Taiwan
Surface: 36 000 km2
Population: 21,5 million
Density: 596 per km2
Minimum salary: 560 US Dol. a month
GDP per capita: US $18,583
Chinese people: 98 %; Aboriginal people: 2 % Life expectancy male/female: 72/78 years
Infant mortality rate: 5,1‰
Religions: Mainly Asian (Buddhism, Taoism,
Popular religions, Confucianism);
Christians: 4,2 %. Catholics: 1,4 %.
Independence: 1949 (from Pop. Rep. of China)

Spiritan presence: since 1997; a team of 4 in the diocese of Hsinchu, learning the language.