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The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS; Chinese: 行政院主計總處; pinyin: Xíngzhèngyuàn Zhǔjì Zǒngchù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hêng-chèng-īⁿ Chú-kè Chóng-chhù) is a branch of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China , performs the role of both a comptroller for the government and census bureau. [1]
All the jade found on Taiwan came from a deposit of green nephrite at Fengtian, near modern Hualien City. Nephrite from Taiwan began to appear in the northern Philippines between 1850 and 1350 BC, spawning the Philippine jade culture. Around the beginning of the Common Era, artisans in Taiwan switched from jade to metal, glass and carnelian.
A key factor to understand this new environment is the rise of China, offering the same conditions that made possible, 40 years ago, the Taiwan Miracle (a quiet political and social environment, cheap and educated workers, absence of independent trade unions). [citation needed] One major difference with Taiwan is the focus on English education.
Taiwan Cycle Route No.1 (環島1號線) is a 968 km (602 mile) bicycle route around the island of Taiwan. [1] The route is intended to facilitate the recreational activity of bicycling around the island of Taiwan, which is called huan-dao (環島) in Mandarin Chinese , and is also translated as a "cycle-the-island-trip". [ 2 ]
According to Valerie Soe's 2019 documentary "Loveboat Taiwan [16]", in August 1993 during that year's "9 day trip down south", a participant went against the wishes of the counselors to swim in the bay of Kenting. The student was caught in an undertow and subsequently drowned while others were attempting to rescue him.
On 4 March 2010 at about 01:20 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake hit southwestern Taiwan in the mountainous area of Kaohsiung County. [18] Another major earthquake occurred on 6 February 2016, with a magnitude of 6.4. Tainan was damaged the most, with 117 deaths, most of them caused by the collapse of a 17-story apartment building. [19]
The TR Pass (Chinese: 台 灣 鐵 路 周 遊 券; pinyin: Táiwān Tiělù Zhōuyóu Quàn) [1] is a rail pass offered by Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA), granting holders of the pass unlimited rides on trains operated by TRA within the day count. The pass can be used by both local and foreign travelers, and different durations of validity ...
It is the first white paper concerning Taiwan published since 2000 and was released a few days after Nancy Pelosi's 2022 visit to Taiwan. [1] [2] [3] In it, the PRC urged for Taiwan to unify with it under the "one country, two systems" principle. [1] Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said the document was "wishful thinking and disregarding ...