Tai-Pan (disambiguation)

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Meanings of Tai-Pan:

• Taipan (band) is the name of a noise-rock band featuring members of Today is the Day and Ironboss
• In Cantonese, Tai-Pan was a term for foreign businessmen doing business in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century.
• In literature, Tai-Pan is the second novel in James Clavell's Asian Saga
  • Tai-Pan is the title of a 1986 film based on the novel.
• Tai-Pan is the original name of a science fiction fanzine. It is now known as Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe.
• In computer gaming, Taipan was a classic trading game for the Apple II and TRS-80.
• "Tai-Pan" is the nickname of Albert Cheng, a radio commentator-turned-politician in Hong Kong.
• A Taipan is a large Australian snake
• The Taipan 4.9 and Taipan 5.7 are high performance sailing catamarans made in Australia.
• The Taipan 28 is the name given to a series fiberglass-hulled Bermudan sloops built in Hong Kong in the early to mid-1970s.
• "Tai-Pan" is a rank in the Wild Tanget game Tradewinds in which you had to earn a billion gold in the game.