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Taipei 101
Taipei 101 in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 stories and reaching 1,671 ft (509 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest building when it was topped out in 2003, surpassing the Petronas Towers ; construction, which began in 1999, was completed in 2004. Designed by C. Y. Lee & Partners, the multiuse steel-and-glass skyscraper echoes a traditional Chinese pagoda with its soaring podium base, eight tiers of eight stories (a number that is a homophone for prosperous growth in Chinese), and narrow pinnacle tower and spire. A 18-ft (5.5-m), 882-ton (800-metric-ton), ball-shaped damper located near the top counteracts swaying during earthquakes and typhoons.
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Taipei City Promotes 2010 Int'l Flora Expo in Shanghai.
Business Wire; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taipei City Government promoted the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition in Shanghai on November 1 with an interactive musical during which the Taipei Expo mascot "Ya-by" made its first appearance...
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TAIPEI MAYOR VISITS SILICON VALLEY TO COURT INVESTORS.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/28/2003; 700+ words
; ...SILICON VALLEY, Aug. 28 Asia Pulse - Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou has visited many...Tuesday in Silicon Valley, Ma touted Taipei's strategic location and superb investment...development (R&D) centers in Taipei for tapping into the vast mainland Chinese...
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TAIPEI 101 SEEKING TO BECOME WORLD'S TALLEST GREEN BUILDING.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 11/3/2009; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Nov 3 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's landmark skyscraper Taipei 101 is seeking to become the world's tallest green building, its owner Taipei Financial Center Corporation (TFCC) announced Monday. Harace Lin, chairman of TFCC, told a press...
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TAIPEI CITY OFFICIAL DENIES WRONGDOING IN SELLING CITY BANK.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/6/2003; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Oct 6 Asia Pulse - A financial official in the Taipei city government denied any wrongdoing in incorporating the Taipei Bank, a bank virtually controlled by the city government, into the private Fubon Financial in August 2002. Lee Sush...
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Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development
Magazine article from: The China Journal; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development...hardcover). Academic studies about Taipei (and Taiwan's urban system in general...especially the way its leading city, Taipei, has developed over the past century...
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Taipei Int'l Floral Expo Ticket Presale Begins on October 1.
Business Wire; 10/9/2009; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin said on Sept. 30 that the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture Exposition will be another successful event to be held in Taipei following the hosting of the just concluded 2009 Taipei...
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Mayor: 2010 Taipei Int'l Flora Expo to Make Taipei Proud.
Business Wire; 10/30/2009; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Following the success of the Deaflympics...city's residents and people around the world, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin now envisions bringing "Power of Beauty" to Taipei with the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and...
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TAIPEI CITY LAUNCHES FIRST SHOPPING FESTIVAL.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/28/2008; 700+ words
; TAIPEI, Aug. 28 Asia Pulse - The Taipei City Government launched the first Taipei shopping festival slated for Aug. 30 to Oct. 12 in a news conference Wednesday, in an attempt to attract more domestic and international tourists and to revitalize...
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Surprise over Taipei's Olympic torch call
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 4/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...that Taiwan authorities and the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee said that they could...The relay of the 2008 Olympic torch in Taipei has been keenly anticipated by our compatriots...looking forward to the torch relay in Taipei as they support Olympic venue construction...
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The Driving Force Behind 2010 Taipei Int'l Floral Expo.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 9/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...chief executive officer of the 2010 Taipei International Gardening and Horticulture...Exposition, sincerely hopes to create for the Taipei Expo a beautiful and colorful new horizon...the world to enjoy the unique charm of Taipei City, so as to "let the world see Taipei...
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Taipei
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Taipei , city (1995 est. pop. 2,632,863...Museum and other cultural institutions, and Taipei 101 , the world's tallest building, are...from Fujian prov. on the China mainland, Taipei began its modern development only after...
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Taipei 101
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Taipei 101 in the Hsinyi dist., Taipei, Taiwan; also known as the Taipei Financial Center. With 101 stories and reaching 1,671 ft (509 m) high, Taipei 101 became the world's tallest building when it was topped out in 2003, surpassing...
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He Liu
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...in England, 20 March 1998; filmed in Taipei, Taiwan. Producer: Chiu Shun-Ching...André, "Les noyés de Taipei," in 24 Images (Montreal), no. 90...that history, the youth of present-day Taipei—the disaffected heirs of a...
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China Airlines
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...Airlines 131 Nanking East Rd., Section 3 Taipei Taiwan Telephone: 886 (2) 2715-2233...61 billion) (1998) Stock Exchanges: Taipei Ticker Symbol: CAIR-TP NAIC: 481111...retired Chinese Air Force officers in Taipei, the Republic of China (Taiwan). Initial...
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Lee Teng-hui
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...following World War II, he returned to Taipei to complete his college education at...1978 to 1981 he was appointed mayor of Taipei, a key post for advancing to higher positions. In order to build Taipei into a modern city, he pioneered new...
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