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The Republic of China government retreated to Taiwan after its defeat in the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. With the onset of the Cold War, the legitimate representative of China in the United Nations became a point of dispute between member states.
Locations of Taiwan and Ukraine. Russia's invasion of Ukraine provoked several strong reactions and public statements from many Taiwanese politicians and political parties, as well as discussions among the public about how the conflict could influence China's subsequent actions against Taiwan.
“The war in Ukraine offers many important lessons for the defence of Taiwan against possible aggression by the People’s Republic of China,” according to the Institute for the Study of War ...
Surrender of all Japanese forces in mainland China (excluding Manchuria), Formosa and French Indochina north of 16° north to China; China becomes a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. China regains control of Taiwan and the Pescadores. Resumption of the Chinese Civil War; Republic of China (1945–present) Chinese Civil War
As Russian forces push ahead with their assault on Ukraine, leaders in both China and Taiwan are closely watching the situation and how Western governments respond.
In 1942, after the United States entered the war against Japan and on the side of China, the Chinese government under the KMT renounced all treaties signed with Japan before that date and made Taiwan's return to China (as with Manchuria, ruled as the Japanese wartime puppet state of "Manchukuo") one of the wartime objectives.
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.
During the 2023 Belarus-China summit, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Xi jointly stated "deep concern about the development of the armed conflict in the European region and extreme interest in the soonest possible establishment of peace in Ukraine[.]" [49] In June 2023, China's envoy to Ukraine Li Hui urged all parties to respect ...