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18 potential World Heritage Sites have been identified in Taiwan by the Taiwan World Heritage Committee, of the Taiwanese Bureau of Cultural Heritage. [1] These have not been listed as actual World Heritage Sites due to the influence of the People's Republic of China, [2] and also because Taiwan is not a member of UNESCO or the United Nations.
Public housing in Taiwan (臺灣公共住宅) has been a key component of the Taiwan government’s efforts to provide affordable housing since the post-World War II era. . Public housing development in Taiwan initially aimed to address the needs of a growing population and the ageing condition of military-dependent hous
The Kata immigrant village (賀田移民村), established in Wuquan City (吳全城) of modern-day Hualien County, was not only the first immigrant village established in Eastern Taiwan, but also the first Japanese immigrant village in the world. There were around 133 families and 385 residences in the village.
Tourism in Taiwan is one of the major industries and contributor to the economy of Taiwan. In 2022, Taiwan received under 900,000 international visitors, down from 11.8 million in 2019. [ 1 ] Tourism affairs are managed by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Taiwan .
Map of Taiwan. This is a list of places in Taiwan which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
In Taiwan, it is a long-standing custom for children, especially sons to take care of their parents, due to the influence of Confucian tradition and the value it places on filial piety. [9] When a man marries, his wife is responsible for taking care of his parents.
Silver Spring, which ranks No. 1 on this year’s Fortune Best Places to Live for Families, has been an ideal hometown for Aviv. It’s close enough to D.C. to enjoy the city’s many amenities ...
Military dependents' villages (Chinese: 眷村) are communities in Taiwan built in the late 1940s and the 1950s whose original purpose was to serve as provisional housing for soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the Republic of China Armed Forces, along with their dependents from mainland China after the Government of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) retreated to Taiwan ...