Tʻai-pei

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 臺北／台北 (Tʻai²-pei³).[1]

Tʻai-pei

1. Alternative spelling of Taipei
   • 1953, Norton S. Ginsburg, The Economic Resources and Development of Formosa‎, Institute of Pacific Relations, page 4:

     Although all of the island receives 40 inches of rainfall a year, except for a very narrow strip along the west coast, precipitation is seasonally and locally variable. Most of it falls between May and September, except in the northeast where 60-100 inches is fairly well distributed throughout the year. Here the prevailing winds are northerly and northeasterly and bring rain to T'ai-pei and I-lan hsien.

   • 1974, D. E. H. Russell, Rebellion, Revolution, and Armed Force‎, Academic Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 111:

     On Dec. 8, 1949, T'ai-pei, on the island of Formosa, to which Chiang Kai-shek and many of his followers had fled, was declared the Nationalist Capital.

   • 2000, Field, Cathering, China (Nations of the World)‎, Raintree Steck-Vaughn, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23:

     After the communists came to power on the Chinese mainland in 1949, the nationalists fled to the island and set up a rival government of China in T'ai-pei.

   • 2006, Philip Dodd, Ben Donald, The Book of Cities‎, New York (printed in China): MJF Books, →ISBN, page 236:

     "T’ai-pei is still as Chinese as a spring roll - with barbecue sauce on top." - Peter Biddlecombe

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