| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| Taipei |
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| (TEYE-PAY, TEYE-BAY) Capital of Taiwan and largest city in the country, located in northern Taiwan. | 1 |
| ‡ In 1949, Taipei became the headquarters of Chiang Kai-shek’s Chinese Nationalists, who had been forced to flee mainland China. | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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