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25-534: Guang Hua Market was established by the Taipei City Government in April 1973 as a retailer market, using the space beneath the old Guanghua Bridge. Originally, the market specialized in old books, giving it the nickname "old books street" ( 舊書街 ). Within a decade, however, electronics retailers gained presence in the market and surrounding streets. Due to underground railroad construction in 1992, Guang Hua Market

50-639: Is merely binding in so far as it states the intent at that time, and therefore it cannot by itself transfer sovereignty. In March 1961, in a meeting of the House of Councillors of Japan, a councillor of the Japanese Communist Party brought up the notion that Taiwan had been returned to China according to the Cairo Declaration, Potsdam Proclamation, and Japanese Instrument of Surrender. The then- Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs responded that: It

75-668: Is reserved for repair shops, education classes, and offices. The basement floor is parking. The market attracts tens of thousands of visitors each day. It is located on the corner of Xinsheng North Road ( 新生北路 ) and Civic Boulevard ( 市民大道 ) and is accessible from the Guanghua Bazaar bus stop and the MRT Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station . The surrounding area and streets are also full of shops selling electronics. Large companies, including Microsoft and Intel , regularly unveil products at Guang Hua Digital Plaza. In 2010,

100-520: The Executive Yuan building in 1957. The Republic of China government was forced to retreat to Taiwan in 1949, and Taipei became the nation's seat of government. In 1967, Taipei's status was upgraded to a cabinet-level municipality. Its service thus grew much bigger with the large increase of population. Taipei's city hall could only accommodate around 1,000 employees, and many other units were scattered in various rented offices. In order to carry

125-525: The Linus Media Group posted a YouTube video to the Linus Tech Tips channel documenting his visit to Guang Hua Digital Plaza, where he had a PC setup worth NT$ 170,000 built. In the video, Sebastian also praised the price given the quality of the build and its careful packaging and donated it to a passerby student outside of the plaza. As of July 2024, the video has garnered over 5.2 million views and

150-508: The Pescadores to China had yet occurred; British officials reiterated this viewpoint in 1955, saying that "The Chinese Nationalists began a military occupation of Formosa and the Pescadores in 1945. However, these areas were under Japanese sovereignty until 1952 " and that [Cairo Declaration] was couched in the form of a statement of intention, and as it was merely a statement of intention, it

175-673: The Pescadores . The ROC clarified its understanding of the Cairo Declaration in 2014 as a legally binding instrument. Among other things, the clarification listed later treaties and documents that "reaffirmed" aspects of the Cairo Declaration as legally binding, including the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the Treaty of San Francisco , and the Treaty of Taipei : The post-war status and jurisdiction over Taiwan and its appertaining islands, including Penghu,

200-492: The mayor of Taipei and the vice mayor. Taipei City Hall is accessible within walking distance South of Taipei City Hall Station of Taipei Metro . 25°02′15″N 121°33′50″E  /  25.0375°N 121.5638°E  / 25.0375; 121.5638 Retrocession Day Retrocession Day is the annual observance and former public holiday in Taiwan commemorating the end of Japanese rule of Taiwan and Penghu and

225-653: The Cairo Declaration, and later reaffirmed in the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and the Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan. The Cairo Declaration is therefore a legally binding instrument with treaty status. In November 1950, the United States Department of State announced that no formal act restoring sovereignty over Formosa and

250-710: The Chinese delegate. When the Japanese surrendered at the end of World War II , General Rikichi Andō , governor-general of Taiwan and commander-in-chief of all Japanese forces on the island, signed a receipt of Order No. 1 and handed it over to Governor-General of Taiwan Chen Yi, representing the Republic of China Armed Forces to complete the official turnover in Taipei (known during occupation as Taihoku) on 25 October 1945, at Taipei City Public Auditorium (now Zhongshan Hall ). Chen Yi proclaimed that day to be "Retrocession Day" and organized

275-667: The Republic of China . The official position of both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) is that Taiwan and Penghu were returned to the Republic of China according to the terms of the 1945 Japanese Instrument of Surrender, which stipulated Japan's compliance with the terms of the Potsdam Declaration . The Potsdam Declaration in turn included the terms of the Cairo Declaration, which required Japan to return all conquered territories to China, including Taiwan and

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300-514: The Taipei municipal government sought bids to build a new mall on the parking lots around Guang Hua Plaza. The city announced that the building should be located at the intersection of Civic Boulevard and Jinshan South Road, have a total of 21 floors (15 aboveground, six below); and occupy a total floor space of 2678 ping , or 8,850 square metres (95,300 sq ft). The park will also include hotel rooms, offices, and restaurants. On April 27, 2010,

