Taipei

alternative Tʻai-pei · alternative Hanyu Pinyin Taibei · alternative Taipeh

1. The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.First known use late 19th c.

   Years later, when I was governor, I found myself in the same hotel with Nureyev in Taipei, Taiwan.

   2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, volume I, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 219

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   In 1885 Governor LIU determined to reconstruct Taipei and make it the temporary capital until, the railway having on its way to Taiwan reached the old town of Changhua, in about the middle of Formosa, he should build a city near that place and make it, under the name of Taiwan, the capital of the province of Taiwan.

   1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa, Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 44

   Radiotelephonic communications were established in November 1946 between Taipei and Canton, thus augmenting the line already existing between Taipei and Shanghai. The Chinese National Aviation Corporation, which operated air service between Shanghai and Taipei three times a week, has added weekly air service between Foochow and Taipei. The Southwest Aviation Corp. is reportedly planning a Canton-Taipei air service, and damaged Japanese military transport aircraft have been under repair for use on this route.

   1947 February 1, “China”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXVI, number 5, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 2

   The “Beautiful Island” wears a necklace of rails and new roads dangling from Taipei, such as the 17-mile MacArthur Expressway linking the capital to the seaport of Chilung. Taiwan has two other international seaports —recently opened Hualien, on the east coast, and Kaohsiung, facing the mainland a scant 200 miles away.

   1964 November, “New Look at Changing China”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume 126, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 641, column 2

   In my bid for re-election as mayor of Taipei, I lost to Ma Ying-jeou, representing the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's ruling party. Analysis of the election results revealed that the overwhelming majority of "mainlanders"² in Taipei cast their votes for Mr. Ma.

   2000, Chen Shui-Bian, “Learning and Transformation”, in David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19

   We lived in the county of Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan, around twenty-five miles south of the capital of Taipei.

   2014, Lu Hsiu-lien, Ashley Esarey, My Fight for a New Taiwan, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 19–20

   Synonyms: TPE, Daihoku, Taihoku

2. A former county of Taiwan, which became New Taipei City.First known use 20th c.

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   A century ago, the cities of Taipei County were rustic faming societies made up of mostly aboriginal tribes. After the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan in 1949 the area met with a vast influx of Chinese immigrants, and during the 1950s and 1960s small manufacturing facilities began appearing. Taipei County has since become a Taiwanese melting pot of sorts as young people relocate from overseas and southern parts of the island for advanced schooling and settle in the area.

   2008, Scott B. Freiberger, “Taiwan From A to Z”, in Taipei in a Day, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123, column 1

   C is for Ceramics. C is for - Yingge? Well, not quite, but ‘Yingge is for ceramics’ is something almost any Taiwanese can chant. This little town in the very southern part of Taipei County lives by and for the production of high- and low-quality ceramic and pottery objects: everything from cupboard handles to Song-dynasty vases.

   2011 March, Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown, “Northern Taiwan”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 8th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 120, column 1

3. metonymicallyThe government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).First known use 20th c.

   1993 The first official governmental contacts between Taipei and Beijing take place in Singapore.

   2003, “Decisive Dates”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19, column 2

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   In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing.

   1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181

   Many Taiwanese identify with this posture and have rallied around the countries willing to support Taipei. When Beijing imposed an unofficial trade blockade to punish Lithuania for strengthening ties with Taiwan, people in Taiwan rushed to buy Lithuanian specialty products like crackers and chocolate.

   2022 January 19, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “‘We Are Taiwanese’: China’s Growing Menace Hardens Island’s Identity”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2022