is taiwan an independant country?
hey guys, im a grade 7 student and on facebook, my "taiwaniese" friends always insist that taiwan is not part of China, i disagree, because though Taiwan has enough resources and its own governement to become an independant country china has not let it entre the united nations. and if tiawan did try to become and independant country, china would invade taiwan. please, if you are Taiwanese dont take it out on me, no opinions, please! tell me what is actually happening! im totally lost
Taiwan - 5 Answers
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Plain and simply Taiwan isn't a country. Taiwan is the name of the Island group, more specifically the main island also know as Formosa. The country is the Republic of China, which was founded in 1911. It is true that China prevents the ROC from entering the UN because of their own selfish desires, but that does not stop the ROC from being a legitimate country. Taiwan was never apart of the PRC at any point in its history. A portion of the island came under control of the Qing dynasty after defeating Kaoxinga who attempted to restore the Ming Dynasty, then after the first Sino-Japanese war Taiwan became apart of the Empire of Japan, after Japan's defeat at the end of WW2, the Republic of China was the representative of the Allies who accepted the Japanese surrender of Taiwan. Establishing a provincial government on the island it came under control of the Republic of China, after Mao Zedong's rebellion the ROC government retreated to southern China and then into Taiwan. Along with ROC government around 3 million other ROC citizens followed them into Taiwan. Mao's communist forces attempted to retake the island a few times but were never successful. Thus ROC-Taiwan and PRC-China are at a constant state of civil war, however, since 1958 they have been in a state of undeclared cease fire and the relations between the two countries normalized after the 1971 change in the UN of China being the ROC to the PRC.
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Taiwan is not a part of the PRC. Plain and simple. I would think it is rather rude of you to argue with your "Taiwanese friends" over what country they think THEY are from. Do they argue with you about yours?
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ROC is conveniently known as Taiwan. ROC is independent. Why is this section infested with arse ho.... hmmm ... donkey dohnuts?
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What they don't tell you in Chinese text books is this: 300 million to 700 million Chinese died from 1949 to 1976 under the same mainland Chinese government that still rules today. Sorry to break it to ya, kid.
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Asking a question like that, in this forum, will get you opinions and not facts. Taiwan, while not internationally recognized as such, is a county. It has its own armed forces, passports, responsible government, currency, and de facto sovereignty over a territory. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.
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