diff --git a/recipes/taipei.recipe b/recipes/taipei.recipe
index ad50483d5a..fd16f9212b 100644
--- a/recipes/taipei.recipe
+++ b/recipes/taipei.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
 
 class TN(BasicNewsRecipe):
     title = u'Taipei Times'
-    language = 'en_CN'
+    language = 'en_TW'
     __author__ = 'Krittika Goyal'
     oldest_article = 1  # days
     max_articles_per_feed = 25
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/localization.py b/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
index 67a3f66145..5627fbbe15 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/localization.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def zf_exists():
     return os.path.exists(P('localization/locales.zip',
                 allow_user_override=False))
 
+
 _lang_trans = None
 
 
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ def get_translator(bcp_47_code):
         return found, lang, NullTranslations()
     return found, lang, get_single_translator(lang)
 
+
 lcdata = {
     u'abday': (u'Sun', u'Mon', u'Tue', u'Wed', u'Thu', u'Fri', u'Sat'),
     u'abmon': (u'Jan', u'Feb', u'Mar', u'Apr', u'May', u'Jun', u'Jul', u'Aug', u'Sep', u'Oct', u'Nov', u'Dec'),
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ def set_translators():
     from calibre.utils.config_base import prefs
     prefs.retranslate_help()
 
+
 _iso639 = None
 _extra_lang_codes = {
         'pt_BR' : _('Brazilian Portuguese'),
@@ -258,6 +261,7 @@ _extra_lang_codes = {
         'en_YE' : _('English (Yemen)'),
         'en_IE' : _('English (Ireland)'),
         'en_CN' : _('English (China)'),
+        'en_TW' : _('English (Taiwan)'),
         'en_ZA' : _('English (South Africa)'),
         'es_PY' : _('Spanish (Paraguay)'),
         'es_UY' : _('Spanish (Uruguay)'),
@@ -380,6 +384,7 @@ def canonicalize_lang(raw):
 
     return iso639['name_map'].get(raw, None)
 
+
 _lang_map = None
 
 
@@ -422,6 +427,7 @@ def lang_as_iso639_1(name_or_code):
         iso639 = _load_iso639()
         return iso639['3to2'].get(code, None)
 
+
 _udc = None