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Taiwan attracted few laborers and few settlers went to Taiwan due to the aborigines and harsh climate. Governor Liu was criticized for the high cost and little gain of colonization activities. Liu resigned in 1891 and the colonization efforts ceased. [164] A Taiwan Pacification and Reclamation Head Office was established.
Climate change in Taiwan has caused temperatures in Taiwan to rise by 1.4 degrees Celsius the last 100 years. [1] The sea around Taiwan is to rise at twice the rate of the global sea level rise. [2] The government pledged to reduce emissions by 20% in 2030 and 50% in 2050, compared to 2005 levels.
Due to climate change, the average temperature in Taiwan has risen 1.4 °C (2.5 °F) in the last 100 years, twice the worldwide temperature rise. [275] The goal of the Taiwanese government is to cut carbon emissions by 20 percent in 2030 and by 50 percent in 2050, compared to 2005 levels. Carbon emissions increased by 0.92 percent between 2005 ...
The United States officially takes no position on Taiwan's sovereignty under Washington's "One China" policy. China says it will not renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic of China .
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China has no right to represent Taiwan, but the island is willing to work with Beijing to combat challenges like climate change, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Thursday ...
In 1979, the United States Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, a law generally interpreted as mandating U.S. defense of Taiwan in the event of an attack from the Chinese Mainland (the Act is applied to Taiwan and Penghu, but not to Kinmen or Matsu, which are usually considered to be part of mainland China). The United States maintains the ...
Taiwan has set up a "war room" to watch the live stream from next week's COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said on ...