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Hi, my name is Hailey Light or you can just call me Hailey L. or just Hailey i don't care was wanting to do somewhere in russia but i dont care mrs P told us we couldnt do india darn! have a nice rest of your morning

~Hailey Light

Hi again i guess were taiwan cool! my dad has been there and ive got lots of pics of the place i was wondering if we could voice audio im pretty sure mrs. P showed you the audio thing were they talk instead of type i also have a microphone we can use to make the recordings glad your my partner! :)

~Hailey Light

Hi me again i was also wondering if you would write back some time i would love to know your thoughts and takes on this were doing taiwan and thats it and sorry if im wrong but are you that girl who hangs out with cassidy and has A lunch im trying to figure out who you are it bothers me if i dont know stuff :) well talk to you soon if you do have A lunch plase stop me im the tall blonde i mean really really tall i hang out with jerrie and kylei abby turner the twins rachel and kristy and cassidy and anna you know those people so we can work together mayby exchange ideas somtime talk to you someday! :)

~Hailey Light

Asian Country research key= *=we haft to do them and cover them (me)=im going to do them ill research them so you dont haft to do them


 * money
 * geography
 * languge
 * culture
 * climate
 * cities
 * foods (me)
 * economy
 * *goverment
 * architecture
 * recreation
 * landmarks (me)
 * time zones
 * people-etnic groups
 * *history (me)
 * population
 * religion
 * sports (me)
 * hobbies
 * transportation
 * education
 * clothing (me)
 * entertainment
 * customs-greeting,marrige
 * arts-paintings,musc (me)

hi again this is all the info i found on taiwan so i think it ca be pretty useful but its only on the stuff im doing so ya can you please right back im feeling pretty out of touch unless your sick or something so get bck to me

~hailey

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 * Cuisines in Taiwan** have several variations.it is like the chinese hoklo. the types of food they eat is the taiwanese cusine, aboriginal,hakka, chinese cusine, one famous dish is beef noodle soup kind of like th beef cup of noodles we eat. most of the cusines made in taiwan are used with foods frome provinces of mid southern china mostly the province Fujian. Hokkien is another style of food from china they use japaneese styles of food is also in the cooking the do in taiwan. for a while taiwan was under the rule of japan and they only ate what the japaneese ate.

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The Taiwanese culture is a hybrid blend of confucianist, han chinese, japanese, european,American,global ,taiwanese aborigines. Taiwanese culture is preserved in oth ways traditional and modern understandings harrell/huang The common socio-political experience in Taiwan gradually developed into a sense of Taiwanese cultural idenity and a feeling of Taiwanese cultural awareness, which has been widely debated domestically (Yip 2004:230-248; Makeham 2005:2-8; Chang 2005:224). Reflecting the continuing controversy surrounding thepolitical status of taiwan, politics continues to play a role in the conception and development of a Taiwanese cultural identity, especially in the prior dominant frame of a [|Taiwanese] and [|Chinese] dualism. In recent years, the concept of Taiwanese [|multiculturalism] has been proposed as a relatively apolitical alternative view, which has allowed for the inclusion of mainlanders and other minority groups into the continuing re-definition of Taiwanese culture as collectively held systems of meaning and customary patterns of thought and behavior shared by the people of Taiwan ([|Hsiau 2005]:125–129); (Winckler 1994:23–41).

