An island off the coast of
china. currently under the control of Republic of
China, Taiwan. It lost it seat in the United Nation to the People's Republic of
China; has no 'official' state relation with major countries(including
USA) but in reality, almost every country has normalize tie with taiwan.
both
china and taiwan are known to "buy" support for their cause from other countries with trade deals.
once regarded as one of the "asian tiger", it's tension with China causes foreign investor to fear over long term stablize and had somewhat pamper it's growth. Taiwan is well known as a producer of electronic; with major competitors come from China Proper and South Korea.
all the politic aside, Taiwan is a
beautiful island of natural landscape.
It also used to be the midpoint for flight between Asean and USA, but newer planes make it possible to fly straight.