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Same-sex marriage became legal in Taiwan on 24 May 2019, making it the first place in Asia to do so, two years after the Constitutional Court ruled the ban unconstitutional.

The Republic of China's National Day ceremony takes place on 10 October 2026 in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei, with honour guard performances, civic parades, an air force flyby and fireworks in Taitung.

China's Eastern Theater Command sent ground, naval, air and rocket forces to encircle Taiwan in two days of blockade and live-fire drills, its eighth major exercise around the island since 2022, after a US arms sale worth over $11 billion.

Three months after breaking relations with Taipei, Congress wrote the substitute into law: an unofficial relationship run through the American Institute in Taiwan, arms 'of a defensive character', and a declared US capacity to resist any resort to force against Taiwan. It has governed the question ever since.

On 18 March 2014 students and civic groups stormed and occupied the Legislative Yuan in Taipei to block the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement with China, the first occupation of the legislature by citizens, lasting until 10 April.

The first Speaker of the House to visit Taiwan in 25 years touched down in Taipei on the night of 2 August 2022. Within hours the PLA's Eastern Theater Command began live-fire exercises around the island, opening the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis.

The 24th Taiwan LGBT+ Pride Parade, themed 'Our Voices, Our Journey', starts and ends at Taipei City Hall Plaza on 31 October 2026, seven years after same-sex marriage became legal.

Yang Bing-yi founded Din Tai Fung in Taipei in 1958, first as a cooking-oil retailer and then as a dumpling house when the oil business failed. Its xiaolongbao, pleated to a standard count of folds, turned a single shop on Xinyi Road into a chain across Asia and the United States.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

The second boiling-water reactor enters commercial service.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

The second pressurized-water reactor enters commercial service.

President Chiang Ching-kuo promulgated an order on 15 July 1987 lifting martial law across Taiwan and Penghu, ending the longest imposition of martial law by any regime at the time.

On 23 March 1996 Taiwanese voters chose their president directly for the first time, re-electing Lee Teng-hui of the Kuomintang with 54% of the vote on 76% turnout as Chinese missile tests rattled the Strait.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Jiji in Nantou County at 01:47 on 21 September 1999, killing 2,415 people and causing NT$300 billion of damage, the second-deadliest quake in Taiwan's recorded history.

Taipei 101, a 508-metre, 101-storey tower, opened on 31 December 2004 and was officially the world's tallest building until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it in 2009.

Taiwan High Speed Rail began service on 5 January 2007 on a 350 km line along the west coast, with 300 km/h trains based on Japan's Shinkansen cutting the Nangang-Zuoying trip to as little as 1 hour 45 minutes.

Typhoon Morakot hit central Taiwan on 7 August 2009 and stalled over the island, dropping up to 2,777 mm of rain, killing 755 people and wiping out the town of Siaolin in a landslide.

Google reports its first Changhua data center opened in 2013.

A seasonal tasting-menu restaurant working with Taiwanese ingredients.

陳奕迅 (Eason Chan) achieved the #1 music ranking of 2017 on Taiwan's KKBOX Mandarin Annual Singles Chart. KKBOX's 2017 Mandarin annual singles chart ranked Eason Chan's "讓我留在你身邊" (theme of the film Ferryman) No. 1, with over 30 million total KKBOX plays as of 2018-01-20.

鄧紫棋 (G.E.M.) achieved the #2 music ranking of 2017 on Taiwan's KKBOX Mandarin Annual Singles Chart. G.E.M.'s Chinese theme song for the film Passengers is second in KKBOX's official 2017 Mandarin year-end TOP 20 playlist, directly behind Eason Chan's number one. The playlist order is taken as the ranking, since KKBOX's own 2017 chart page is no longer online.

家家 (JiaJia) achieved the #3 music ranking of 2017 on Taiwan's KKBOX Mandarin Annual Singles Chart. JiaJia's ending theme for the Taiwanese drama Extraordinary Match (極品絕配) is third in KKBOX's official 2017 Mandarin year-end TOP 20 playlist. The playlist order is taken as the ranking.