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In 2001, the EU Commission referred Taiwan as a "separate customs territory, but not as a sovereign state", highlighting the role of Taiwan as autonomous economic entity for the purposes of the establishment of relations with the European Union. [4] In 2009 there were more than 30,000 Taiwanese students studying in Europe.
The calendar uses 1912, the year of the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) in Nanjing, as the first year. The ROC calendar follows the tradition of using the sovereign's era name and year of reign, as did previous dynasties of China. Months and days are numbered according to the Gregorian calendar. The ROC calendar has been in wide ...
1 Taiwan under Republic of China rule (from 1945) 2 Taiwan under Japanese rule (1895–1945) 3 Taiwan under Qing rule (1683–1895) 4 Kingdom of Tungning (1662–1683)
Taiwan also regards the European Union, with which it also has unofficial relations via the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium, as a state entity in the context of international relations; the EU is a supranational union with a high level of integration between its member states, though each member state retains its national ...
Europe 28 August 2001: 7 Sep 1278 [60] [61] Nov 1944 [62] France: 1278–present: Principality of Andorra (via Paréage of Andorra; occupied by France 1812–13, 1870, 1914, 1936, 1939, 1944) 987–1278: Part of France 843–987: Part of West Francia 481–843: Part of Francia 395–481: Part of the Western Roman Empire 27 BCE-481: Part of the ...
National standard format is yyyy-mm-dd. [161] dd.mm.yyyy format is used in some places where it is required by EU regulations, for example for best-before dates on food [162] and on driver's licenses. d/m format is used casually, when the year is obvious from the context, and for date ranges, e.g. 28-31/8 for 28–31 August.
Taiwan [77] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [78] 16 16 East Timor [79] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [80] 11 11 United Kingdom [81] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [82] United States [83] 6 11 Uruguay [84] 12 12 Venezuela [85] 14 14 Vietnam [86] 6 6 Note: Tet goes for 7 days but is only ...
Taiwan's first high-speed rail line, Taiwan High Speed Rail, begins operation. [121] Rename Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall. Taiwan applies for membership in the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", and is rejected by the General Assembly. 2008 March 9: Red Line of the Kaohsiung MRT completed. March 22