Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 41598
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2006/1/30-2/2 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Taiwan] UID:41598 Activity:nil
1/30    Is there a standards association in Taiwan that's similar to ANSI, JSA
        and ISO?  I'm trying to look up some standards.  Thanks.
        \_ After China globalizes and dominates all the markets that Taiwan
           used to dominate (motherboard, cheap goods, etc), Taiwan the
           island will be completely irrelevant and the US government will
           no longer give a damn about Taiwan.
           \_ I agree, but right now I'm just trying to look up the official
              dimensions of the paper sizes 8K and 16K.  Supposedly these are
              Taiwan paper sizes.  I think they are also called 8-Kai and
              16-Kai, but I'm not sure.  -- OP
        \_ Taiwan mosly use US standards. For size of paper, they use
           (I think) European standard.  A3, A4, B3, B4, etc.  the old standard
           has became irrelevant due to the fact that most of the paper making
           machinaries are imported from abroad.
           \_ So are 8K and 16K really Taiwan standards?  I'm not even sure.
              Thx.  -- OP
              \_ It's a Chinese expression.  The original definition of 8-kai
                 means a piece of paper is being cutted into eight pieces,
                 hence, bigger than a paper which is being cutted into 16
                 pieces (16-kai).  Once upon a time there was a standard on
                 how big a sheet (1-kai) paper is.  I am not sure how relevant
                 it is now.
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