History, Government, Culture
-1895-1945- Japan tried to implement Japanization which was the pressuring of Taiwanese People to adopt Japanese names. During this time, Japan also helped improve Taiwan's economy
-1664- Dutch expelled by Cheng Ch'eng-kung who was fleeing the mainland and occupied Taiwan and turned it into a base to attempt to save the Ming dynasty
-1624- Dutch set up base for commerce with Japan and China
-1664-1895- China controlled Taiwan, began with Cheng Ch'eng-kung expelling dutch
-1895-1945- Belong to Japan
-After WW2- Returns to China
-Before WW2-1949- Civil war fought on mainland between Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek's KMT government. This war sent over 2 million refugees to Taiwan.
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/Images/mao-zedong.jpg
- Controlled by DPP (Democratic Progressive Party) and the KMT (Kuomintang)
-Multi-Party Democracy- DPP and KMT
-President- Ma Ying-jeou
-Most of control belongs to KMT as of 2005
-Constitution- amended to make cities and counties administered by the Executive Yuan
-Taiwan Relations Act- The US help Taiwan preserve the rights of the humans that live there
-Sport- Baseball, 2nd best in Asia to Japan. In the 2009 LLWS: Taiwan finished first and Japan finished 5th or 6th
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15946086@N06/2014638058/
-Customs- Very hospitable to people entering homes and will usually turn down gifts and repayment of money
http://clearwisdom.net/emh/article_images/2005-5-10-tw-report29.jpg
-Food- Tai Tung or Pig's Blood Soup... Delicacy in Taiwan
http://jackson.typepad.com/photos/taiwanese_food/zhibenfeb2007_129.html#tp
-Tradition- Lion Dance from China for entertainment and spiritual purposes-no lions in China so they imitated movements of animals they knew
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Lion_dance
Taiwan--Reid Goose
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