21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Three mini-links between Kinmen, Matsu and the mainland of Fujian begins. | |
| Private fixed-line telephone companies begin services. | ||
| Serious flooding caused by Typhoon Nari. | ||
| 2002 | Entry into the World Trade Organization. | |
| Penetration rate of cellular phones exceeds 100%. | ||
| 2003 | SARS outbreaks. | |
| North-Link Line railroad electrified. | ||
| 2004 | Second north-south freeway completed. | |
| 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally. | ||
| President Chen Shui-bian is re-elected by a margin of 0.22% votes after being shot the day before. | ||
| Taipei 101 becomes World's Tallest Building. | ||
| 2005 | The first direct commercial airplane flights from Beijing to Taipei for the Chinese New Year. | |
| The PRC passes an "anti-secession law" authorizing the use of force against Taiwan and the ROC government should it formally declare independence. In response, 1.6 million people marched in Taipei against China's "anti-secession law". Similar marches occur across the world by Taiwanese nationalists. Protests against the PRC were held worldwide, including, but not limited to: Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Paris, and Sydney. | ||
| Pan Blue visit to mainland China | ||
| President Chen is invited and attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He is the first Taiwanese president to visit the Vatican. | ||
| The National Assembly of the Republic of China convenes for the last time to implement several constitutional reforms, including single-member two-vote districts, and votes to transfer the power of constitutional reform to the popular ballot, essentially abolishing itself. | ||
| 2006 | Taiwan's first high speed rail line, Taiwan High Speed Rail, begins operation. | |
| Rename "Chiang Kai-shek International Airport" to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. | ||
| 2007 | Rename Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall. | |
| Taiwan applies for membership in the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", and is rejected by the General Assembly. | ||
| 2008 | 1025 demonstration | |
| Chen Yunlin visit | ||
| Wild Strawberry student movement | ||
| Lien Chen meets Hu Jintao at APEC Peru 2008 | ||
| 9 March | Red Line of the Kaohsiung MRT completed. | |
| 22 March | presidential election; with 58.48% of the vote, KMT candidate Ma defeats DPP candidate Hsieh. Many voters boycott the referenda on whether and how to join UN so the level of voter participation required for referenda to be considered valid is not achieved. | |
| May | Mayor Ma Ying-jeou sworn into office as the 12th term and current President of Taiwan (ROC) and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party. | |
| July | the first direct China-Taiwan flights begin in nearly 6 decades. | |
| 2009 | World Games 2009 | |
| Typhoon Morakot |
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