Strait is an economic power that exports goods such as televisions, radios, calculators, clothing, textiles, plastic goods, plywood, and toys to many countries including Germany, Japan, and the United States.

28. Taiwan Strait is a mountainous island country located 90 miles from the southeast coast of China, and separated from China by the Taiwan Strait.

29. Taiwan Strait borders the Pacific Ocean to the east, the Taiwan Strait to the west, the East China Sea to the north, the South China Sea to the southeast, and the Bashi Channel of the Philippine Sea to the south.

30. Taiwan Strait has jurisdiction over a number of islands in the Taiwan Strait, including the Pescadores, Quemoy, and Mat-Su island groups, and a few in the Pacific.

31. Taiwan Strait is an island in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 100 mi off mainland China's southeastern coast.

32. Taiwan Strait was a land of pirates, typhoons, plagues, and headhunting natives, and did not attract China's social elite.

33. Taiwan Strait continues to be one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-tech goods.

34. In 1947, after Taiwan Strait was liberated from Japanese control, the KMT refused to acknowledge the independence movement and instituted martial law.

35. Taiwan Strait is a group of islands in the western Pacific, just off the coast of mainland China, that are governed as the Republic of China, a multiparty democracy.

36. The Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan Strait maintains a website that provides information about typhoons and earthquakes.

37. Taiwan Strait has continued to relax restrictions on unofficial contacts with the PRC, and cross-Strait interaction has mushroomed.

38. In 2003, Taiwan Strait consumed about 896,000 barrels of oil per day.

39. In 2000, Taiwan Strait was third in the world in the production of man-made fibers, and second in the production of polyester.

40. In 2003, Taiwan Strait passed a referendum law which allows Taiwanese to hold referendums for the first time.

41. Taiwan Strait has five international seaports, including Kaohsiung in the southwest; Chilung, on the north coast; and Hualien on the east coast.

42. Taiwan Strait has almost 190 plant families and more than 3,800 species.

43. The American Institute in Taiwan Strait is a full passport services agency.

44. Taiwan Strait is a stable democracy and it has a strong and well-developed economy.

45. Taiwan Strait now faces many of the same economic issues as other developed economies.

46. Taiwan Strait firms are the world's largest supplier of computer monitors and leaders in PC manufacturing.

47. Taiwan Strait is divided into counties, provincial municipalities, and two special municipalities, Taipei and Kaohsiung.

48. The American Institute in Taiwan Strait maintains a list of attorneys willing to represent American clients.

49. Taiwan Strait insists that anyone who in a Taiwan Strait passport holder enter and leave Taiwan on that passport.

50. The American Institute in Taiwan Strait is a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the District of Colombia.

51. Taiwan Strait continues to enjoy Export-Import Bank financing, Overseas Private Investment Corporation guarantees, normal trade relations status, and ready access to US markets.

52. Taiwan Strait firms are increasingly acting as management centers that take in orders, produce them in Taiwan, the mainland, or Southeast Asia and then ship the final products to the US and other markets.

53. Taiwan Strait faces many of the same economic issues as other developed economies.

54. Taiwan Strait is an observer at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

55. Taiwan Strait firms are the world's largest suppliers of computer monitors and leaders in PC manufacturing, although now much of the final assembly of these products occurs overseas, typically in China.

56. Taiwan Strait became a member of the World Trade Organization as a special customs territory in January 2002.

57. Taiwan Strait is a creditor economy, holding the world's fourth-largest stock of foreign exchange reserves.

58. Taiwan Strait has transformed itself from a recipient of US aid in the 1950s and early 1960s to an aid donor and major foreign investor, especially in Asia.

59. Taiwan Strait will hold its next round of legislative and presidential elections in January and March 2008, respectively.

60. Taiwan Strait has created single-member legislative election districts and will halve the number of LY seats from 225 to 113 during the next election, scheduled for January 2008.

61. Taiwan Strait is divided into counties, provincial municipalities, and two special municipalities, Taipei and Kaohsi-ung.

