Tʻai-pei

Although all of the island receives 40 inches of rainfall a year, except for a very narrow strip along the west coast, precipitation is seasonally and locally variable. Most of it falls between May and September, except in the northeast where 60-100 inches is fairly well distributed throughout the year. Here the prevailing winds are northerly and northeasterly and bring rain to T'ai-pei and I-lan hsien.

1953, Norton S. Ginsburg, The Economic Resources and Development of Formosa, Institute of Pacific Relations, page 4

Situated in the centre of the largest agricultural basin in northern Formosa, T’ai-pei (population in 1964 was estimated to be 1,117,000) forms the nucleus of a major industrial area. The T’ai-pei industrial complex includes light and heavy industies within the urbanized area and also in several industrial suburbs, including Pan-ch’iao and Nan-chiang.

1968, Norton S. Ginsburg, “T’AI-PEI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 627, column 2

In addition to SEADAG, I am also indebted to the University of Chicago, Committee on Far Eastern Studies, for supporting a year of additional language study in T'ai-wan and to the Inter-University Program for Chinese Languages Studies in T'ai-pei (administered by Stanford University) for round trip travel assistance to T'ai-wan.

1973, Clifton W. Pannell, “Preface and Acknowledgements”, in T’ai-chung, T’ai-wan: Structure and Function, number 144, University of Chicago Department of Geography, →LCCN, →OCLC, page iii

On Dec. 8, 1949, T'ai-pei, on the island of Formosa, to which Chiang Kai-shek and many of his followers had fled, was declared the Nationalist Capital.

1974, D. E. H. Russell, Rebellion, Revolution, and Armed Force, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 111

After the communists came to power on the Chinese mainland in 1949, the nationalists fled to the island and set up a rival government of China in T'ai-pei.

2000, Cathering Field, China (Nations of the World), Raintree Steck-Vaughn, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23