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Official Name of Taiwan: Taiwan
Government type in Taiwan: multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature
Capital of Taiwan: Taipei
Primary Language in Taiwan: Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
Currency in Taiwan: new Taiwan dollar (TWD)

In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using the 1946 constitution drawn up for all of China. Over the next five decades, the ruling authorities gradually democratized and incorporated the native population within the governing structure. In 2000, Taiwan underwent its first peaceful transfer of power from the Nationalist to the Democratic Progressive Party. Throughout this period, the island prospered and became one of East Asia's economic "Tigers." The dominant political issues continue to be the relationship between Taiwan and China - specifically the question of eventual unification - as well as domestic political and economic reform.

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