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This portal is for the politics and government of the Republic of China. For the people, history, culture, and geography of Taiwan, please see Portal:Taiwan.

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ROC Administrative and Claims

The Republic of China (ROC) is the oldest surviving republic in East Asia having been established in Nanjing in 1912 after the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) which ended 400 years of monarchy. The challenges of stabilizing and modernizing the Chinese nation were hampered by domestic warlordism and foreign imperialism from the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan. The Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II and the Chinese Civil War further weakened the nation; ultimately, the Kuomintang (KMT) party retreated to the island of Taiwan (Formosa) in 1949 with the communists seizing the entire mainland and proclaiming the People's Republic of China (PRC). The ROC established Taipei as its provisional capital with the eventual goal of recovering the mainland. However, its claim to being the sole legitimate government of China has gradually lost clout when it lost its seat at the United Nations in 1971 to the PRC. Since the 1970s, many nations began switching diplomatic recognition of China from Taipei to Beijing following in the lead of the ROC's one-time major ally, the United States. Since the 1990s, there has a been a gradual shift towards referring to the ROC as "Taiwan" due to the PRC's One-China policy of diplomatically isolating the ROC from the international community. Also, the Taiwan independence movement on the island has raised a political status issue. The PRC claims Taiwan as its 23rd province that must be reunited with the mainland and threatens military invasion if, amongst other conditions, the island declares independence.[1]

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The Three Principles of the People (三民主義), collectively known as the San-min Doctrine, is a political philosophy developed by Sun Yat-sen as part of a program to make China a free, prosperous, and powerful nation. Its legacy of implementation is most apparent in the governmental organization of the Republic of China, which administrates Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, and Matsu Islands. The principles also appear in the first line of the National Anthem of the Republic of China.

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Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference in 1943 during World War II. ...Archive edit

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... that the Republic of China once ruled all of mainland China, but presently only rules the island group of Taiwan, Matsu Islands, Kinmen, the Pescadores, and several islets in the South China Sea?

... that the Plum Blossom (pictured) is the national flower of the Republic of China and is featured prominently on the currency of the Republic of China and other national emblems?

... that the National Space Organization (NSPO) was set up by the Executive Yuan in October 1991 with 15-year stage plans and the objective to develop the ROC's competitiveness in the future international space market?

... that the Central News Agency was founded in Guangzhou in 1924 before being transplanted to Taipei in 1949 and that it is the official news agency of the Republic of China?

... that the newly completed 12.9 km Hsuehshan Tunnel is the longest road tunnel in East Asia and the fifth longest in the world?

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March 22, 2008 (S): Ma Ying-jeou is elected as the 12th President of the Republic of China with his terms starts on May 20, 2008.

October 26, 2007 (F): Chinese President Hu Jintao tells UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi that Beijing attaches great importance to its ties with New Delhi.

March 14, 2007 (W): The ROC Ministry of National Defense spokesman Wu Chi-fang (吳季方) denies reports in the Defense News that it plans to produce 500 Hsiung Feng IIE anti-ship missiles [2].
March 14, 2007 (W): Protesters in Kaohsiung clash with police and soldiers who begin work to dismantle the largest seated bronze statue of Chiang Kai-shek from the Chiang Kai Shek Cultural Center [3].

March 6, 2007 (Tu): Vice President Annette Lu announces in Taipei her bid to run for President in the 2008 presidential elections [4].

March 6, 2007 (Tu): The United Daily News cites an unnamed military source that the ROC military successfully tested the Hsiung Feng IIE anti-ship missile last month. The missile has a range of 1,000 km capable of reaching both Shanghai and Hong Kong, the two top financial centers of the PRC.[5].