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Two 7-Eleven stores near the same intersection in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 7-Eleven is the largest convenience store chain In Taiwan, and is owned by President Chain Store Corporation , a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. The first fourteen stores opened in 1979, and struggled to make a profit.
Hokkien POJ. Tâi-oân le̍k-sú. The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [ 3 ]
July. The Dutch occupy Keelung [ 25 ] September. Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weather [ 25 ] Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000 [ 26 ] 1665. May. Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a storm [ 25 ] 1666.
23. Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) $175,617. 667,680. World's largest contract electronics manufacturer and the fourth-largest information technology company (by revenue). The firm operates as a contract manufacturer and subsidiaries include the Sharp Corporation and Smart Technologies. 259. Pegatron. $44,453.
As of 2023, Taipei 101 is the tallest building in Taiwan and the eleventh tallest building in the world. [ 2 ][ 3 ]25°2′1.11″N121°33′53.59″E / 25.0336417°N 121.5648861°E. The elevators of Taipei 101 that transport passengers from the 5th to the 89th floor in 37 seconds (attaining 60.6 km/h (37.7 mph)) set speed records. [ 2 ...
The trains have a passenger capacity of 989 seats in two classes: 66 seats in 2+2 configuration in the single Business Car and 923 seats in 2+3 configuration in the eleven Standard Cars. [40] The per capita energy consumption of a fully loaded 700T train is 16% of that of private cars and half that of buses; carbon dioxide emissions are 11% of ...
Tâi-lô. Tâi-pak Tāi-tsiòng Tsia̍t-ūn Hē-thóng. Taipei Metro[ I ] (also known as Taipei Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) [ 3 ] and branded as Metro Taipei) [ 4 ] is a rapid transit system operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation serving the capital Taipei and New Taipei City in Taiwan. It was the first rapid transit system to be built ...
The Democratic Progressive Party[ I ] (DPP) [ II ] is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC). [ 6 ][ 7 ][ 8 ] It is currently the major ruling party in Taiwan, controlling both the presidency and the central government, while also being the dominant party in the Pan-Green ...