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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891079-00-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	NSAR-B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20000831
FILED AS OF DATE:		20001030

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TAIWAN FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000804123
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	 [0000
]		IRS NUMBER:				042942862
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231
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		FILING VALUES:
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			SEC ACT:		
			SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04893
			FILM NUMBER:		749014
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			BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
				STREET 1:		2 AVENUE DE LAFAYETTE
				CITY:			BOSTON
				STATE:			MA
				ZIP:			02111
				BUSINESS PHONE:		6179853760
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				MAIL ADDRESS:	
					STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
					STREET 2:		PO BOX 9110
					CITY:			BOSTON
					STATE:			MA
					ZIP:			02110
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
TO ACCOMPANY FORM N-SAR
____

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of The Taiwan Fund, Inc.:

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of The
Taiwan Fund, Inc. (the "Company") for the year ended August 31, 2000,
we considered its internal control, including control activities for
safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures
for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide
assurance on internal control.

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and
maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgements by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls
that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may
occur and not be detected.  Also, projection of any evaluation of
internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may
become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the
effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more of the internal control components does not
reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by
error or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within
a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions.  However, we noted no matters involving internal
control and its operation, including controls for safeguarding
securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above
as of August 31, 2000.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board
of Directors, management and the Securities and Exchange Commission and
is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
October 12, 2000


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