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[] [|**Capital and largest city (2003 est.)**]: Taipei, 7,871,900 (metro. area), 2,722,600 (city proper) **[|More Facts & Figures]** =Geography= The Republic of China today consists of the island of Taiwan, an island 100 mi (161 km) off the Asian mainland in the Pacific; two off-shore islands, Kinmen (Quemoy) and Matsu; and the nearby islets of the Pescadores chain. It is slightly larger than the combined areas of Massachusetts and Connecticut. =Government= Multiparty democracy. =History= Taiwan was inhabited by aborigines of Malayan descent when Chinese from the areas now designated as Fukien and Kwangtung began settling it in the 7th century, becoming the majority. The Portuguese explored the area in 1590, naming it “the Beautiful” (Formosa). In 1624 the Dutch set up forts in the south, the Spanish in the north. The Dutch forced out the Spanish in 1641 and controlled the island until 1661, when Chinese general Koxinga took it over and established an independent kingdom. The Manchus seized the island in 1683 and held it until 1895, when it passed to Japan after the first Sino-Japanese War. Japan developed and exploited Formosa. It was the target of heavy American bombing during World War II, and at the close of the war the island was restored to China. After the defeat of its armies on the mainland, the Nationalist government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in Dec. 1949. Chiang dominated the island, even though only 15% of the population consisted of the 1949 immigrants, the Kuomintang. He maintained a 600,000-man army in the hope of eventually recovering the mainland. Beijing viewed the Taiwanese government with suspicion and anger, referring to Taiwan as a breakaway province of China. The UN seat representing all of China was held by the Nationalists for over two decades before being lost in Oct. 1971, when the People's Republic of China was admitted and Taiwan was forced to abdicate its seat to Beijing.
 * President:** Ma Ying-jeou (2008)
 * Prime Minister:** Wu Den-yih (2009)
 * Land area:** 12,456 sq mi (32,261 sq km); **total area:** 13,892 sq mi (35,980 sq km)
 * Population (2009 est.):** 22,974,347 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 9.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.3/1000; life expectancy: 77.9; density per sq mi: 1,860
 * Population (2009 est.):** 22,974,347 (growth rate: 0.2%); birth rate: 9.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.3/1000; life expectancy: 77.9; density per sq mi: 1,860
 * Other large cities:** Kaohsiung, 1,514,900; Tai Chung, 1,069,900; Tainan, 755,800; Keelung, 410,500
 * Monetary unit:** Taiwan dollar
 * || [[image:http://www.infoplease.com/images/taiwan.gif width="250" height="154" caption="Flag of Taiwan"]] ||  ||
 * || Index ||
 * # Taiwan Main Page
 * 1) [|Breaking from Mainland Influence]
 * 2) [|New President Brings New Beginning]
 * 3) [|Heightened Tensions]
 * 4) [|Independence Rejected]
 * 5) [|Political Leaders Stumble, Fall] ||   ||
 * Republic of China**


 * [|Syria] || [|Countries] || [|Tajikistan] ||
 * taiwan arts and crafts


 * Taiwan is one of the world’s richest arenas for nurturing arts and crafts. With influences from colonial arts, the indigenous school of Taiwanese art has evolved its distinctive style which has further been modified and developed by the contemporary trends. Taiwan has a profuse history of both visual and performing arts which have survived over the centuries to carve an exclusive niche for Taiwan in the realm of art.

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00698/index_files/page0004.htm There are many different types of traditional clothing in Taiwan. For example there are headdresses, kimonos, tunics, and sashes, and even particular kinds of ceremonial wedding dresses. Clothing is an important part of the Taiwanese culture. Many people devote lots of time to find the right outfit for a ritual, ceremony, or traditional routine. There are also particular colors to go with every season and every social class. One kind of clothing originating form ancient Taiwan is a type of headdress which was worn from c. 475-221 B.C.E. These headdresses were worn by warriors. Sticking out from the top of the headdresses were feathers from a pheasant bird known for notorious fighting skill. The two feathers represent the warriors’ bold and warlike spirit. Evidence like bone sewing needles, shells, and stone beads with holes in them lead archaeologists to believe that sewing existed about 18,000 years ago in the Shang civilization. It was not until the 11th-16th century that different types of clothing began to show up in findings. There are about three main types of traditional Chinese clothing; pien-fu, chiang-piao, and the sheri. The pien-fu type of clothing is a ceremonial outfit that consists of a top similar to a tunic that goes all the way to the knees! Also the Chinese wore skirts touching to their ankles. This type of loose fit clothing is appropriate even with weather conditions. Finally, the outfit is topped off with a pien, a circular hat. This chiang-piao is feminine look that is still noticed today on both genders at special occasions/events. This includes a long gown coming from the Ching dynasty. The favorite clothing of the Chinese was that of darker colors, with many intricate patterns. There were also certain colors that were appropriate for different times of the year. For instance, red is worn in the summer, green in spring, white in fall, and black in winter. Lighter hues were more commonly found on people around the house or just everyday dress. However, the Chinese people did mix and match. Currently, Taiwanese clothing designers are trying to blend the symbolism of ancient traditional clothes with modern day dress. For example there are ancient Chinese symbolic idols like deities, lions and the trigrams (symbols) and even the masks of opera characters. The more unusual ones are dragons, phoenixes, lightning, and clouds. The combination of ancient and modern styles has created a unique, stunning look.
 * clothing
 * clothing
 * modern clothing


