| Market |
| Population: 23,071,779 (The main island is Tawian - it is home to 99% of the population. The Penghu Islands are also |
| known as the Pescadores. There are 90 small islets. Quemoy (now known as Kinmen) has two islands and several |
| islets. The Matsu islands have five major islands and 15 islets. Both the Kinmens and Matsus are much closer to the |
| mainland than to Taiwan. Both the Pratis islands and the Spratly islands are claimed by China, Taiwan and the Philippines |
| Languages: Mandarin Chinese (official); Amis (140,000 speakers); Atayal (85,000 speakers); Bunun (38,000 speakers) |
| Most Chinese speakers still prefer Min Nan (15 million) to Mandarin (4.5 million) and Hakka (3 million) |
| 14,596,000 land line telephones |
| 26,959,000 cellular phones |
| 16,147,000 internet users |
| very state of the art all-digital networks |
| very seismically active area with typhoons, earthquakes and tsunamis. In 2010 there was a major international |
| conference about the possibility and consequences of a tsunami in the straits between Taiwan and mainland China |