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A second element of the “one China” principle was that no country could recognize the ROC and the PRC at the same time, as both claimed to represent China and would break relations with any ...
The PRC and the ROC do not recognise each other's statehood, and each enforces its own version of the One China policy meaning that no state can recognise both of them at the same time. [a] The states that recognise the ROC ( 11 UN members and the Holy See as of 15 January 2024) regard it as the sole legitimate government of China and therefore ...
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A view in Taiwan is that the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are both sovereign, thus forming "two Chinas", or "one China, one Taiwan". Former Republic of China President Chen Shui-bian adamantly supported this status quo, and accordingly largely abandoned the campaign for the Republic of China to be recognised as the sole ...
community, the Republic of China (‘ROC’) and the Peoples’ Republic of China (‘PRC’) during different phases of the cross-Strait dispute. In this regard, the international community has endorsed the PRC’s version of the ‘one China’ principle by recognising it as the legitimate successor government to the ROC regime.
On the other hand, Taiwan has a strong claim to statehood. The present Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC)3 has an economy, GNP, trade volume, and level of foreign investment that ranks 20th, 18th, 14th, and 7th, respectively, on the global scale. At the same time the ROC is making efforts to have its voice heard, to end its diplomatic
The Taiwan question is the legacy of the "two Chinas" problem. UN Reso. lution 2758 on "representation of China" does not halt the diplomatic battle between the PRC and the ROC. Rather, this resolution led to renewed legal challenges to the so-called one-China policy in both the cross-strait and inter national arenas.
- Statehood?
- Secession?
- Internal Factors and International Status
The question of Taiwan’s sovereignty and status generally evokes three strands of discussion. First, does Taiwan meet the criteria for statehood or something very close to statehood in the international system—and specifically in international law? Here the locus classicus is a dusty old document called the Montevideo Convention that states what mo...
This question of “asserting statehood” shades into a second strand of discussion and controversy regarding Taiwan’s status: Has Taiwan separated from China, or from Mainland China? This is essentially a question of secession, a question of whether there has been a change from a preexisting state of affairs, rather than a question of how Taiwan meas...
The third and last set of pieces of the puzzle of Taiwan’s international status has to do with internal factors. Key among these are those that bear on the question of self-determination. Is there a distinct people of Taiwan or a “Taiwanese people”? If there is, then the Taiwanese people have a right to something which may—although it also may not—...
