For 10 points, name this island mostly ruled by the Kuomintang party since 1949, whose capital is home to the skyscraper Taipei 101.
On this island, the Latin name Lake Candidus is sometimes given to its central Sun Moon Lake, where the Thao people live. According to scholarly consensus, a set of native tribes that make up 2% of its population descend from the original speakers of the Austronesian language family. The Dutch East India Company built Fort Zeelandia on this island, where a large building contains a 730-ton ribbed yellow ball that acts as a tuned (*) mass damper. The nearby islands of Quemoy and Matsu were shelled during this island's namesake "Straits Crises." The Pescadores are administered from this island, whose large cities include Kaohsiung. For 10 points, name this island mostly ruled by the Kuomintang party since 1949, whose capital is home to the skyscraper Taipei 101.
On this island, the Latin name Lake Candidus is sometimes given to its central Sun Moon Lake, where the Thao people live.
Taiwan [or Formosa