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Week 1 Taiwan

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  Taiwan      Taiwan, which spans an area of 36,000 square kilometers and is blessed with a rich natural environment and culture, is situated between mainland China and the Nansei Islands. The estimated 23.344 million people speak a variety of languages, including Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and indigenous ones. The weather is warm all year long, with tropical weather in the south and subtropical weather in the north. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Koppen-Geiger_Map_TWN_present.svg/1280px-Koppen-Geiger_Map_TWN_present.svg.png      Taiwan's major earthquake faults are complex, and these have caused major earthquakes throughout the country's history; the country is also earthquake-prone, with a magnitude 7.3 earthquake on September 21, 1999, that sacrificed 2,400 people. https://cdn.britannica.com/72/143072-050-0DC76845/Map-fault-lines-regions-Philippine-Plate-shaking-September-21-1999.jpg What is the difference  between h...