The Taiwan conflict
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The controversy regarding the politicalstatus of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu), shouldremain the effective territory of the Republic of China (ROC), become unified with theterritories now governed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), or become the Republicof Taiwan. Taiwan's political status is complicated by the controversy over the Republicof China's existence as a state.
Currently, Taiwan; Kinmen (Quemoy), Wuchiu(Wuciou), Matsu, off the coast of mainland Fukien; and Taiping (Itu Aba) and Pratas inthe South China Sea effectively make up the entire state known as the Republic of China(ROC). The ROC ruled territories on the continent that include mainland China, OuterMongolia and Tannu Uriankhai (part of which is present day Tuva) before its governmentwas relocated to Taipei in 1949.
Since the ROC lost its United Nation seat in1971 (replaced by the People's Republic of China (PRC)), most sovereign states haveswitched their diplomatic recognition to the PRC, recognising or acknowledging the PRC tobe the sole legitimate representative of all China, notably the United States in 1979. Asat 2006, it maintains official diplomatic relations with 25 sovereign states, although defacto relations is maintained with many. Agencies such as the Taipei Economic andCultural Representative Office and American Institute in Taiwan are operating as de factoembassies.
The ROC government has in the past considered itself to be the solelegitimate government over China, as well as its former territories. This positionstarted to be largely ignored in the early 1990s, changing to one that does not challengethe legitimacy of PRC rule over mainland China, although the ROC's claims have never beenrenounced through a constitutional amendment. Different groups have different concepts ofwhat the current formal political situation of Taiwan is. (See also: Taiwan independence,Chinese reunification, and Cross-Strait relations)
In addition, the situationcan be confusing because of the different parties and the effort by many groups to dealwith the controversy through a policy of deliberate ambiguity. The political solutionthat is accepted by many of the current groups is the following perspective of the statusquo: that is, to unofficially treat Taiwan as a state and at a minimum, to officiallydeclare no support for the government of this state making a formal declaration ofindependence. What a formal declaration of independence would consist of is not clear andcan be confusing given the fact that the People's Republic of China has never controlledTaiwan since its founding and the fact that the Republic of China, whose governmentcontrols Taiwan, considers itself a de jure sovereign state. The status quo is acceptedin large part because it does not define the legal status or future status of Taiwan,leaving each group to interpret the situation in a way that is politically acceptable toits members. At the same time, a policy of status quo has been criticized as beingdangerous precisely because different sides have different interpretations of what thestatus quo is, leading to the possibility of war through brinkmanship ormiscalculation.
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Link:Wikipedia: Political status of Taiwan
Taiwan, or the Republic of China is one of world's scenes, with a very high'war-potential', besides the Iran and North-Korea this little nation is a possiblestarting point for the next world war.
What do you think? Do the Taiwanesepeople have the right of sovereignty? And does Taiwan belong to China?
Kindregards,
Kikuchi
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The controversy regarding the politicalstatus of Taiwan hinges on whether Taiwan, including the Pescadores (Penghu), shouldremain the effective territory of the Republic of China (ROC), become unified with theterritories now governed by the People's Republic of China (PRC), or become the Republicof Taiwan. Taiwan's political status is complicated by the controversy over the Republicof China's existence as a state.
Currently, Taiwan; Kinmen (Quemoy), Wuchiu(Wuciou), Matsu, off the coast of mainland Fukien; and Taiping (Itu Aba) and Pratas inthe South China Sea effectively make up the entire state known as the Republic of China(ROC). The ROC ruled territories on the continent that include mainland China, OuterMongolia and Tannu Uriankhai (part of which is present day Tuva) before its governmentwas relocated to Taipei in 1949.
Since the ROC lost its United Nation seat in1971 (replaced by the People's Republic of China (PRC)), most sovereign states haveswitched their diplomatic recognition to the PRC, recognising or acknowledging the PRC tobe the sole legitimate representative of all China, notably the United States in 1979. Asat 2006, it maintains official diplomatic relations with 25 sovereign states, although defacto relations is maintained with many. Agencies such as the Taipei Economic andCultural Representative Office and American Institute in Taiwan are operating as de factoembassies.
The ROC government has in the past considered itself to be the solelegitimate government over China, as well as its former territories. This positionstarted to be largely ignored in the early 1990s, changing to one that does not challengethe legitimacy of PRC rule over mainland China, although the ROC's claims have never beenrenounced through a constitutional amendment. Different groups have different concepts ofwhat the current formal political situation of Taiwan is. (See also: Taiwan independence,Chinese reunification, and Cross-Strait relations)
In addition, the situationcan be confusing because of the different parties and the effort by many groups to dealwith the controversy through a policy of deliberate ambiguity. The political solutionthat is accepted by many of the current groups is the following perspective of the statusquo: that is, to unofficially treat Taiwan as a state and at a minimum, to officiallydeclare no support for the government of this state making a formal declaration ofindependence. What a formal declaration of independence would consist of is not clear andcan be confusing given the fact that the People's Republic of China has never controlledTaiwan since its founding and the fact that the Republic of China, whose governmentcontrols Taiwan, considers itself a de jure sovereign state. The status quo is acceptedin large part because it does not define the legal status or future status of Taiwan,leaving each group to interpret the situation in a way that is politically acceptable toits members. At the same time, a policy of status quo has been criticized as beingdangerous precisely because different sides have different interpretations of what thestatus quo is, leading to the possibility of war through brinkmanship ormiscalculation.
__________________________________________________________________
Link:Wikipedia: Political status of Taiwan
Taiwan, or the Republic of China is one of world's scenes, with a very high'war-potential', besides the Iran and North-Korea this little nation is a possiblestarting point for the next world war.
What do you think? Do the Taiwanesepeople have the right of sovereignty? And does Taiwan belong to China?
Kindregards,
Kikuchi
