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In 1991, President Lee Teng-hui unofficially claimed that the government would no longer challenge the rule of the CCP in mainland China, although the ROC government under Kuomintang (KMT) rule actively maintained that it was the sole legitimate government of China. The Courts in Taiwan have never accepted President Lee's statement, primarily ...
Taiwan's government says the Republic of China is a sovereign state and that Beijing has no right to speak for or represent it given the People's Republic of China has no say in how it chooses its ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Bilateral relations between China and Taiwan Bilateral relations Cross–strait relations China Taiwan Cross-strait relations Traditional Chinese 兩岸關係 Simplified Chinese 两岸关系 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liǎng'àn guānxì Gwoyeu Romatzyh Leang'ann ...
The Taiwan frigate deal was a huge political scandal, both in Taiwan and France. [25] Eight people involved in the contract died in unusual and possibly suspicious circumstances. [ 26 ] Arms dealer Andrew Wang fled Taiwan to the UK after the body of presumptive whistleblower Captain Yin Ching-feng was found floating in the sea. [ 27 ]
- China and Taiwan have nearly gone to war several times since 1949, and in August of 2022 and April of 2023 China staged large scale war games around the island in protest at stepped up U.S ...
China has claimed Taiwan through its "one China" policy since the Chinese civil war forced the defeated Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalists, to flee to the island with their Republic of China ...
Banner during a 2012 rally in Taipei. Translation: "Our Taiwan is not China. Taiwan and China, one country on each side." One Country on Each Side is a concept consolidated in the Democratic Progressive Party government led by Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China (2000–2008), regarding the political status of Taiwan.
Taiwan’s government is racing to counter China, buying nearly $19 billion in military equipment from the United States, and extending military conscription for men to a year starting in 2024.