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So as promised in my email, here is a map of Taiwan. Here are some basic facts about Taiwan.

-Other names: Republic of China, Formosa
-245 miles long and 89 miles wide
-Located off the Southeast coast of China
-Separated from China by the East China Sea and the    Taiwan Strait
-Population: 22,974,347

So here's my 10-second version of the history of Taiwan. If you're really interested in it, you can do your own research or let me know and I'll email you copies of my readings from my classes to answer any further questions you might have regarding Taiwan, its government and politics. (Haha! I know, boring stuff.) So basically, Taiwan has an indigenous peoples population who originally owned the lands. Then they were discovered by the Portuguese who named the island Formosa (meaning beautiful). After the European occupation, the Japanese occupied the island until the Shimonoseki Treaty where the island was returned to the Qing Empire. After the Qing Empire fell in Mainland China, the KMT (Kuomintang or Nationalist Party) took over under the leadership of Sun Yat-Sen and then Chiang Kai-Shek but with the rise of Communism, the KMT went in to Civil War with the opposing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under the leadership of Mao Zedong. The KMT eventually retreated and fled to the island of Taiwan for what they deemed then as only a short term stay where they will be able to gather up more resources and return to fight in the mainland. The return to the mainland has not happened til this day and the Han majority of Mainland China have since taken over the island of Taiwan and the indigenous peoples are now a minority in this island. So there. That's your daily trivia about Taiwan. By the way, Taiwan is not really recognized as a country and its status in both international governmental and non-governmental organizations varies. But it does have formal diplomatic ties with countries such as Palau and various other countries in Africa and Central America. 

And where do I live.......

And this is where I live....
This is a map of the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) in Taipei. I use this as it will give you the best idea of where I live. So looking at the map above, I live right outside Taipei, in what is now called New Taipei City so we're still connected to the MRT route. Anyway, look down on this route map, locate Qizhang which is on the green line that has the light green one-stop connection. I live right above the Qizhang MRT Station. There's 3 identical complexes that are all connected to the MRT Station at Qizhang and I live on the 17th floor of one of the complexes above the MRT Station. It's quite convenient and pretty easy to give directions and explain to people where I live. It's awesome! :)

 


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