325-584: The build-operate-transfer (BOT) project was awarded to the Hon Hai Group , beating out four other bidders. The new building opened in May 2015 as Syntrend Creative Park , featuring a technology exhibition center, digital entertainment zone, and business cultivation center. Taipei City Government The Taipei City Government is the municipal government of Taipei . Taipei was known as Taihoku during Japan's rule of Taiwan , which started in 1895. Initially,

350-503: The city government jobs effectively, a new Taipei City Hall was opened in 1994 in the Xinyi District . The old city hall building became the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei and the campus of Jian Cheng Junior High School  [ zh ] . There are 5 internal administrative branches, 22 departments, 7 offices, 4 committees, and 2 public corporations, under the head of the city,

375-642: The city was directly controlled by the Governor-General of Taiwan . In 1920, Japan reorganized the system of local government in Taiwan . As part of this, the Taihoku City Government was established within Taihoku Prefecture . The city government was initially housed in buildings belonging to Huashan Elementary School  [ zh ] . In 1940, a new city hall was opened on the same site. It

400-631: The claimed return of Taiwan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945. However, the idea of "Taiwan retrocession" remains in dispute. Taiwan , then more commonly known to the Western world as "Formosa", became a colony of the Empire of Japan after the Qing dynasty lost the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894 and ceded the island with the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki . Japanese rule in Taiwan lasted until

425-655: The end of World War II . In November 1943, Chiang Kai-shek took part in the Cairo Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill , who firmly advocated that Japan be required to return all of the territory it had annexed into its empire, including Taiwan and the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands. Article 8 of the Potsdam Declaration , drafted by the United States , United Kingdom , and China in July 1945, reiterated that

450-616: The island into the Taiwan Province of the Republic of China. Chen Yi's unilateral act, however, did not gain agreement from the US and the UK, for both considered Taiwan still under military occupation pending a peace treaty, though the US accepted Chinese authority over Taiwan at the time and viewed the Republic of China as the legal government of China. Taiwan has since been governed by the Government of

475-579: The provisions of the Cairo Declaration be thoroughly carried out, and the Japanese Instrument of Surrender stated Japan's agreement to the terms of the Potsdam Proclamation. Under the authorization of American General Douglas MacArthur 's General Order No. 1 , Chen Yi (Chief Executive of Taiwan Province) was escorted by George H. Kerr to Taiwan to accept the Japanese government's surrender as

500-440: Was featured on FTV News . The Guang Hua Digital Plaza building today consists of six stories above ground and one story below ground. The first story above ground is an exhibition space for electronic products. The second and third stories are the new locations for the 196 vendors of the original Guang Hua Market. The fourth and fifth stories are the new locations for the vendors of Xining Guozhai Electronics Market. The sixth floor

525-431: Was moved to a temporary location at the corner of Jinshan North Road and Civic Boulevard . The temporary building consisted of five warehouse-like halls, providing a total of 196 retail stores. Not soon after market moved into its temporary location, construction began on the current six-story Guang Hua Digital Plaza building, which has been its current location since July 2008. In 2024, tech YouTuber Linus Sebastian of

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550-555: Was moved to an underground location at the corner of Bade Road and Xinsheng South Road . By this time, the area became known for electronics, with many new stores opening, and the establishment of other electronic markets such as the International Electronics Market ( 國際電子廣場 ), Contemporary Life Market ( 現代生活廣場 ), and Sanpu Market ( 三普廣場 ). In 2006 due to the demolition of the Guanghua Bridge, Guang Hua Market

575-506: Was resolved through a series of legal instruments—the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Proclamation, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and the Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan of 1952. The implementation of the legal obligation to return Taiwan and its appertaining islands (including the Diaoyutai Islands) to the ROC was first stipulated in

600-435: Was specified in Potsdam Proclamation that the articles in Cairo Declaration shall be carried out, and in accordance with Japanese Instrument of Surrender we announced that we would comply with Potsdam Proclamation. However, the so-called Japanese Instrument of Surrender possesses the nature of armistice and does not possess the nature of territorial disposition. In April 1971, the U.S. Department of State spokesman stated in

625-431: Was three- to four-stories tall and built in a modernist style. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Taipei became a provincial municipality and the capital of Taiwan Province . Its city hall was established in the former campus of Jian Cheng Elementary School  [ zh ] . The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan. It became

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