Q: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Taipei City is the capital city of the Republic of China , known by most people simply as Taiwan .
A:
Taipei ( ; Mandarin : ; Hokkien POJ : " Ta ̂ i-pak " ) , officially known as Taipei City , is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan ( officially the Republic of China , " ROC " ) .