Taibei

Proper noun

Taipei

1. The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.
   • In 1885 Governor LIU determined to reconstruct Taipei and make it the temporary capital until, the railway having on its way to Taiwan reached the old town of Changhua, in about the middle of Formosa, he should build a city near that place and make it, under the name of Taiwan, the capital of the...1896, J. D. Clark, Formosa, Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury, →OCLC, page 44

   Synonyms:

   TPE, Daihoku, Taihoku

2. A former county of Taiwan, which became New Taipei City.
   • A century ago, the cities of Taipei County were rustic faming societies made up of mostly aboriginal tribes. After the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan in 1949 the area met with a vast influx of Chinese immigrants, and during the 1950s and 1960s small manufacturing facilities began appearing....2008, Scott B. Freiberger, “Taiwan From A to Z”, in Taipei in a Day, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123, column 1
3. (metonymically) The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
   • In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider...1992, Richard Nixon, “The Pacific Triangle”, in Seize the Moment, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 181