The Republic of China 🇹🇼 (Chinese: 中華民國), also referred to as ROC, Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei, is an island state in East Asia, separated by the Taiwan Strait from mainland China. It is the most populous state and largest economy that is not a member of the United Nations.
Statistics[]
The land area of Taiwan is 32,260 km2. As of 2020, the population is estimated to be 23,603,049, making it one of the most densely populated regions in the world. [1]
Apple in Taiwan[]
The first Apple retail store in Taiwan was opened on July 1, 2017 at the ground floor of the Taipei 101 tower.[2] The second store, Apple Xinyi A13, was opened on June 15, 2019.[3] Despite the worldwide effect of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,[4] both stores that were operating in Taiwan at the time remained open with regular hours.[5][6]
In October 2019, it was reported that Apple had hidden the emoji for the flag of Taiwan on iOS devices in Hong Kong and Macau. It had previously hidden the emoji for devices in mainland China in 2017.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Taiwan. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved on May 26, 2020.
- ↑ Apple's First Retail Location in Taiwan Officially Opens to the Public by Mitchel Broussard, MacRumors. 2017-07-01.
- ↑ Apple 信義 A13 於台北開幕, Apple (Taiwan). 2019-06-15
- ↑ Apple’s COVID-19 response by Tim Cook, Apple Inc. 2020-03-13.
- ↑ 蘋果繼續關閉中國、澳門 Apple Store 重開無期 by PLAN, PC3 Magazine. 2020-02-09.
- ↑ 台灣讚啦！全世界 506 家蘋果 Apple Store 門市，僅台灣門市不曾受疫情影響而被關閉或縮短營業時間，全球唯一！ by 林小旭, Yahoo! News. 2020-03-14.
- ↑ Apple bows to China by censoring Taiwan flag emoji, by Matthew De Silva, qz.com 2019-10-09
External links[]
- Government Portal of the Republic of China (Taiwan) official website
- Taiwan The Heart of Asia official tourism website
- Apple 直營店，台灣 at Apple
- Atlas of Taiwan at Wikimedia Commons
- Taiwan at Wikipedia
