Taiwan - Government
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Country name
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Government type
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| multiparty democracy |
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Capital
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Administrative divisions
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National holiday
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| Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) |
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Constitution
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Legal system
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| based on civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction |
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Suffrage
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| 20 years of age; universal |
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Executive branch
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Legislative branch
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Judicial branch
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| Judicial Yuan (justices appointed by the president with consent of the Legislative Yuan) |
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Political parties and leaders
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| Democratic Progressive Party or DPP [TSAI Ing-wen]; Kuomintang or KMT (Nationalist Party) [WU Po-hsiung]; Non-Partisan Solidarity Union or NPSU [CHANG Po-ya]; People First Party or PFP [James SOONG] |
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Political pressure groups and leaders
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International organization participation
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| ADB, APEC, BCIE, ICC, IOC, ITUC, WCL, WTO |
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Diplomatic representation in the US
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| none; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with the people of the US are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), which has its headquarters in Taipei and in the US in Washington, DC; there are also branch offices called Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in 12 other US cities |
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Diplomatic representation from the US
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| none; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with the people on Taiwan are maintained through an unofficial instrumentality - the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) - which has offices in the US and Taiwan; US office at 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1700, Arlington, VA 22209-1996, telephone: [1] (703) 525-8474, FAX: [1] (703) 841-1385); Taiwan offices at #7 Lane 134, Hsin Yi Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan, telephone: [886] (2) 2162-2000, FAX: [886] (2) 2162-2251; #2 Chung Cheng 3rd Road, 5th Floor, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, telephone: [886] (7) 238-7744, FAX: [886] (7) 238-5237; and the American Trade Center, Room 3208 International Trade Building, Taipei World Trade Center, 333 Keelung Road Section 1, Taipei, Taiwan 10548, telephone: [886] (2) 2720-1550, FAX: [886] (2) 2757-7162 |
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Flag description
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| red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays |