Taiwan officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asi Originally based in mainland

China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan (known in the past as Formosa), which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor islands. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south. Taipei is the capital city and also the economic and cultural centre of the country. The Republic of China, established in mainland China in 1912, governed most of mainland China prior to the outbreak of the civil war, then received Taiwan and associated islands from the Surrender of Japan at the end of World War II in late 1945. However, the ROC lost its mainland territory in the Chinese Civil War to Communist forces who founded the PRC on that territory in 1949, and the ROC relocated its government to the island of Taiwan, which composes most of its current territory. The ROC government officially claims to represent all of "China" (in a definition including Taiwan) via its constitution, but, in practice, has ceased to actively pursue this stance since 1992. Meanwhile, the PRC, simply known as "China", also officially asserts to be the sole legal representation of China, and actively claims that both mainland China and Taiwan should be under its sovereignty, denying the status of the existing Republic of China as a sovereign state.
The ROC is a multi-party democracy that has a presidential system and universal suffrage. It experienced rapid economic growth, industrialization, and democratization on Taiwan during the latter half of the 20th century. Despite its controversial political status, Taiwan is an industrialized advanced economy. It is one of the Four Asian Tigers and a member of the WTO and APEC. The 19th-largest economy in the world its advanced technology industry plays a key role in the global economy. Taiwan is ranked highly in terms of freedom of the press, health care public education, economic freedom, and human development

Names
The official name of the state is "Republic of China"; it has also been known under various names throughout its existence. Shortly after the ROC's establishment in 1912, while it was still located on the Asian mainland, the government used the abbreviation "China" ("Zhonggu") to refer to itself, for instance during the Olympic Games or at the United Nations. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was common to refer to it as "Nationalist China" to differentiate it from "Communist China" (or "Red China"). The ROC also called itself "Free China" in an attempt to portray the PRC as an illegitimate government. At the UN, it was present under the name "China" until it lost its seat to the People's Republic of China in 1971. Since then, the name "China" has been commonly used internationally to refer only to the People's Republic of China, except in countries that diplomatically recognize the Republic of China and thus refer to the ROC as "China". Over subsequent decades, the Republic of China has become commonly known as "Taiwan", due to the fact that Taiwan, the island, composes most of its territory. It is also often informally referred to as the "State of Taiwan", in particular in countries where the ROC is not officially recognized. The Republic of China participates in most international forums and

organizations under the name "Chinese Taipei" due to diplomatic pressure from the PRC. For instance, it is the name under which it has competed at the Olympic Games since 1979, and its name as an observer at the World Health Organization. Additionally, the PRC refers to Taiwan as "Taiwan, China" in pursuit of its claim that it is under the sovereignty of the PRC.

History
Main articles: History of the Republic of China and Republic of China (19121949)

The Republic of China was formally established on 1 January 1912 on mainland China following the Xinhai Revolution which itself began with the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911, and replaced the Qing Dynasty and ended over two thousand years of imperial rule in China. It is the oldest surviving republic in East Asia. The Republic of China on mainland China went through periods of warlordism, Japanese invasion, and civil war between the Kuomintang-led Central Government and the Communists. From its founding until 1949 it was based in mainland China. Central authority waxed and waned in response to warlordism (191528), Japanese invasion (193745), and the Chinese Civil War (192749), with central authority strongest during the Nanjing Decade (192737) when most of China came under the control of the Kuomintang (KMT). At the end of World War II in 1945, the Empire of Japan surrendered control of Taiwan and its island groups to the Allied Forces, and Taiwan was placed under Republic of China's administrative control. The legitimacy of this transfer is disputed and is another aspect of the disputed political status of Taiwan. The communist takeover of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War in 1949 and later Hainan, Tachen and other outlying islands in the early 1950s left the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) with control over only Taiwan, Penghu, Kinme, Matsu, and other minor islands. With the 1949 loss of mainland China in the civil war, the ROC government fled to Taiwan and the KMT declared Taipei the provisional capital The Communist Party of China took over all of mainland China and founded the People's Republic of China in Beijing, leading to two rival governments claiming to be the sole legitimate government of "China". However, until the 1970s the ROC was still recognized by many countries and the United Nations as the sole legitimate government of "China", which included both mainland China and Taiwan. The ROC had been a founding member of the United Nations and one of the five permanent members of the Security Council until 1971, when China's representation was replaced by the PRC via UN General Assembly Resolution 2758. Since then, ROC has struggled with limited formal diplomatic relations and is unable to use its official name widely, and is forced to be identified as "Taiwan" or "Chinese Taipei" in most international contexts.

