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Taipei

American

[tahy-pey, tahy-bey] / ˈtaɪˈpeɪ, ˈtaɪˈbeɪ /

Pinyin, Taibei

noun

Wade-Giles.

a city in and the capital of Taiwan, in the N part.

Taipei British

/ ˈtaɪˈpeɪ /

noun

the capital of Taiwan (the Republic of China), at the N tip of the island: became capital in 1885; industrial centre; two universities. Pop: 2 473 000 (2005 est)

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Taipei Cultural

Capital of Taiwan and largest city in the country, located in northern Taiwan.

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In 1949, Taipei became the headquarters of Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese Nationalists, who had been forced to flee mainland China.

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New Zealand has formal ties only with Beijing, and not with Taipei.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Huang made the announcement on Monday as he delivered a keynote speech ahead of the opening of the Computex technology show in Taipei, Taiwan.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

"Her challenge will be to persuade Washington that the KMT's engagement with China can coexist with strong deterrence," Hass wrote in a recent opinion piece in the Taipei Times newspaper.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The announcement, which comes at the beginning of Nvidia’s GTC conference in Taipei, marks the latest move from Uber to roll out self-driving vehicles in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Much further work is now published by Ling Shun-sheng, Rui Yi-fu and other anthropologists in Taipei.

From A History of China by Eberhard, Wolfram

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