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The Republic of China president is called 總統 (Zǒngtǒng, "President"), and from 1912–1928, 大總統 (Dàzǒngtǒng, "Grand President"). Since 1949, the de facto territory of the ROC is reduced to Taiwan and its surrounding islands , the former previously ruled by Japan from 1895 to 1945, no longer governing mainland China .
This is a list of the presidents of the Republic of China.. The Republic of China controlled Mainland China before 1949. In the fall of 1949, the ROC government retreated to Taiwan and surrounding islands as a result of the takeover of the mainland by the Chinese Communist Party and founding of the People's Republic of China.
Provisional President of the Republic of China (臨時大總統): . Sun Yat-sen (1 January 1912 - 10 March 1912); Yuan Shikai (10 March 1912 - 10 October 1913); The "Republic of China" was formally proclaimed on 1 January 1912 and Sun Yat-sen took office in Nanking (now Nanjing) as the first provisional president.
China Year: President Republic of China (Taiwan) President People's Republic of China (Mainland China) 1949 Li Zongren (acting) Mao Zedong
A spokesperson for the United States Department of State said that the United States wished to "applaud China's success in becoming only the third country to launch people into space". [16] NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe called Shenzhou 5 an "important achievement in human exploration" and wished China "a continued safe human space flight ...
In recent years, China has rapidly closed the gap with the U.S. in space. Beijing is ramping up the pace of its satellite launches and mastering capabilities that only the United States had a ...
Xi Jinping did not initiate this transformation, but since becoming China’s president in 2013 he has made the country his own. Xi’s transformation of China began with a campaign against ...
China has ramped up plans to achieve its "space dream" under President Xi Jinping. It constructed a space station after being kept out of the International Space Station, largely due to U.S ...