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==History==

==History==

Taiwan was governed by [[Japan]] from 1894 to 1945. Unlike Japan's occupation of other Asian areas, Nipponese presence in Taiwan was largely beneficial {{fact}}. This civilizing effect of Japanese occupation allowed the people of Taiwan to make great social and technological advances.

Taiwan was governed by [[Japan]] from 1894 to 1945. Unlike Japan's occupation of other Asian areas, Nipponese presence in Taiwan was largely beneficial {{fact}}. This civilizing effect of Japanese occupation allowed the people of Taiwan to make great social and technological advances. Subsequent to [[World War II]], it was returned to China; in 1949 the Republican government withdrew to Taiwan following the victory of the Communists in the civil war in mainland China.

 

Taiwan is an important world manufacturer of computer chips and components and consumer electronics.

==Politics==

==Politics==

The Taiwanese people enjoy a free market economy, while the democratically elected government {{fact}} provides freedom of the press {{fact}}, freedom of religion, and universal health care. Nevertheless, the Republic of China has been unsuccessful in its repeated attempts to rejoin the United Nations. During the Cold War, the Republic of China was recognized by most of the world as the sole legitimate government of China {{fact}} and a bastion of freedom against Communist oppression on the mainland. However, the Communist bloc gained enough votes in 1971 to eject Free China from the UN and the Western bloc derecognized Free China en masse. Under the administration of [[Jimmy Carter]], the United States broke relations with Free China and established them with [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]] in 1979. In the United States, both Democrat and Republican administrations have blocked the efforts of the Taiwanese people to seek Taiwan’s entry on the world stage and refuse to use its official name - the Republic of China -- in official contexts.  

The Taiwanese people enjoy a free market economy, while the democratically elected government {{fact}} provides freedom of the press {{fact}}, freedom of religion, and universal health care. Nevertheless, the Republic of China has been unsuccessful in its repeated attempts to rejoin the United Nations. During the Cold War, the Republic of China was recognized by most of the world as the sole legitimate government of China {{fact}} and a bastion of freedom against Communist oppression on the mainland. However, the Communist bloc gained enough votes in 1971 to eject Free China from the UN and the Western bloc derecognized Free China en masse. Under the administration of [[Jimmy Carter]], the United States broke relations with Free China and established them with [[People's Republic of China|Communist China]] in 1979. In the United States, both Democrat and Republican administrations have blocked the efforts of the Taiwanese people to seek Taiwan’s entry on the world stage and refuse to use its official name - the Republic of China -- in official contexts.  

==Economy==

===Chinese Claim and Counterclaim===

Taiwan is an important world manufacturer of computer chips and components and consumer electronics.

Though Taiwan exhibits all of the characteristics of a sovereign nation, the [[People's Republic of China]] makes a claim to all of Taiwan's territory, and asserts that Taiwan is merely a territory of the Communist China. Meanwhile, the Republic of China, which governs Taiwan, was founded in 1912, predating the Communist regime, and continues to assert its claim to the entirety of mainland China.

 

==Chinese Claim==

Though Taiwan posesses all of the characteristics of a sovereign nation, the [[People's Republic of China]] makes a claim to all of Taiwan's territory, and asserts that Taiwan is merely a territory of the Communist China. In fact, the Republic of China, which governs Taiwan, was founded in 1912 and predates the Communist regime, and Taiwan continues to assert its claim to the entirety of mainland China. It was in 1949 when the Communists, funded by Soviet Russia, succeeded in rebellion that the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan,.

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