Hundreds of flights have been cancelled as Taiwan and parts of Japan, China and South Korea brace themselves for the powerful storm.

One expert said the likelihood that a mayor announces closure of work and school because of a typhoon increases 31 percent during an election year.

Although Champi did not hit Taiwan directly, the typhoon's span was large enough to impact most of the island.

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At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of around 119 mph near its center, weather officials said.

Mainland China's media and military marked 'Taiwan Restoration Day', the 81st anniversary of the handover of the island Mainland China's state media and armed forces staged a concerted publicity campaign on Sunday to mark "Taiwan Restoration Day",

Eastern Theater Command released its first poster marking Taiwan Recovery Day on Sunday, a move that an expert said sent a clear message that the PLA would not tolerate or show leniency toward any attempts to separate the island of Taiwan from China and would deliver forceful blows against such actions.

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