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The People's Republic of China claims Taiwan as their 23rd province, though they have never controlled Taiwan or the present Republic of China area.
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The Republic of China is commonly known as Taiwan. The People's Republic of China is commonly known simply as China.
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The People's Republic of China also claims the island of Taiwan to be a part of its territory. Taiwan is officially known as the Republic of China.
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China itself is just a region. The countries are the People's Republic of China and, if you agree, the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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they fled to the island of Taiwan, where they established the Republic of China.
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Republic of China, not to be confused with People's Republic of china, which is better known as (China).
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they escaped to Taiwan.( well most of them)
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Taipei is a city, not a country. It is the capital of the country known as Taiwan or the Republic of China. This is different to the People's Republic of China, that most people think of as being China. It claims Taiwan, but Taiwan is independent. It is a constitutional republic and people can vote, so it is democratic. It is not communist.
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No ! Taiwan is very capitalist. Mainland China (The People's Republic of China is Communist-led.
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Now there is only one China in the world -- People's Republic of China or PRC for short, Taiwan is province of PRC, so there isn't communist China or capitalism China or other China. Only one China is PRC, HKSAR, the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiiwan province are parts of PRC. so 'Communist China' may be a misleading.
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The Communist Chinese own and occupy Taiwan.
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No that is incorrect. The Communist Chinese DO NOT occupy Taiwan. Taiwan is called the Republic of China, a separate country from the People's Republic of China.
At the end of the Chinese Revolution, Chaing Kai-Shek and the Kuomintang
fled China and set up government in Taiwan. The existence of the Republic of China has been a contentious issue between Taiwan and mainland China.
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None. Mandarin is only official in the People's Republic of China (mainland) and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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Ma Ying Jo, the President of Republic of China, NOT People's Republic of China.
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the mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are the territories of the People's Republic of China, which is normally considered as the formal government that represents China. They announce that Taiwan is also a territory of the PRC, but Taiwan and several islands around it are actually ruled by the ex-Chinese government, the so called Republic of China, which is not considered as a legal political body by most countries around the world, including the UN. But it was considered as the formal government of China until 1971, the year when the communist government took over the place of the government of the Republic of China in the UN
the division was caused by the China's civil war from 1945 to 1949, the communist army rebelled and after 4 years of warfare, the communists finally cracked down the governmental army, in 1949, with the assistance of the United States, the Chinese government retreated to the Taiwan Island, and the People's Republic of China was founded that year.
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It is "The Republic of China". Don't mess this up with "The People's Republic of China" which is the one we all commonly refer to as China.
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The Republic of China is Taiwan or Formosa. It is the part of China that is not Communist.
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They are separate entities and have their own National Olympic Committees. Hong Kong is a 'special administrative region' within the People's Republic of China. They competed in the 2008 Games as Hong Kong, China. Taiwan is a separate country altogether from the People's Republic of China. While the People's Republic of China claims Taiwan, they have never controlled it.
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Yes. The People's Republic of China governs the Chinese mainland, while the Republic of China governs Taiwan. They each claim to be the legitimate government of China, but most countries only diplomatically recognize the People's Republic of China as such.
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The last Chinese dynasty, the Qing, ended in 1912. There were no more emperors after 1912. Afterwards China was re-established as a republic, first as the Republic of China and later as the People's Republic of China after the original Republic of China was defeated in the civil war and retreated to Taiwan. The current President of the People's Republic of China is Hu Jintao and the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is Ma Ying-jeou.
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The Chinese threatened to seize the island of Quemoy (also known as Kinmen) in 1954, which is located off the coast of China's Fujian province and controlled by Taiwan (Republic of China) at that time. This escalation led to the First Taiwan Strait Crisis between China and Taiwan.
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To be precise, the democratic government, as Republic of China(Taiwan) is defeated by the communist government as People's Republic Of China(China), so the democratic government escape to Taiwan, and the communist government create a new country in China -- People's Republic Of China.
This word might be a little touchy, but this is the truth.
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The People's Republic of China recognises Taiwan as one of it's province. While the people from both sides of the sea often refers to each other as 'brothers and sisters'. It is clear however, the officials of Taiwan want it to be an independence country. But if you have lived in China for 10 years like I did, you can clearly see the passion of the 'Taiwaness' to not to be 'Taiwaness'. In the past, when Taiwan was at its peak power, China was still very poor, and this is one of the first reason that caused the officials of Taiwan to wish for independence. However as China is now every powerful, western countries do 'take sides'. For example: US stated it does not recognise Taiwan as a country. To be a globally recognised country, there must be a representitive at the United Nation, Taiwan has no such representitive.
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Taiwan is a part of China. And PRC is short for People's Republic of China, not RPC
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The People's Republic of China (Mainland) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) are sovereign nations and are therefore not territories of the United States of America.
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Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China.
(Taiyuan is the capital of the neighboring province of Shanxi.)
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Taiwan is the common name of a State called the Republic of China (ROC). It's current territory includes not only the island of Taiwan, but also smaller island groups such as Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, of which the latter two lie just offshore of the mainland. These territories form the remaining areas of governance of the ROC government, which retreated from the mainland in 1949, after Communist forces took control.
