Taiwan (Chiang's World)

Taiwan Province
臺灣省 (Chinese)
Tâi-oân-séng (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Thòi-vàn-sén/Thòi-vân-sén (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ)
Timeline: Chiang's World
OTL equivalent: Taiwan (excluding Fujian Province, Pratas Island, Taiping Island and Zhongzhou Reef)

Province of China


Flag	Coat of Arms
Location of Taiwan (in red)

Capital

Taipei

Largest City

Hsinpeh

Other Cities

Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan

Language
Official

Chinese

Others

Hakka, Hokkien, Formosan languages

Religion
Main

Buddhism

Others

Taoism, Christianity

Demonym

Taiwanese

Legislature

Provincial Council

Governor

Tsai Ing-wen (DPP)

Area

36,023 km²

Population

23,568,378

Time Zone

UTC+8

Abbreviations

CN-TW

Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣/台灣), officially known as Taiwan Province (Chinese: 臺灣省, Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng, Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Thòi-vàn-sén/Thòi-vân-sén) is a province of the Republic of China. It is separated from the rest of China by the Taiwan Strait. The province is consisted of the island of Taiwan (also known by its historical name Formosa) and the archipelago of Penghu (Pescadores Islands). Its administrative centre is Taipei, while its largest city in terms of population is Hsinpeh, both located on the province's main island, Taiwan.

History[]

The first people to have settled Taiwan were aborigines of Austronesian descent, who arrived in the island around 6,000 years ago. In 1624, the Dutch East India Company established a colony in southern Taiwan, which led to an influx of Han immigration from southern China. Koxinga, a Ming dynasty loyalist defeated the Dutch in 1662 and founded the Kingdom of Tungning as a springboard for reconquering China. The Ch'ing dynasty successfully annexed Taiwan in 1683, only to have the island ceded to Japan in 1895 according to the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

Taipei Taiwan Presidential-Office-Building-01 — The former office building of the Governor-General of Japanese Taiwan in Taipei

Taiwan was brought under the control of the Republic of China on October 25, 1945, as a result of the Japanese surrender in the Second World War. The island witnessed the atrocities of the 228 massacre, followed by a year-long period of martial law on the island declared by the provincial governor Chen Cheng. As economic reforms took place in the 1980s, Taiwan soon became one of the fastest-growing provinces of China and would define itself as a major financial hub in the region.

Notable people[]

Lien Chan, former ROC president, father born in Taiwan
Yang An-tze, politician
Lee Yuan-che, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Ho Ta-i, medical researcher

Yang Chih-chuan, businessman, computer programmer
Cheng Yen, philanthropist, religious figure
Chou Tzu-yu, singer