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Taiwan …
...was the first predominately ethnic Chinese nation, in 1996, to hold a popular democratic election for its president.
...is rated as Asia's freest country by Freedom House in its Freedom in the World 2006 report.
...was the world's 16th-largest trading nation in 2005 and is home base to companies that, collectively, are the world's largest producers of notebook computers, motherboards and LCD monitors.
...is home to the tallest building in the world, Taipei 101, as well as the tallest peak in East Asia, Jade Mountain, at 3,952 meters.
...will host The World Games 2009 in its southern metropolis of Kaohsiung.
...has one of the highest percentages of female parliamentarians in Asia.
...is home to the 12.9 km-long Hsuehshan Tunnel, the fifth-longest highway tunnel in the world and the longest one in Southeast Asia.
...has a national health insurance program that covers 99 percent of its population, with a greater than 70-percent public satisfaction rate.
...was ranked first and second in the world in e-government performance surveys by Brown University of the United States in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Yet, Taiwan—which is larger in population than three quarters of UN member states—is denied membership, or even observership, in the United Nations and the World Health Organization.
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