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  2. Political status of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    The Republic of China and Japan signed the Treaty of Taipei on April 28, 1952, and the treaty came into force on August 5, which is considered by some as giving a legal support to the Republic of China's claim to Taiwan as "de jure" territory. The treaty stipulates that all treaties, conventions, and agreements between China and Japan prior to ...

  3. Explainer: Why is Taiwan-China tension rising and what are ...

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    China claims democratically-run Taiwan as its own territory, to be taken by force if needed, a threat the island has lived with since 1949, when defeated Kuomintang, or Nationalist, forces fled ...

  4. What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already ... - AOL

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    Taiwan, whose people elect their own leaders and whose government controls a defined area of territory with its own military and passport, enjoys de facto independence even if that is not formally ...

  5. Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    China's current northernmost border stays at Center of Amur in the north of Mohe City. The territory of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has frequently been revised since its formation on 1 October 1949. Until 1986, the total territory (or under control) of the PRC was 10.45 million km 2, including: [1] Continental mainland: ~9.60 million km 2

  6. Why is China so angry about Taiwan president meeting US ...

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    The People's Republic of China has claimed Taiwan as its territory since the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island in 1949 after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists.

  7. Territorial disputes of the People's Republic of China

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    In 1932, China sent a Note Verbale to France, declaring that China's southernmost territory was the Paracels. [36] [37] [38] In 1933, when France occupied six features in the Spratlys, China did not protest as it recognized the year before that its southernmost territory was limited to the Paracels. [36] [37] [38]

  8. Explainer-What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already ...

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    Taiwan, whose people elect their own leaders and whose government controls a defined area of territory with its own military, passport and currency, enjoys de facto independence even if that is ...

  9. Taiwan independence movement - Wikipedia

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    The term "Taiwan independence movement" is thus somewhat imprecise inasmuch its main representative, the Democratic Progressive Party, does not support any change in the constitutional name of the Taiwanese state for the foreseeable future; they generally view the modern Republic of China as synonymous with a sovereign Taiwanese state; the ...