Taiwan

A mountain resort area in Chiayi County famous for its sunrise viewed over a sea of clouds, its century-old narrow-gauge forest railway climbing through tropical to alpine ecosystems, and its ancient Formosan cypress groves.

A landmark monument and public park in Taipei's Zhongzheng District, completed in 1980, built to commemorate the former president of the Republic of China; Liberty Square around it is now a major public gathering space.

Taiwan's oldest national park, established in 1984 on the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, covering 33,269 hectares of coral reefs, grassland, forest and tropical coastline at the island's southern tip.

A world-class museum in Taipei's Shilin District housing over 700,000 Chinese artifacts spanning 5,000 years, moved from Beijing's Forbidden Palace to Taipei after the Chinese Civil War.

Taiwan's largest lake, covering about 7.93 km2 in central Nantou County, named for the contrasting shapes of its eastern sun and western moon bays and protected within a national scenic area.

A 508-metre skyscraper in Taipei completed in 2004, once the world's tallest building, housing offices, observation decks and a shopping mall on a podium of five underground floors.