Republic of China on Taiwan

Taiwan independence movement
Basis Formosa Formosan Taiwanese nationalism Taiwanization Taiwan subjectivity Historical point of view of Taiwan State normalization De-Sinicization Taiwan Name Rectification Campaign
Branch Taiwan independence ROC independence Independent Taiwan
Theory Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan Taiwan consensus Two Chinas Special state-to-state relations Two Sides, Two Constitutions Republic of China on Taiwan Republic of China is Taiwan Second Republic of the Republic of China 1996 consensus One Country on Each Side Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China Four Wants and One Without
Document Treaty of San Francisco A Declaration of Formosan Self-salvation Taiwan Independence Clause Resolution on Taiwan's Future The Programme of New Generation of Taiwan Independence Movement
History Kingdom of Middag Kingdom of Tungning Republic of Formosa
Incident Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament The Case of Scheming for Taiwan Independence February 28 Incident White Terror Guanziling Conference The Case of Su Tong-ch'i Taiyuan Incident Attempted Assassination of Chiang Ching-kuo Zhongli incident Formosa Incident The Murder of the Lin Family Chen Wen-chen Incident The self-immolation of Cheng Nan-jung Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 The Case of Taiwan Independence Association Article 100 of Criminal Code of the Republic of China Wild Lily student movement Fully election and recall of legislators of the Republic of China on Taiwan Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China Qiandao Lake Incident Third Taiwan Strait Crisis Republic of China presidential election, 1996 Republic of China presidential election Taiwanese United Nations membership referendums, 2008 Sunflower Student Movement Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement Taiwan Passport Sticker Movement
Policy No haste, Be patient Downsizing of Taiwan Provincial Government Referendum Act Abrogation of Guidelines for National Unification Abolition of National Unification Council
Political party Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan Solidarity Union Taiwan Independence Party New Power Party See also: Pan-Green Coalition
Organization Taiwanese Cultural Association Formosan League for Reemancipation Provisional Government of the Republic of Taiwan World United Formosans for Independence One Side One Country Alliance See also: List of Taiwan independence movement organizations
Figure Liao Wen-kwei Liao Wen-i Chen Chih-hsiung Liao Shih-hau Su Tong-ch'i Su Beng Koo Kwang-ming Peng Ming-min Chen Lung-chu Chai Trong-rong Chiang Ping-hsing Huang Wen-shiung Ko Chi-hua Cheng Nan-jung Lee Teng-hui Lu Hsiu-lien Lee Chen-Yuan Kin May-ling Chang Tsan-hung Koh Se-kai Huang Zhao-tang Lo Fu-chen Lee Ying-yuan Chen Nan-tien Tsay Ting-kuei Lin Chang-zuo Lin Fei-Fan See also: Taiwan independence activists
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Republic of China on Taiwan is a political term as well as discourse regarding the present status of the Republic of China. It is proposed by former president of the Republic of China Lee Teng-hui, the first Taiwanese President. During his presidential tenure in 1995, Lee visited his alma mater Cornell University and mentioned this term for the first time when delivering an Olin Lecture.^[1][2][3][4]

The term is one of the several terms regarding the Republic of China, and is not exactly about Taiwan independence. The term was later included in the Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China as the third stage from 1988 to 2000 by President Lee's successor Chen Shui-bian.)^[5][6][7]

Background

Before Lee Teng-hui coined the term, the officials of the Republic of China had always used the state's official name "Republic of China". Therefore the term was regarded as a breakthrough.^[8][9]

In regards to the origin of the term, Lee Teng-hui explained in 2005 during a lecture in Lee Teng-Hui Institute that, following the World War II, Chiang Kai-shek's forces temporarily occupied the island of Taiwan under the direction of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Douglas MacArthur, and because both the Treaty of San Francisco and the Treaty of Taipei concluded afterwards did not explicitly specify to whom Japan renounced the sovereignty of Taiwan for, the legal status of Taiwan has become undetermined, and therefore he coined the term "Republic of China on Taiwan".^[10][11]

Position of the People's Republic of China (PRC)

The government of the People's Republic of China claimed: “The reunification of China must be achieved. We never allow the seceding of Taiwan from China through 'Two Chinas', 'One China, One Taiwan', or any other means.”^[12]

See also

• Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China
• Taiwan after World War II
• Legal status of Taiwan
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Elections in the Republic of China
• President of the Republic of China
• Four Noes and One Without
• Taiwanization

References

Cross-Strait relations
People's Republic of China  Republic of China Organizations Taiwan Affairs Office Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Communist Party of China Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Paramount leaders Xi Jinping Hu Jintao Jiang Zemin Deng Xiaoping People Chen Deming Chen Yunlin Zhang Zhijun Wang Yi Wang Daohan Organizations Mainland Affairs Council Straits Exchange Foundation Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party National Unification Council Presidents Tsai Ing-wen Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Lee Teng-hui People Lin Join-sane Wang Yu-chi Chiang Pin-kung Lai Shin-Yuan Koo Chen-fu Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
Events	Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895) Retrocession of Taiwan (1945) February 28 Incident (1947) Chinese Civil War (1946–1950) First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954–1955) Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958) PRC entry to the United Nations (1971) Lieyu Massacre (1987) Third Taiwan Strait Crisis (1995–1996) Anti-Secession Law (2005) Pan-Blue visits to mainland China (2005) Cross-Strait charter (2005–2008) Sunflower Movement (2014) 2014 Wang–Zhang meetings 2015 Xi–Chu meeting 2015 Ma–Xi meeting
Negotiations	Kinmen Agreement (1990) Wang–Koo summit (1993) Cross-Strait high-level talks (2008–current) Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (2010) Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum (2006–current) Straits Forum (2009–current) Shanghai-Taipei City Forum (2010–current) Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (2013) Cross-Strait Peace Forum (2013–current)
Concepts	Political status of Taiwan Chinese Unification One country, two systems One China, Better system Taiwan independence movement 1992 Consensus one China, respective interpretations no unification, no independence and no use of force Three Links One-China policy Two Chinas One Country on Each Side Three Noes Six Assurances Special state-to-state relations Four Noes and One Without Zhonghua Minzu Special non-state-to-state relations Cross-Strait Economic Zone Free area of the Republic of China Chinese Taipei