Starting in 1928, the Republic of China was ruled by the Kuomintang as an authoritarian singleparty state In the 1950s and 1960s, the KMT went through wide restructuring and decreased corruption and implemented land reform. There followed a period of great economic growth, the Republic of China became one of the Four Asian Tigers, despite the constant threat of war and civil unrest. In the 1980s and 1990s the government peacefully transitioned to a democratic system, with the first direct presidential election in 1996 and the 2000 election of Chen Shuibian, the first non-KMT to become President of the Republic of China. The KMT regained presidency and increased its majority in the legislature in the 2008 presidential and legislative elections

Founding

Territory of the Republic of China in 1914

Yuan Shikai (left) and Sun Yat-sen (right) with flags representing the early republic

In 1911, after over two thousand years of imperial rule, a republic was established in China and the monarchy overthrown by a group of revolutionaries. The Qing Dynasty, having just experienced a century of instability, suffered from both internal rebellion and foreign imperialism.The Neo-Confucian principles that had, to that time, sustained the dynastic system were now called into question. Its support of the Boxers in a failed uprising against the world's major powers was its final mistake. The Qing forces were defeated and China was forced to give a huge indemnity to the foreign powers; an equivalent to 67 million to be paid over 39 years. Disconnected from the population and unable to face the challenges of modern China, the Qing government was in its final throes. Only the lack of an alternative regime in sight was prolonging its existence until 1912 The establishment of Republican China developed out of the Wuchang Uprising against the Qing on 10 October 1911. That date is now celebrated annually as the ROC's national day, also known as the "Double Ten Day". On 29 December 1911, Sun Yat-Sen was elected president by the Nanking assembly representing seventeen provinces. On 1 January 1912, he was officially inaugurated and pledged "to overthrow the despotic Manchu government, consolidate the Republic of China and plan for the welfare of the people". Sun however lacked the military support to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Realizing this, he handed over the presidency to Yuan Shikai, the imperial general, who then forced the last emperor Puyi to abdicate. Yuan Shikai was officially elected president in 1913.Yuan ruled by military power and ignored the republican institutions established by his predecessor, threatening to execute Senate members that would disagree with his decisions. He soon dissolved the ruling Kuomintang party and banned "secret organizations" (which implicitly included the KMT), and ignored the provisional constitution. An attempt at a democratic election in 1911 ended up with

the assassination of the elected candidate by a man recruited by Yuan. Ultimately, Yuan Shikai declared himself Emperor of China in 1915. The new ruler of China tried to increase centralization by abolishing the provincial system; however this move angered the gentry along with the province governors, usually military men. Many provinces declared independence and became warlord states. Increasingly unpopular and deserted by his supporters, Yuan Shikai gave up on becoming Emperor in 1916 and died of natural causes shortly after. Thus devoid of a strong, unified government, China thrust into another period of warlordism. Sun Yat-sen, forced into exile, returned to Guangdong province in the south with the help of warlords in 1917 and 1922, and set up successive rival governments; he re-established the KMT in October 1919. Sun's dream was to unify China by launching an expedition to the north. He however lacked military support and funding to make it a reality. The Peiyang government in Peiping (previously known as Peking, now Beijing) struggled to hold on to power. An open and wide-ranging debate evolved regarding how China should confront the West. In 1919, a student protest against the weak response of China to the Treaty of Versailles, considered unfair by Chinese intellectuals, led to the May Fourth movement. These demonstrations were aimed at spreading Western influence to replace Chinese culture. It is also in this intellectual climate that the influence of Marxism spread and became more popular. It eventually led to the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1920

What is Industrial Technology

Industrial technology is the new technology of the different industries. Industries will thrive on different and new technology in the business worl

Information Technology (IT) is concerned with technology to treat information. The acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications are its main fields. The term in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review, in which authors Leavitt and Whisler commented that "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology (IT)." Some of the modern and emerging fields of Information technology are next generation web technologies, bioinformatics, cloud computing, global information systems, large scale knowledgebases, etc. Advancements are mainly driven in the field of computer science. The English word was apparently derived from the Latin stem (information-) of the nominative (informatio): this noun is in its turn derived from the verb "informare" (to inform) in the sense of "to give form to the mind", "to discipline", "instruct", "teach". \

Technology
Information and communication technology spending in 2005

IT is the area of managing technology and spans a wide variety of areas that include computer software, information systems, computer hardware, programming languages but are not limited to things such as processes, and data constructs. In short, anything that renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any visual format whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is considered part of the IT domain. IT provides businesses with four sets of core services to help execute the business strategy: business process automation, providing information, connecting with customers, and productivity tools. IT professionals perform a variety of functions (IT Disciplines/Competencies) that ranges from installing applications to designing complex computer networks and information databases. A few of the duties that IT professionals perform may include data management, networking, engineering computer hardware, database and software design, as well as management and administration of entire systems. Information technology is starting to spread further than the conventional personal computer and network technologies, and more into integrations of other technologies such as the use of cell phones, televisions, automobiles, and more, which is increasing the demand for such jobs. In the recent past, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery have collaborated to form accreditation and curriculum standards for degrees in Information Technology as a distinct field of study as compared to Computer Science and Information Systems today. SIGITE (Special Interest Group for IT Education) is the ACM working group for defining these standards. The Worldwide IT services revenue totaled $763 billion in 2009

