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Apr. 8, 2024, 11:20 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Taiwan to practise responding to Chinese attacks during annual military exercises
Apr. 8, 2024, 1:29 AM ET (Taipei Times)
Production exploring Chinese identity to be staged in Kaohsiung
Apr. 4, 2024, 9:35 AM ET (AP)
Rescuers in Taiwan search for those missing or stranded after major earthquake kills 10
Apr. 3, 2024, 8:50 PM ET (AP)
Why is Taiwan so exposed to earthquakes and so well prepared to withstand them?
Apr. 3, 2024, 8:34 PM ET (AP)
Fierce earthquake rattles Taiwan, killing 9 and injuring more than 1,000
Taipei, special (province-level) municipality (chih-hsia shih, or zhizia shi) and seat of government of Taiwan (Republic of China). It is situated on the Tan-shui (Danshui, or Tamsui) River, almost at the northern tip of the island of Taiwan, about 15 miles (25 km) southwest of Chi-lung (Jilong, or Keelung), which is its port on the Pacific Ocean. Taipei is completely surrounded by New Taipei City, which was created out of the former T’ai-pei (Taipei) county in 2010 and is an administratively separate entity. Taipei lies in the relatively narrow bowl-shaped valley of the Tan-shui and two of its main tributaries, ...(100 of 1017 words)