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The PRC, as the successor to the Qing and ROC in that order, therefore inherited the sovereignty of Taiwan. The return of the sovereignty of Taiwan to the ROC was confirmed on 25 October 1945 on the basis of the Cairo Declaration, Potsdam Proclamation, Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and the invalidity of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
Since the early 1990s, the ROC has sought separate United Nations membership under a variety of names, including "Taiwan". [106] The People's Republic of China considers itself to be the sole legitimate government of all of China, and therefore claims exclusive sovereignty over all territory controlled by Taiwan. [34] See also: One China.
[1] This statement of Truman is generally regarded as the origin of the Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan. [2] In 1951, Japan concluded the Treaty of San Francisco with the Allied Powers. It renounced all right, title and claim to Taiwan and the Pescadores without explicitly stating the sovereignty status of the two territories. [3]
The U.S. officially takes no position on Taiwan's sovereignty under Washington's "One China" policy. China says it will not renounce the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control.
"Mutual non-recognition of sovereignty and mutual non-denial of authority to govern" (Chinese: 互不承認主權，互不否認治權) is former President of the Republic of China Ma Ying-jeou's description of the relations between the Taiwan Area and Mainland China, as presented in his second inauguration speech after being re-elected in 2012.
Only 13 countries now formally recognise Taiwan after Honduras ended ties last month. Taiwan's government says that as the Republic of China is a sovereign country and it has a right to state-to ...
Taiwan's Jan. 13 presidential and parliamentary elections are happening as China has stepped up military and political pressure to assert its claims of sovereignty over the island, including ...
It also cites the Potsdam Declaration and Cairo Communique as confirming Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan; inasmuch as the PRC is the internationally-recognized "China", it thus posits that it is the lawful sovereign power on the island. The United Nations currently recognizes Taiwan as an integral part of China (and thus, implicitly, the PRC).