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After the surrender ceremony, Chen Yi delivered a radio speech proclaiming that Taiwan and the Penghu Islands had rejoined China, marking Taiwan's retrocession. [2] George H. Kerr, who was invited to proofread the English translation of Chen Yi's Chinese speech, noted that it omitted any mention of the role played by the United States. [18]
Retrocession Day is the annual observance and former public holiday in Taiwan commemorating the end of Japanese rule of Taiwan and Penghu and the claimed return of Taiwan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945. [1] [2] However, the idea of "Taiwan retrocession" remains in dispute.
Taiwan, formally known as the Republic of China, says it is already an independent country. Its government fled to Taiwan in 1949 after losing a civil war with the communist forces of Mao Zedong ...
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to resist Chinese annexation of his self-governing island nation as Taiwan celebrated its 113th National Day, provoking a harsh response from ...
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is set to say in his national day speech on Thursday that China continues to harass the democratically governed island militarily and psychologically, and has been using
The incident is considered to be one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement. [ 7 ] In 1945, following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II , the Allies handed administrative control of Taiwan over to China, thus ending 50 years of Japanese colonial rule .
Lai’s party, the Democratic Progressive Party, doesn’t seek independence from China but maintains that Taiwan is already a sovereign nation. The Chinese office in charge of Taiwan affairs criticized Lai’s inauguration speech as promoting “the fallacy of separatism,” inciting confrontation and relying on foreign forces to seek ...
Taiwan is pursuing independence incrementally and those who support it will “end up in self-destruction,” China’s new defense minister warned Sunday in a wide-ranging speech at a security ...