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Two 7-Eleven stores near the same intersection in Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. 7-Eleven is the largest convenience store chain In Taiwan, and is owned by President Chain Store Corporation , a subsidiary of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation. The first fourteen stores opened in 1979, and struggled to make a profit.
On 3 April 2024, at 07:58:11 NST (23:58:11 UTC on 2 April), a Mw 7.4 earthquake struck 15 km (9.3 mi) [ 4] south of Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan. At least 18 people were killed and over 1,100 were injured in the earthquake. It is the strongest earthquake in Taiwan since the 1999 Jiji earthquake, [ 5] with three aftershocks above M w 6.0.
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 .
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
Taiwan. / 25.067°N 121.517°E / 25.067; 121.517. Taiwan, [ II][ j] officially the Republic of China ( ROC ), [ I][ k] is a country [ 27] in East Asia. [ n] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the ...
Between 1901 and the year 2000 there were 91 major earthquakes in Taiwan, 48 of them resulting in loss of life. [ 4] The most recent major earthquake was the 2024 Hualien earthquake, and the most recent major earthquake with a high death toll was the 921 earthquake, which struck on 21 September 1999, and claimed 2,415 lives.
In addition, the Martial law in Taiwan from 1949 to 1987 [10] also prohibited most forms of opposition and Republic of China was governed as a de facto one-party state under the Kuomintang although it maintained its status as a de jure parliamentary republic. [11] From the 1990s, a series of democratic reforms were implemented in Taiwan.
Among the planes China sent towards Taiwan were 18 J-16 fighter jets, 11 J-1 fighters, 6 Su-30 fighters and drones. Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile ...