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Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
China contains five autonomous regions, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Tibet, and Xinjiang. [l] Additionally, it has sovereignty over the Special Administrative Regions of: Hong Kong Macau; China claims, but does not control Taiwan, which is governed by a rival administration (the Republic of China) that claims all of China as its territory. [q]
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a common name used for the Republic of China since the 1970s, to avoid confusion with the People's Republic of China (commonly known as China) also the name of the Island of Taiwan (Formosa) Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia (but not on the mainland) Asia. East Asia; Pacific Ocean. East China Sea; Philippine Sea ...
Most major Western countries and U.S. allies maintain close unofficial ties with Taiwan by recognising the Republic of China passport and having de facto embassies in each other's capitals.
The latest map was of a broader geographical area and had a line with 10 dashes that included democratically governed Taiwan, similar to a 1948 map of China. China also published a map with a 10th ...
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, [a] also known as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan [b] is the collective term used by the People's Republic of China for its two special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macao, as well as the Taiwan region, which is claimed as sovereign territory by the PRC but is actually governed by the government of the Republic of China (Taiwanese authorities).
When enquired about the latest Chinese “standard” map, the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson Jeff Liu said Taiwan was “absolutely not a part of the People’s Republic of China”.