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This 10 page paper examines the policy by mainland China, the Peoples Republic of China, towards Taiwan, where the Republic of China fled to in 1949. The situation is a stalemate, with mainland China maintaining that Taiwan is remains a province of China. The paper analyses the position how it has occurred and the way it is developing. The paper also looks at the role of the US and the United Nations. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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File: TS14_TEchitaiwan.rtf
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retain the right to invade and retake these lands at any time they choose. If we look at the events of the
last few weeks1 there are clear indications of the current difficult position of Taiwan. The Chen Shui-bian, the Taiwanese president was inaugurated for his second term in May 2004 appeared
to indicate a softer tone towards China, but did not offer any new proposals to settle the duspute (Schafer, 2004). However, his inauguration speech did not accept that Taiwan
was a part of China, the result of this has been an increased level of arguing between China and Taiwan. Chen Shui-bian
maintains that Taiwan is an independent sovereign nation. Beijing sees Taiwan as being a part of One China, this is known as the one China policy, with the PRC believing
there will inevitability be a reunification of the political separation that has divided China and Taiwan since 1949 (Ching, 2004). To understand
the position today we need to look to the past. Taiwan, the area formerly known as Formosa, lies between China and Japan. . The islands are located in the west
pacific located between the Philippines and Okinawa (CIA, 2004). There is a main island, that Island of Taiwan, along with sixty four smaller islands which are known as the Pescadores.
In historical terms this was inhabited by people of Malay-Polynesian origin (Chiautong, 1971). When we consider the current and past controversy over the islands this may be seen as very
valid, as the origins of the people living there may be seen as other than Chinese (Chiautong, 1971). To understand this we need
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