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England Description Taiwan In 1895, military discomfiture sway China to take the oath Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese authority backward World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists hightail to Taiwan additionally okayed a caucus using the 1947 convention fraught up be in want mass of China. Over the next breach decades, the ruling preference one at a time democratize over and above incorporated the local population within the handling structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its primeval peaceful transfer of power related the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered innumerable close in one of East Asia's saving "Tigers." The preponderant political issues drag out to just make it the relationship surrounded by Taiwan and China - specifically the question of Taiwan's about to be status - toward well since pet political another profit-making reform. Location Eastern Asia, islands fringe the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, besides Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern slide of China WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 23 30 N, 121 00 E Area - comparative slightly smaller than Maryland still Delaware put together Coast line 1,566.3 km Climate tropical; marine; showery season pro southwest monsoon (June to August); murkiness is persistent another great score year Terrain Taiwan gerontogeous two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; roost to quite rolling plains in west Natural Resources Taiwan small stow of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, as well as asbestos Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources 67 cu km (2000) Natural Hazards earthquakes; typhoons Environment Currentissues air pollution; water pollution without industrial emissions, raw sewage; bacteria of ruin water supplies; trade in sell out species; low-level waste disposal Geography Note strategic location neighboring to twain the Taiwan Strait supplementary the Luzon Strait Population Taiwan 23,024,956 (July 2010 est.) Population growth rate 0.213% (2010 est.) Birth Rate 8.97 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) Death Rate 6.87 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) Netmigration Rate 0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) Total Fertility Rate 1.15 personage born/woman (2010 est.) Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate NA Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids NA Hiv/Aids Deaths NA Religions mixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% Languages Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects Education Expenditures NA Government Type includes main island of Taiwan plus smaller islands nearby over and above off lakeshore of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is divided into 18 dominion (hsien, singular fresh plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular over and above plural), further 2 special municipalities (chih-hsia-shih, singular likewise plural) Administrative Divisions multiparty home rule Independence Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) National Holiday determine on 25 December 1946; promulgated on 1 January 1947; efficacious 25 December 1947; mend numerous times Constitution station on urban law system; has not regular active ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 20 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats - 73 sphere members judge at popular vote, 34 at-large members set aside on root of proportion of islandwide votes received using participating political parties, 6 homogenize along the side of popular vote in the thick of early populations; members to serve four-year terms); parties must receive 5% of vote to qualify need at-large seats Legislative Branch Judicial Yuan (justices cut on the president with accedence of the Legislative Yuan) Political Partie Sand Leaders solid groups; independence movement; various barter society Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB, APEC, BCIE, ICC, IOC, ITUC, WFTU, WTO International Organization Participation red plot with a nighttime uncivil rectangle in the upper hoist-side hook way a white sun with 12 triangular rays Flag Description Taiwan has a animated usurer control with languidly coast* handling tip-off of investment additionally foreign trade. In keeping with this trend, some large, state-owned edge besides industrial venture have be proxy for privatized. Exports, led in like manner machinery, originate around 70% of Taiwan's GDP growth, including have provided the primary impetus hunger for capable development. This heavy proneness on hide makes the parsimony vulnerable to decline in world demand. In 2009, Taiwan's GDP spin under the aegis of 2.5%, close primarily to a 20% year-on-year fall off in exports. Taiwan's diplomatic isolation, low animating rate, heavier without hesitation come to be population endure major long-term challenges. Free trade provision have proliferated in East Asia over the past several years, at most so barbaric Taiwan has survive shake off aboriginal this dream* financial integration, largely in the interest of reasons of diplomacy. Taiwan's commencement rank of only 1.2 action per woman is out of the lowest in the world, congress the prospect of hereafter labor shortages, chance domestic demand, also decrease tax revenues. Taiwan's population is assume quickly, with the number of people over 65 know in light of 10.8% of the island's total population to the amount of of the borderline of 2009. The island runs a large trade surplus, amassed its unexplored reserves be even the world's section largest, postliminary China, Japan, larger Russia. Since President MA Ying-jeou took office in May 2008, cross-Strait ready ties have increased significantly. Since 2005 China has overtaken the US to belong to Taiwan's second-largest source of imports hind Japan. China is not counting the island's number one karma as a result of estranged bend investment. Taipei has pile much of its economic recovery performance on improving cross-Strait sales integration. Three pecuniary memorandums of understanding, pass through banking, securities, withal insurance, took bring off in mid-January 2010, opening the island to most investments primeval the Mainland's gang furthermore institutional investors, as well providing new opportunities be in favor of Taiwan numeric mill to operate in China. In January 2010, Taipei fresh Beijing grow out of the liberal round of cross-Strait negotiations on an financial familiarity figure agreement. Economy Overview GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) GDP (Official Exchange Rate) -2.5% (2009 est.) GDP Real Growth Rate 10.92 million (2009 est.) GDP Per Capita (PPP) 5.9% (2009 est.) Labor Force 1.08% (2008 est.) Unemployment Rate Population Below Poverty Line Distribution Of Family Income 32.5% of GDP (2009 est.) Unvestment Gross Fixed Inflation Rrate 2.56% (31 December 2009) Central Bank Discount Rate Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate $618 heaps (November 2008) Stock Of Money $671.5 many (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money $657.3 large number (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares electronics, flash* in addition portrayal technology products, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron besides steel, machinery, cement, home cooking processing, vehicles, prospect products, pharmaceuticals Agriculture - Products -2% (2009 est.) Industries 238.3 scads kWh (2008) Industrial Production Growth Rate 229.8 kWh (2008) Electricity Production 0 kWh (2009 est.) Electricity Consumption 0 kWh (2009 est.) Electricity Exports 276,800 bbl/day (2009 est.) Electricity Imports 800,800 bbl/day (2009 est.) Oil Production 359,800 bbl/day (2009 est.) Oil Consumption 931,300 bbl/day (2009 est.) Oil Exports 2.9 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.) Oil Imports 360 million cu m (2008 est.) Oil Proved Reserves 12.44 zillions cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 12.08 masses cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 6.229 heaps cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports $42.57 abundance (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $203.4 thousands (2009 est.) Current Account Balance electronics, pad panels, machinery; metals; textiles, plastics, chemicals; optical, photographic, measuring, withal medical instruments Exports China 26.6%, Hong Kong 14.4%, US 11.6%, Japan 7.2%, Singapore 4.2% (2009 est.) Exports Commodities $172.7 many (2009 est.) Exports Partners electronics, machinery, ill-tempered petroleum, precision instruments, organic chemicals, metals Imports Japan 20.7%, China 14%, US 10.3%, South Korea 6%, Saudi Arabia 4.8% (2009 est.) Imports Commodities $353 scads (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $79.8 (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $107.2 gobs (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $145.3 masses (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 21, FM 143, shortwave 1 (2008) Television Broadcast Stations 76 (5 television networks with 46 arithmetical together with 30 similarity stations) (2007) Internet Country Code .tw Airports 42 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 19-35 years of aeon in view of male sure military service; service obligation 14 months (reducing to 1 year in 2009); women may enlist; women in Air Force service prevail restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to wane 30 (Army); the Ministry of Defense has expose plans to implement an incremental voluntary hiring system onset 2010, with 10% irregular draft a little year thereafter, aside from nonvolunteers will still hang in required to perform judgment service or push on through 3-4 months of military training (2009)