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    Taiwan has become a global leader in recycling.

    Policies implemented by the Taiwanese government have made it a world leader in recycling. As of 2016, the island had…

    user 0May 17, 2016
    Taipei
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    Taiwan is the 22nd biggest economy in the world.

    That’s a bigger GDP than Sweden, South Africa, and over 150 other countries.

    user 0January 20, 2016
    高雄愛河 Love River, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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    Taiwan is a top up-and-coming global tourist destination.

    Highlighting its mountains and natural beauty, role as a global center for Buddhism, night markets, indigenous culture, local cuisine, tea…

    user 0December 23, 2015
    Homepage of data.gov.tw
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    Taiwan has the world’s most open government.

    Its active civil society, free media, government agencies’ willingness to provide open data and pursue transparency, and the data.gov.tw website…

    user 0December 15, 2015
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    Taipei has been praised as an “emerging world city”.

    Ranking “top in terms of public infrastructure, second in terms of higher education levels and seventh in innovation capabilities” and…

    user 0November 24, 2015
    Liberty Square, Taipei, Taiwan
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    Taiwan is the world’s only Chinese-speaking democratic country.

    China, Hong Kong, and Singapore don’t qualify.

    user 0September 20, 2015
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    Taiwan is the seventh most populous island in the world.

    With over 23 million people living in Taiwan, the island has almost as many inhabitants as Australia with nearly five…

    user 0September 9, 2015
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    Taiwan is the second-most religiously diverse place in the world.

    The Religion and Public Life Project of the PEW Research Center determined in a 2014 report that Taiwan ranked “second…

    user 0December 31, 2014
    Affordability vs. Quality of Healthcare
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    Taiwan’s healthcare system was rated as number one in the world by expats.

    It far surpassed those of other countries in terms of both affordability and quality in a global survey in 2014.

    user 0October 28, 2014

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