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The Island of Taiwan on Asia's eastern frontier occupies an area that would fit into the State of Texas approximately 20 times, yet the populations are a similar size. What's more, most of its people are congregated on the west coast of the country, tucked in between the Pacific Ocean and the mountains that run down its interior. It is an extraordinarily densely populated country but it is also fascinatingly diverse.

Taiwan's Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovative Engineering

Taiwan is a country as yet untainted by a mass flow of western tourists, as other Asian countries are, particularly those in the southeast of the continent. While those countries thrive on tourism and require thousands of visitors each year to grow their economies, Taiwan's success stems from continuing technological entrepreneurship and a prolific export economy.

The country's innovative architectural constructions are also marvels to behold, from the miracle of engineering that is the colossal Taipei101 in the north to the high-speed rail that transports passengers at over 300 kilometres per hour to Zuoying in the south of the country. The infrastructural advancement of Taiwan is all the more remarkable given the proliferation of typhoons and earthquakes in the country. Over 200 earthquakes shake the country each year and the construction of Taipei101 was held up for over three months after one such violent episode. After safety checks had been carried out (incredibly, even after such a violent natural disaster, the structural integrity of the incomplete building was sound), work continued and the then world's tallest building was opened to the public in 2004.

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