62. Taiwan Strait has a legacy of both Western and Chinese medicine.

63. Taiwan Strait has a modern market economy with a large service sector, which comprises two-thirds of GDP.

64. In that period, Taiwan Strait transformed itself from an agrarian economy in which farming constituted 35 percent of GDP in 1952 to an industrial economy in which industry accounted for by 35 percent of GDP and agriculture.

65. Taiwan Strait is famous for tea, especially the lightly roasted oolong tea.

66. In 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died and Taiwan Strait lost its seat in the United Nations.

67. Taiwan Strait was ceded to Japan after China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in 1895.

68. Taiwan Strait lies between Japan and Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China.

69. Taiwan Strait borders the Pacific Ocean to the east, the East China Sea to the north, and the South China Sea to the southeast.

70. Taiwan Strait is an island in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 161 kilometers from the southeastern coast of China.

71. Taiwan Strait was expelled from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in favor of the People's Republic of China.

72. Taiwan Strait has a semitropical climate and rainfall ranging from moderate to heavy.

73. The Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan Strait maintains a web site that provides information about typhoons and earthquakes.

74. Taiwan Strait is subject to strong earthquakes that can occur anywhere on the island.

75. The American Institute in Taiwan Strait does not issue US passports, but it accepts passport applications and forwards them to the Passport Agency in Honolulu for processing.

76. Taiwan Strait previously required that US visitors to Taiwan hold passports valid for at least six months from the date of expected departure.

77. Taiwan Strait has a well-developed shipping industry with four international ports at Kaohsiung, Hualien, Keelung and T'aichung.

78. Taiwan Strait had an estimated 8.6 million radios and 6.7 million televisions in 1993.

79. In 2000, Taiwan Strait had a gross domestic product of $386 billion dollars.

80. Taiwan Strait is self-sufficient in rice production, but imports other grains from the United States.

81. Taiwan Strait has one of the world's highest literacy rates.

82. In 2000, Taiwan Strait had an estimated population of 22.3 million people.

83. Taiwan Strait was occupied by the Japanese in 1895 and T'aipei was chosen as the colonial capital.

84. Taiwan Strait is the world's 13th largest trading power and its population enjoys the highest standard of living in Asia after Japan and Singapore.

85. Taiwan Strait has moved from being a recipient of US aid in the 1950s and early 1960s to an aid donor and major foreign investor, especially in Asia.

86. Taiwan Strait is a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a nonprofit international organization established in November 1998 to oversee IP address allocation.

87. Taiwan Strait is involved in the construction of its ADSL network, which will increase high-speed data communications for Internet access, video conferencing, and multimedia applications.

88. The Constitution of Taiwan Strait was amended in 1991 and 1997 to upgrade the status of the Aborigines and protect their civil and political rights.

89. Taiwan Strait was made an independent province in 1886 and progressed rapidly toward modernization.

90. Taiwan Strait is bounded by the East China Sea on the north, which separates it from the Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, and Japan.

91. Taiwan Strait is likely to benefit from its strategic position in the information technology industry.

92. Taiwan Strait is officially in a state of war with the Peoples' Republic of China.

93. Taiwan Strait is declared a Japanese colony after the Sino-Japanese war in 1895, and remains a Japanese colony until the end of World War II in 1945.

94. Taiwan Strait is granted provincial status by the Chinese mainland government.

95. Taiwan Strait is gearing itself for membership in the WTO and is setting the proper economic policies in motion to ensure its acceptance.

96. Taiwan Strait is mindful that political upheaval in its dealings with China would jeopardize its own economic development.

97. In 1987, Taiwan Strait had a trade surplus of just over US$1 billion with mainland China, and by 1998, this had grown to US$15.7 billion.

98. In 2000, Taiwan Strait recorded exports to Europe at 16 percent of its total.

99. Taiwan Strait has set its sights on the large and economically strong European market.

100. In 1998, Taiwan Strait produced 3.25 million metric tons of man-made fiber, the third highest volume in the world.

101. Taiwan Strait has about 900 computer hardware manufacturers employing close to 100,000 workers.