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The term "Taiwan, (Province of) China" is also potentially ambiguous because both the ROC and the PRC each has administratively a "Taiwan Province", Taiwan Province, Republic of China and "Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China", and neither of these provinces covers the Matsu Islands, Wuchiu, Kinmen, all of which have been retained by the ...
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.
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).
Following World War II, the Big Four victors (China, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States) became founding members of the United Nations. [1] The China seat was held by the Republic of China led by Chiang Kai-shek. The United Nations Charter, drafted in 1944, was ratified by representatives of 50 countries on 26 June 1945. [2]
The Second World War's hostilities came to a close on 2 September 1945, with the defeat of the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany.Taiwan, which had been ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, was placed under the control of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China (ROC) by the promulgation of General Order No. 1 and the signing of the Instrument of Surrender on that day.
It is proposed by former President of the Republic of China Lee Teng-hui, the first locally-born president (i.e., the first to have been born on Taiwan). During his presidential tenure in 1995, Lee visited his alma mater Cornell University and mentioned this term for the first time when delivering an Olin Lecture. [1] [2] [3] [4]
According to a survey conducted between April 2010 and March 2011, edits to the Chinese Wikipedia were 37.8% from Taiwan, 26.2% from Hong Kong, 17.7% from mainland China, 6.1% from United States, and 2.3% from Canada. [11] In April 2016, the project had 2,127 active editors who made at least five edits in that month.
Direct election [note 1] or via succession: Term length: 4 years; renewable once: Precursor: Chairman of the National Government (1925–1948) Formation: 1 January 1912; 113 years ago () (provisional, in Mainland China) 25 October 1945; 79 years ago () (Taiwan handover) 20 May 1948; 76 years ago () (current form) First holder