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In the U.S., 7-Eleven means Slurpees and Big Gulps; in Taiwan, the convenience chain is far more crucial to daily life. Want to buy an airline ticket or renew your driver's license?
7-Eleven, Inc. 7-Eleven, Inc. [2] is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas and owned by Japanese company Seven & I Holdings through Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. [3] The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946.
Taiwan, [II] [k] officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), [I] [l] is a partially recognized state [27] [28] in East Asia. [o] It is located at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
It is the largest food production company in Taiwan as well as Asia, [citation needed] and has a significant market share in dairy products, foods and snacks, and beverages. Through its subsidiary company President Chain Store Corporation , it is also responsible for running Starbucks, 7-Eleven, Mister Donut, Carrefour and Muji in Taiwan
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.
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, stylized as Uni-President 7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn Lions, also known as Uni-Lions ( Chinese: 統一7-ᴇʟᴇᴠᴇn獅 ), are a professional baseball team playing in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). The Lions are based in Tainan City, Taiwan and homefielded primarily at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium .
In the Late Pleistocene, sea levels were about 140 metres (460 ft) lower than at present, exposing the floor of the shallow Taiwan Strait as a land bridge. A concentration of vertebrate fossils has been found in the channel between the Penghu Islands and Taiwan, including a partial jawbone designated Penghu 1, apparently belonging to a previously unknown species of genus Homo, dated 450,000 to ...
The culture of Taiwan is a blend of Han Chinese and indigenous Taiwanese cultures. [1] Despite the overwhelming Chinese cultural influence and minority indigenous Taiwanese cultural influence, Japanese culture has significantly influenced Taiwanese culture as well. [2] The common socio-political experience in Taiwan gradually developed into a ...