However, there are various uses of the name "Taiwan"
It might mean:
1. the State/Country which governs it (Republic of China)
2. the name of the individual island
3. the name of the province which the Republic of China government administers, or which is claimed by the communist mainland "People's Republic of China"
Whether Taiwan might be referred as a country or not is disputed between two main political blocs: The ruling Pan-Blue coalition lead by the Kuomintang feels that Taiwan is a territory part of the Republic of China, and claims to be the sole-legitimate government of the whole of China. However, they have increasingly used "Taiwan" to refer to the ROC, especially when dealing with foreigners.
However, the opposition Pan-Green coalition, which is lead largely by the Democratic Progressive Party, thinks that Taiwan is its own country, separate and independent of China (as least de-facto). The DPP has called for increased usage of "Taiwan", rather than "China", or "Republic of China".
The United States does not recognize that Taiwan is its own independent state and "acknowledges" that it is part of China. Before switching diplomatic ties to mainland China in 1979 under the Taiwan Relations Act (see related link), the US government recognized Taiwan as the "Republic of China"
For media outside Taiwan and mainland China, most of them remain neutral and usually refer the two sides as just "Taiwan" and "China". Referring them as the "Republic of China" and "People's Republic of China" might cause confusion among people who do not really understand the current situation.
In summary, it is really up to the opinion of people whether they consider Taiwan as an independent state or a part of China. However by it's own constitution (basic law), the Republic of China is the country, rather than "Taiwan", the island itself.
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The correct political name for Taiwan is the Republic of China (ROC). Taiwan operates as a separate political entity from mainland China, with its own government and constitution.
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Yes there is more than one China. There is the People's Republic of China. This is the much larger of the two. The other one is the Republic of China, which is known as Taiwan.
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That would depend on what you mean by "China".
Taiwan is a part of the geographical and cultural region commonly referred to as China, and is currently administered by the government called Republic of China (ROC), a democratic and free sovereign state that was the historical government of all of the China region from 1912 to 1949. It is not a part of the People's Republic of China (PRC), also known as Communist China, which was founded by Mao Zedong and has ruled mainland China since 1949.
The Qing Dynasty was overthrown and Republic of China (ROC) was established in mainland China in 1912.
At the end of World War II in 1945, Japan surrendered and gave Taiwan back to China according to Cairo Declaration. ROC then took control of mainland and Taiwan and was recognized as the only legal government in China
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Meanwhile, because the Chinese Civil War between the ROC and the Communist Party of China is in progress, the ROC finally lost the civil war and its government fled to Taiwan in 1949. Still ROC claimed that it is the only government on mainland and Taiwan The Communist forces took control of mainland and founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the same year.
Since then, Mainland and Taiwan became separate. The People's Republic of China is now commonly known as China and the Republic Of China is now commonly known as Taiwan.
That's a complicated issue. The short version is that China says yes and Taiwan says no.
Taiwan's government used to be China's government, but it was overthrown by the communists in the 1940s. After the communists took over the Chinese mainland, the nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan. China's new communist government planned to bring Taiwan under its control as well, but those plans were sidetracked by the Korean War. To this day, China and Taiwan have separate governments, each of which claims to be the only legitimate government of China.
So, really, China says yes and Taiwan says yes, they just disagree about which government is the one legitimate government of both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.
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No. It is a communist country. it is dictatorship since Mao era
(dun get Republic of China Taiwan and People's republic of China (Mainland) mixed up)
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No, it is a province of the People's Republic of China, named after Qinghai Lake.
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Taiwan is also known as Formosa. Home to the Republic of China (ROC), not to be confused with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC).
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No because it is a country.
It can also be referred to as a state. Any self governing country may be referred to in this way.
States are not just the individual parts of the USA.
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no province of China has seperated from China, but some politicians in Taiwan are trying to do it with the support from America.
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When the Portuguese first saw Taiwan, they called it "Formosa". wich means " beautiful island" that's the first name that Taiwan has. Then the aborigines called it "dayuen" which became " Taiwan"
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The People's Republic of China is a Communist government. The US was completely opposed to communism. It supported the Nationalists, which is Taiwan, so it didn't recognize the People's Republic as the true government.
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Why not? Despotic regimes like Sudan are members. The UN is an irrelevant institution and has been for years.
Answer #2It ciould destabilise the fragile peace between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was also be futile, as Taiwan would have to agree to their membership.
Perhaps Taiwan could just be admitted as an observer.
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The only two countries in the world that have Mandarin as their official language are:
- The People's Republic of China (mainland China)
- The Republic of China (Taiwan)
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By Taiwan I'm sure your are referring to the Republic of China (ROC). The ROC would say they are "The Chinese." But, by Chinese control I assume mean the People's Republic of China (PRC) or "Communist China."
No, the ROC has not reunited with the PRC. Said another way, Taiwan/Formosa has not reunited with mainland China.
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Taiwan has been governed by the Republic of China since 1945 when China acquired Taiwan from Japan after World War 2.
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YES AND NO. Sun Yat-Sen established the Republic of China, which is the same government the rules over Taiwan currently. However, making Taiwan a distinct entity from mainland China and being the only continuation of the Republic of China (as opposed to mainland China which is now the People's Republic of China), was done by Sun's successor Jiang Jieshi (also called Chiang Kai-Shek).
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Well, because previously, China is named the Republic of China. To more closely associate themselves with the peasantry and the people, the Chinese leadership after pushing the KuominTang to Taiwan, named it the People's Republic of China to show that they are supported and run by the people.
The term "People's Republic" was commonly used by communist leaders during the 1940s and 1950s; e.g. the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, the People's Republic of the Congo, etc.
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