 * ancient clothing


 * sports

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Taiwan

http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/taiwan/sports-in-taiwan/index.html

Sports is a popular activity in [|Taiwan]. Some of the most common sports include [|basketball], [|baseball] and [|softball]. [|Martial arts] such as [|tai chi chuan] and [|taekwondo] is also practiced by many people. The most popular spectator sport is baseball. It is commonly considered the [|national sport] of the [|Republic of China].[|[1]] Due to [|political reasons] and pressures from the [|People's Republic of China], Taiwan's governing state of the Republic of China has been competing as [|Chinese Taipei] in international sporting events such as the [|Olympic Games]. Professional Baseball in Taiwan was initiated by Chinese Professional Baseball League in 1989 and the first official match was played in 1990. Till 2006, Taiwan had only one professional league, the Chinese Professional Baseball League and six professional baseball teams. On an average the matches receive the support of 3,000 spectators per game.
 * **Baseball**

Basketball is growing in popularity in the fecund sports arenas of Taiwan. Basketball in Taiwan is especially popular among the school children. One of the major basketball leagues in Taiwan is the Super Basketball League. It was founded in 2003. FIFA recognizes Taiwan as the Chinese Taipei National Football Team in international matches. As is the case in almost all the countries football is a widely followed in Taiwan. The Chinese Taipei Football Association was established in mainland China under the name China Football Association in 1924. Taiwan's best performance came in 1960 when it secured third place in the Asia Cup. Golf is an extremely popular sport in Taiwan. There are numerous well-spread lush green courses. Most of the golf courses remain open the whole year. Lin Keng-chi is one of the most successful golfers in Taiwan.
 * **Basketball**
 * **Football**
 * **Golf**

Though tennis is a widely played sport in Taiwan, not many players have emerged from the island. The most famous tennis player in Taiwan at present is the young Yen-Hsun Lu. The national volleyball team of Taiwan is known as the Chinese Taipei national volleyball team. The team comprises tall athletic players who show lot of promise. The national volleyball has not yet entered the world cup and it reached the second round in Asian Games.
 * **Tennis**
 * **Volleyball**
 * Landmarks

http://www.englishintaiwan.com/Taiwan_photp_gallery/Taiwanphoto_landmark.php


 * Check out the mountain peak in the distance, it's very picturesque.**
 * Kenting light house**
 * Kaohsiung 85 building**
 * President's office in Taipei**
 * New 2006 Budha temple in Puli Most modern and expensive in the world**
 * Chikan Tower in tinan
 * Taiwan Marchers**
 * Famous Taiwan Rock**
 * Food

http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/culture/food/.11/05/2009

Food culture represents one face by which a country knows itself and by which it shows itself to the world. Due to its great ethnic diversity, Taiwan has a wide variety of such faces and, moreover, these have increased and strengthened with the rise in local awareness. This diversity of cuisines includes eight main categories: Holo (also called “Minnanese,” or simply “Taiwanese”), Hakka, and vegetarian foods, as well as the various cooking styles with long histories from the length and breadth of mainland China such as northern style, Hunan, Jiangzhe (from the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang), Hong Kong (Cantonese), and Sichuan. In general, therefore, it can be said that Taiwan’s varied cuisine shows ethnic, geographic, economic, and other cultural influences.


