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Folk dances from this country are combined with pop music by "Electric-Techno Neon Gods." TV stations in this country widely cover a 200-kilometer annual pilgrimage of a litter containing flamethrowers and a statue of this country’s unofficial national goddess, Mazu. (20[6])This country's nuclear (0[1])waste-filled (20[1])Orchid (0[1])Island (20[1])is known as the Island of Human Beings to its indigenous Tao people. (20[3])A (20[1])group (20[1])called (0[1])the Ben·sheng·ren (20[1])arrived in this country prior to 1945, unlike (*) "mainlanders," (10[5])and includes many (10[1])Hakka (10[1]0[1])people. (10[3]0[2])This country (0[2])north of the Luzon Strait (10[3])controls (0[1])the Penghu (10[1])archipelago in the strait it shares a name with. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country home to the Formosan black bear, (10[1])with a capital at Taipei. (10[2])■END■ (10[10])

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