Taipei Our newest dish features succulent marinated chunks of chicken, baby bok choy, mushrooms and bean sprouts over a bed of noodles. The City : Taipei is the capital of Taiwan and is situated in the basin of the northern region of the island Republic. Originally inhabited by aboriginal peoples, Chinese settlers moved into the area some three hundred years ago. The 17th century saw the Dutch government occupying the island in the then contested trade routes of East Asia. In 1661, Zheng Chenggong (Koxinga) drove out the Dutch but his kingdom was eventually overrun by the Qing Dynasty. When China met defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1895), it ceded Taiwan to Japan. After WWII, Taiwan was retroceded to China and has since become a bustling international metropolis. Click here to learn more about Taipei. |
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