 * History

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Taiwan.11/05/2009

The island of **[|Taiwan]** (excluding [|Penghu]) was first populated by [|Austronesian people]. It was colonized by the [|Dutch] in the 17th century, followed by an influx of [|Han Chinese] including [|Hakka] immigrants from areas of [|Fujian] and [|Guangdong] of [|mainland China], across the [|Taiwan Strait]. The Spanish also built a settlement in the north for a brief period, but were driven out by the Dutch in 1642. In 1662, [|Koxinga] (Zheng Cheng-gong), a [|Ming Dynasty] loyalist, defeated the Dutch and established a base of operations on the island. Zheng's forces were later defeated by the [|Qing Dynasty] in 1683. From then, parts of Taiwan became increasingly integrated into the Qing Empire before it ceded the island to [|Japan] in 1895 following the [|First Sino-Japanese War]. Taiwan produced rice and sugar to be exported to Japan and also served as a base for the Japanese colonial expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific during [|World War II]. Japanese imperial education was implemented in Taiwan and many Taiwanese also fought for Japan during the war. Following [|World War II], the [|Republic of China], under the [|Kuomintang] (KMT) became the governing polity on Taiwan. In 1949, after losing control of mainland China following the [|Chinese civil war], the ROC government under the KMT withdrew to Taiwan and [|Chiang Kai-shek] declared [|martial law]. Japan formally renounced all territorial rights to Taiwan in 1952 in the [|San Francisco Peace Treaty]. The KMT ruled Taiwan as a single-party state for forty years, until democratic reforms were mandated during the final year of authoritarian rule under [|Chiang Ching-kuo]. The reforms were promulgated under Chiang's successor, [|Lee Teng-hui], which culminated in the first ever [|direct presidential election] in 1996. In 2000, [|Chen Shui-bian] was elected the president, becoming the first non-KMT president on Taiwan. The 2008 election of President [|Ma Ying-jeou] marked the second peaceful transfer of power, this time back to the KMT.

Foods

In Taiwan food is a very important part of their culture. They have tons of differrent types other peoples cultural foods to combine one big cultural buffet! The Taiwanese people combined their culture foods with chinese hoklo, taiwanese foods, kakka, chinese cusine and many more. One famous dish with the taiwanese people is the beef noodles. For a while in the nineteen sixtys Taiwan ate fish and alot of rice and prepared things like the japanese but now they have resorted to western and souuthern style cookings of china and mongolia.

Landmarks

There are many landmarks to go see in Taiwan. for some examples the beautiful mountains in Taiwan they are used in many post cards and are considered some of the most beautiful things in Taiwan. The Kenting house is a beatiful hotel in southern Taiwan you can stay and see the beautiful views from your window the pale blue ocean and the bright sunny skies. Also get to see the presidents office in Taipei, Taiwan every night it is lit up with beautiful lights so make sure to see it at night!

History

The island of Taiwan was populated by Austronesian people it was colonized by the dutch. later on in the fifteenth century the Han Chinese came along with many other civilizations. The spanish also built a settlment for a brief period but then the spanish were driven off the island of taiwan by the dutch in 1642. In 1662 the Zengh Cheng-Gong part of the ming dynasty over took the dutch and now ruled Taiwan. Later on Zengh was defeated by Qing in 1683. Taiwan was ruled by Qing the Dynasty until in 1895 Japan took over Taiwan. Taiwan was basicly a servant to Japan by producing rice and sugar and then exporting all the rice and sugar to japan. Taiwan was also a base and helper it basicly was another Japan by helping them in World War II because they ruled by japan. The republic of China (the KMT) then took over Taiwan after World War II. In 1949 the chinese civil war happened and once again Japan ruled again in 1952 along with the san francisco peace treaty. Then the KMT ruled taiwan as a single state for forty years. Then in 1996 Chiang Cheng Kuo. Then in 1996, 2000 Chen Shui Bin was elected president becoming Taiwans first non KMT's president and he remains president as for today.

Sports

Many sports are played in Taiwan that are played in America. Such as...
 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Football
 * Golf
 * Tennis
 * Volleyball