Tai-Pan (disambiguation)

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Tai-Pan is a Cantonese term for the leader of a Hong, a western trading company operating in China or Hong Kong in the 19th century.

Tai-Pan or Taipan may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment:

• Tai-Pan (novel), a novel by James Clavell
  • Tai-Pan (film), a 1986 film based on Clavell's novel
• "Taipan", a song by band Cold Chisel from their 1982 album Circus Animals
• "The Taipan", a short story by W Somerset Maugham
• Taipan!, a computer game for the Apple II and TRS-80
• Taipan, new name for the Thrillseeker (roller coaster)

Ships:

• HMAS Taipan, a Second World War Royal Australian Navy auxiliary vessel
• Taipan Catamarans, high performance sailing catamarans made in Australia
• Taipan 28, a sailing yacht or sloop
• MV Taipan, a container ship freed in the Action of 5 April 2010 from Somali pirates

Other uses:

• Taipan, a large Australian snake
• Cairns Taipans, an Australasian National Basketball League team
• Tai-Pan or Albert Cheng, a radio commentator-turned-politician in Hong Kong
• Taipan, Australian Defence Force name for NH90 helicopter