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Taiwan
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Government Type: Democracy
Capital: Taipei
Leaders: background:black; color:white; :Leader: Unknown
Population 23,650,000
Human Unknown background:black; color:white;
Elf Unknown background:black; color:white;
Dwarf Unknown background:black; color:white;
Ork Unknown background:black; color:white;
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Other Unknownbackground:black; color:white;
Per Capita Income: Unknown
Estimated SINless: Unknown
Below Poverty Level: Unknown
Corporate Affiliation: Unknown
Education:
Less Than Twelve Years Unknown
High School Equivalency Unknown
College Degrees Unknown
Advanced Degrees Unknown
Major Ethnic Groups:
Han (95%)
Other (5%)
Major Languages Spoken:
Mandarin (85%)
English (15%)
Major Religions:
Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, shamanism, and Christianity
Currency: Nuyen (¥)
No medical response information available.

History[]

In 1949, Chiang Kai-Shek and his Nationalist Party were ousted from the Chinese mainland by the Communists. The Nationalists fled to the island Taiwan, promising they would return to reclaim the mainland. Sometime before 2018, the government of Taiwan renounced the title of the Republic of China and formally declared independence from the mainland. Despite Beijing's promise that any independence would result in war, none resulted. In 2018, when the Canton Confederation seceded, they extended an invitation to Taiwan to join them, but the island nation declined. The Nationalists had faded from power and the ruling government had no intention of reunification with the mainland. Despite this, the two countries enjoyed close trade ties.

The Nationalist War[]

In 2040, Nationalist-sponsored policlubs won elections in Taiwan and in the mainland coastal Canton Confederation provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian. Instead of Taiwan seeking reunification with the mainland, Zhejiang and Fujian chose to join Taiwan. The Canton Confederation invaded the breakaway provinces, starting the Nationalist War. Two years into the war, the Canton Confederation had recaptured Fujiang. The Confederation had mounted two failed assaults against the island of Taiwan. Because of the rise of Liang Hong in Sichuan on the Confederation's western borders, the Confederation negotiated a truce with Taiwan, ending the war in 2044. Zhejiang fragmented into microstates. The war caused an exodus of people from Taiwan into Southeast Asia.

Politics[]

Ninety-five percent of the population are ethnic Han Chinese. The Han population may be divided into mainlanders and Taiwanese. Mainlanders are descendants of the Nationalists who fled mainland China in 1949. Taiwanese are those who claim to be descended from pre-1949 settlers. Some of the mainlanders are members of Nationalist policlubs, still desiring reunification with the mainland. On the other hand, many mainlanders and most Taiwanese, while recognizing they're ethnically Chinese, maintain that Taiwan is a separate nation and does not need to be a protectorate of a mainland nation. There are also non-Han aborigines that live in the eastern mountains.


Geography[]

File:Map Canton.jpg
Excerpted from Shadows of Asia, p. 25.

Notable Locations[]

Economy[]

Corporate Presence[]

Sixth World in Taiwan[]

Metahumans[]

Though things were not all roses for metahumans when they appeared in China (e.g. parents abandoning ork and troll children), due to cultural factors the Han Chinese were more easily able to accept the emergence of metahumans than people in Japan, India, the Middle East, or some of the more conservative regions and nations in the West (e.g. the Confederation of American States or Spain). The treatment of metahumans is generally likewise better than in most of the world, especially compared to the CAS, Japan, or the Middle East. This is reflected in the Chinese megacorp Wuxing, Inc., their criminal syndicates (Triads), and in both Daoism and Buddhism.[1][2][3][4][5]

Awakened[]

Magic was embraced by the Chinese relatively easily due to Daoism and Buddhism, and therefore its reintegration into Chinese society was far easier than it was in the Islamic nations or in most of the Catholic world. The Awakened are favored in Chinese society and the use of magic in society is greater than in the West as demonstrated by Wuxing, Inc., the state of Sichuan, the Triads, or Hong Kong.[6][7][8][9][10]

References[]

  • Primary Source: Shadows of Asia, pp. 23-24, 28-29
  • Nationalist policlubs are still strong in Taiwan, eastern parts of the Canton Confederation and the Coastal Provinces (soa.29)
  • Renraku's Taiwanese office under Masamoto Shigeru have been targeted by Noriko Sakai (soa.29)
  • Mentioned as a possible invader of Hainan were it not for the dragon Bai Zhenzhu acting as a deterrent. SotA 2064 p28.


External Links[]

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  1. o79645619Corporate Download p.108
  2. o79981650The Complete Trog p.78-79
  3. o33031982Vice p.66
  4. o33031982Vice p.68
  5. o70096438Shadows of Asia p.207-208
  6. o70096438Shadows of Asia p.45
  7. o70096438Shadows of Asia p.207-208
  8. o39478620Runner Havens p.9-10
  9. o35238545Shadowrun Fifth Edition Core Rulebook p.34
  10. o33031982Vice p.68
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