Asus
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (trading as ASUS)

Type

Public

Traded as

LSE: ASKD, TWSE: 2357

Industry

Computer hardware Electronics

Founded

April 2, 1990

TH Tung Founder(s) Ted Hsu Wayne Hsieh MT Liao

Headquarters Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan

Area served

Worldwide

Key people

Jonney Shih (Chairman) Jerry Shen (CEO)

Desktops, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, network equipments, monitors, Products motherboards, graphics cards, optical storage, multimedia products, servers, workstations

Revenue

US$19.07 billion (2010)

Profit

US$390 million (2010)

Employees

113,324 (2010)

Website

Asus.com

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a multinational computer hardware and electronics company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include motherboards, desktops, laptops, monitors,

tablet PCs, servers, video cards, and mobile phones. It also produces components for other manufacturers, including Apple Inc., Dell, Falcon Northwest and Hewlett-Packard. As of 26 November 2009, 29.2% of PCs sold in the previous 12 months worldwide came with an ASUS motherboard. ASUS appears in BusinessWeeks "InfoTech 100" and "Asias Top 10 IT Companies" rankings. Wall Street Journal Asia ranks it number one in quality and service, and it ranked first in the IT Hardware category of the 2008 Taiwan Top 10 Global Brands survey with a total brand value of US$1.324 billion ASUS is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ASKD) and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2357).

Timeline

September 2005: releases the first PhysX accelerator card. December 2005: enters the LCD TV market with the TLW32001 model, initially only available in the Taiwan market. January 2006: ASUS announces that it will cooperate with Lamborghini to develop its VX series 9 March 2006: ASUS announced as one of the producers of the first Microsoft Origami models, together with Samsung and Founder Technology.] 8 August 2006: ASUS announces a joint venture with Gigabyte Technology.(Subscription required) 5 June 2007: ASUS announces the Eee PC at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007 9 September 2007: ASUS indicates support for Blu-ray, announcing the release of a BDROM/DVD writer PC drive, BC-1205PT. The release of several Blu-ray based notebooks follows. 31 October 2007: ASUS launches a PDA/smartphone range in the UK market 3 January 2008: ASUS formally splits into three companies: ASUSTeK, Pegatron and Unihan. May 2008: Incompatibility of ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with Windows XP SP3 first discovered 22 August 2008: Details of the N10 leaked online. December 2008: ASUS releases a beta BIOS update that potentially fixes the Windows XP SP3 incompatibility with the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard. 1 June 2010: ASUS spins off Pegatron Corp. December 2010: ASUS has the world's thinnest notebook ASUS U36 with Intel processor voltage standard (not low voltage) Intel core i3 or i5 with a thickness of only 19 mm October 2011: Asus designed UX/21E/31E ZENBOOK, it uses a precision-crafted design measuring only 3mm at the front and 9mm at the rear. The form features razor thin edges o asus chairman Jonney Shih claimed these ultra thin (under 3 mm at its slimmest edge) laptops will last more than seven hours

Asus Eee Note EA-800, Easy to doing, Write and more in the CeBIT 2011. 2011

Asus Eee PC 1215P Netbook.2011

Asus VH242-H 24" Wide LCD Monitor. 2010

An Asus AMD motherboard with an AMD Phenom II processor mounted, along with the stock heatsink and fan on the board. 2010

Asus R50A UMPC 2008

Asus R2E UMPC 2007

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 210 silent graphics card 2012

Company Overview
ASUS Technology Private Limited manufactures and sells computer components in India and internationally. The companys products include desktop barebone systems, servers, notebooks, handhelds, network devices, broadband communications, LCD monitors, TVs, and wireless applications; and chassis, power supply, and thermal products. Its products also include audio and graphic cards, digital home, HSDPA cards, mobile phones, motherboards, multimedia, optical storage devices, PDAs, peripherals, PNDs, workstations, and Webcams. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Mumbai, India with branch offices in New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Kolkata. ASUS Technology Private Limited operates as ... ASUS Technology Private Limited manufactures and sells computer components in India and internationally. The companys products include desktop barebone systems, servers, notebooks, handhelds, network devices, broadband communications, LCD monitors, TVs, and wireless applications; and chassis, power supply, and thermal products. Its products also include audio and graphic cards, digital home, HSDPA cards, mobile phones, motherboards, multimedia, optical storage devices, PDAs, peripherals, PNDs, workstations, and Webcams. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Mumbai, India with branch offices in New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, and Kolkata. ASUS Technology Private Limited operates as a subsidiary of ASUSTeK Computer, Inc. Detailed Description 4C, Gundecha Onclave Kherani Road, Sakinaka Near Sakinaka Police Chowki

Andheri-E Mumbai, 400072 India Founded in 2006 Phone: 91 22 6766 8800 Fax: