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  2. History of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    During the Second Sino-Japanese War it served as a base for invasions of China, and later Southeast Asia and the Pacific during World War II. In 1945, following the end of hostilities in World War II, the nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC), led by the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan. The legality and nature of its ...

  3. History of Taiwan (1945–present) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Timeline of Taiwanese history - Wikipedia

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    Shepherd, John R. (1993), Statecraft and Political Economy on the Taiwan Frontier, 1600–1800, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press., ISBN 978-0-8047-2066-3. Reprinted 1995, SMC Publishing, Taipei. ISBN 957-638-311-0; Knapp, Ronald G. (1980), China's Island Frontier: Studies in the Historical Geography of Taiwan, The University of ...

  5. Japanese colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    In 1945, after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II, Taiwan placed under the control of the Republic of China with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. [9] The experience of Japanese rule, Kuomintang rule , and the February 28 Incident of 1947 continues to affect issues such as Retrocession Day , national and ethnic ...

  6. List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Korea, Taiwan, and Karafuto (South Sakhalin) were integral parts of Japan. Maximum extent of the Japanese empire. This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan.

  7. History of cross-strait relations - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1620s, cross-strait relations have been influenced by the Dutch, the Spanish, the Han Chinese, the Manchus, and the Japanese, and mainland China and Taiwan have either unified or separated, with ups and downs. [4] In 1945, World War II ended and the Republic of China took over Taiwan. Cross-strait relations developed in a tortuous ...

  8. War games and heightened tensions: China and Taiwan's ... - AOL

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    Before the Dutch colonized Taiwan in the 17th century, it had been a small insular nation ruled by a small group of tribal leaders. Over the course of 200 years, Taiwan would become occupied by ...

  9. Treaty of Taipei - Wikipedia

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    Article 2. It is recognized that under Article 2 of the Treaty of Peace with Japan signed at the city of San Francisco in the United States of America on September 8, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the San Francisco Treaty), Japan has renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan (Formosa) and Penghu (the Pescadores) as well as the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands.