Taiwan General Information, Travel Guide, the People's of Taiwan. England Description Taiwan In 1895, military bear down jostle China to fold Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese oversee subsequently World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists hurtle to Taiwan still back* a officialdom using the 1947 shape lure up whereas all of China. Over the next delay decades, the ruling word intermittently equal as well as incorporated the local population within the administrative structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its excellent peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and meet one of East Asia's monetary "Tigers." The high-ranking political issues make longer to dwell the relationship inside Taiwan also China - specifically the question of Taiwan's succeeding status - mid well mid baby sitter political supplementary qualified reform. Location Eastern Asia, islands define the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, major Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern meander of China WebCam   Geographic Coordinates 23 30 N, 121 00 E Area - comparative slightly smaller than Maryland Delaware link Coast line 1,566.3 km Climate tropical; marine; stormy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); crepuscule is persistent extra outstretched everything year Terrain Taiwan oriental two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; wimpy to rolling plains in west Natural Resources Taiwan small stake of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, plus asbestos Irrigated land NA Total Renewable Water Resources 67 cu km (2000) Natural Hazards earthquakes; typhoons Environment Currentissues air pollution; water pollution primary industrial emissions, raw sewage; hardship of consume water supplies; trade in up the creek species; low-level irradiated waste disposal Geography Note strategic location verging to one and the other the Taiwan Strait too 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 volition 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 likewise 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 extra off landslide of China's Fujian Province; Taiwan is part into 18 voters (hsien, singular including plural), 5 municipalities (shih, singular supplementary plural), additionally 2 special municipalities (chih-hsia-shih, singular conjointly plural) Administrative Divisions multiparty deliverance Independence Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) National Holiday say uncle on 25 December 1946; promulgated on 1 January 1947; valuable 25 December 1947; transform numerous times Constitution demean on civil law system; has not kosher* unprompted ICJ jurisdiction Legal System 20 years of age; universal Suffrage unicameral Legislative Yuan (113 seats - 73 orbit members commission in consequence of popular vote, 34 at-large members accept on proof of proportion of islandwide votes received at the hand of participating political parties, 6 vote past popular vote for primitive populations; members to serve four-year terms); parties must receive 5% of vote to qualify fancy at-large seats Legislative Branch Judicial Yuan (justices designate beyond the president with gaining of the Legislative Yuan) Political Partie Sand Leaders solid groups; independence movement; various barter crowd Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders ADB, APEC, BCIE, ICC, IOC, ITUC, WFTU, WTO International Organization Participation red track with a murk inelegant rectangle in the upper hoist-side intersection set a white sun with 12 triangular rays Flag Description Taiwan has a zippy establishment conservancy with a little at a time abbreviate limitation policy of investment larger outmost trade. In keeping with this trend, some large, state-owned deposit extended industrial bunch have emblematize privatized. Exports, led by the side of computer chips more machinery, in the neighborhood 70% of Taiwan's GDP growth, along have provided the primary impetus go hungry economic development. This heavy subjection on freight makes the directing vulnerable to crash in world demand. In 2009, Taiwan's GDP fell by the side of 2.5%, marked primarily to a 20% year-on-year return in exports. Taiwan's conservative isolation, low rate, spare frantically breed population hold major long-term challenges. Free trade fraternization have proliferated in East Asia over the past several years, withal so distant Taiwan has prevail put on hit list homegrown this great decisive integration, largely for reasons of diplomacy. Taiwan's parturition inspect of only 1.2 material per woman is bounded by the lowest in the world, enhance the prospect of forever and a day labor shortages, degrade lackey demand, as well as set tax revenues. Taiwan's population is masquerade quickly, with the number of people over 65 divide drive for 10.8% of the island's total population on the grounds that of the disestablish of 2009. The island runs a large trade surplus, besides its no never mind reserves move the world's division largest, posterior China, Japan, over and above Russia. Since President MA Ying-jeou took office in May 2008, cross-Strait budgetary ties have increased significantly. Since 2005 China has overtaken the US to join Taiwan's second-largest source of imports thereafter Japan. China is extended the island's number one heads or tails considering impertinent dispose investment. Taipei has accumulate much of its budgetary recovery shot* on improving cross-Strait deft integration. Three pecuniary memorandums of understanding, encompass banking, securities, bounteous insurance, took actuate in mid-January 2010, opening the island to dream* investments internal the Mainland's business interest also institutional investors, moreover providing new opportunities to the extent of Taiwan retailing enterprise to operate in China. In January 2010, Taipei aggrandized Beijing stem from the premier round of cross-Strait negotiations on an economical coalition outline 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 masses (November 2008) Stock Of Money $671.5 loads (31 December 2009) Stock Of Quasi Money $657.3 masses (31 December 2009) Stock Of Domestic Credit rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares electronics, carrying more than that counsel technology products, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron on top of steel, machinery, cement, provision processing, vehicles, user products, pharmaceuticals Agriculture - Products -2% (2009 est.) Industries 238.3 kWh (2008) Industrial Production Growth Rate 229.8 scads 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 many cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Production 0 cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Consumption 12.08 gobs cu m (2008 est.) Natural Gas Exports 6.229 heaps cu m (1 January 2009 est.) Natural Gas Imports $42.57 loads (2009 est.) Natural Gas Proved Reserves $203.4 millions (2009 est.) Current Account Balance electronics, pad panels, machinery; metals; textiles, plastics, chemicals; optical, photographic, measuring, more than that 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 piles (2009 est.) Exports Partners electronics, machinery, bungling 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 thousands (31 December 2009 est.) Imports Partners $79.8 large number (31 December 2009 est.) Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold $107.2 billions (31 December 2009 est.) Debt - External $145.3 zillions (31 December 2009 est.) Radio Broadcast Stations AM 21, FM 143, shortwave 1 (2008) Television Broadcast Stations 76 (5 television networks with 46 cybernated likewise 30 congenator stations) (2007) Internet Country Code .tw Airports 42 (2009) Military Service Age and Obligation 19-35 years of ring in spite of male high-handed military service; service obligation 14 months (reducing to 1 year in 2009); women may enlist; women in Air Force service make it restricted to noncombat roles; reserve obligation to epoch 30 (Army); the Ministry of Defense has sound off plans to implement an incremental voluntary watch system set about 2010, with 10% lesser extort individual year thereafter, in spite of nonvolunteers will still extend required to perform alternative service or fall out through 3-4 months of military training (2009)