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The main entrance gate to the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Zhongzheng District of Taipei, Taiwan's capital. Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jie Shi) was a Chinese statesman and general and President of China from 1928–31 and 1943–49. He also was President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 1950–75. Chiang Kai-shek sought to unify China by military means in the 1930s but was defeated by the Communists. He was forced to leave mainland China in 1949 and establish a nationalist Chinese state in Taiwan.
Background:
A military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan in 1895, but it fell back under Chinese control after World War II. After the Communists' victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government based on the constitution drafted for all of China in 1947.
Over the next five decades, the country democratized. Throughout this period, the island has prospered to become one of the four economic Asian Tigers. The dominant political issue continues to be the relationship between Taiwan (ROC) and China (PRC) and the question of possible reunification.
According to U.S. State Department, the United States and Taiwan enjoy a robust unofficial relationship. The 1979 U.S.-P.R.C. Joint Communique switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. The United States does not support Taiwan's independence, but 'the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act provides the legal basis for the unofficial relationship between the United States and Taiwan and enshrines the U.S. commitment to assist Taiwan in maintaining its defensive capability. [U.S. Congress]
Is Taiwan a country?
Yes and no. According to the Montevideo Convention, there are four basic requirements for statehood, a defined territory, a permanent population, a functioning government and the capacity to conduct international relations.
Taiwan definitely has a defined area, large enough for being a country. It also has a considerable permanent population and, the island has a functioning government, even a democratic one. Taiwan's problem is the fourth requirement for statehood - the capacity to conduct international relations.
At Beijing's insistence, Taiwan has been excluded from almost all international organizations. The country competes as "Chinese Taipei" at the Olympic Games. The Republic of China (Taiwan) is not a member of the United Nations and its related organizations. Only some countries recognize the government of the Republic of China or maintain some formal diplomatic relations with it. The Taiwanese government states that the ROC has diplomatic relations with 15 countries and substantive ties with others such as Australia, Canada, EU nations, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.
(Sources: CIA - The World Factbook, Encyclopædia Britannica, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Bureau of Consular Affairs ROC)
Taiwan's Presidential Office Building in Taipei at night. The Baroque-style building was completed in 1919 during Japanese rule. Today the building houses the Office of the President of Taiwan.
Xinyi District, CBD Taipei, capital city of Taiwan
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