What was Taiwan formerly known as?
"would affect Taiwan's position. When the PRC joined the UN, it resulted in the expulsion of Taiwan. Rugby union in Taiwan Rugby union in Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China, and formerly as Formosa) is a significant sport. For political reasons, they compete as Chinese Taipei. They are currently ranked 61st, and have 3040 registered players. The Taiwanese Rugby Union was founded in 1946, and joined the IRFB in 1986. Concerning its foundation, the efforts of Ke Zhi-Zhang (a.k.a. Ka Shi-Sho:柯子彰 in Japan) cannot be overlooked. Rugby in Taiwan goes back to the turn of the 20th century,"
"small islands. Thus, the country is often simply referred to as simply ""Taiwan"", although this may not be perceived as politically neutral. (See Taiwan Independence.) Amid the hostile rhetoric of the Cold War, the government and its supporters sometimes referred to itself as ""Free China"" or ""Liberal China"", in contrast to People's Republic of China (which was historically called the ""Bandit-occupied Area"" () by the ROC). In addition, the ROC, due to pressure from the PRC, was forced to use the name ""Chinese Taipei"" () whenever it participates in international forums or most sporting events such as the Olympic Games."
"Taipei (known previously as Taihoku) on 25 October 1945, at the Taipei City Hall (now Zhongshan Hall). Chen Yi proclaimed that day to be ""Taiwan Retrocession Day"" and organised the island into the Taiwan Province. Taiwan has since been governed by the Republic of China, and since 1949 has made up most of the country's territory, along with Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, and other nearby islands; the Republic of China is now frequently referred to as ""Taiwan"". Supporters of Taiwan independence have argued that Taiwanese retrocession was invalid since there is no precedent in international law in which an instrument of"
"name of the Republic of China (ROC) but commonly known as ""Taiwan"". The ROC, which took control of Taiwan (including Penghu and other nearby islands) in 1945, ruled mainland China and claimed sovereignty over Outer Mongolia (now Mongolia) and Tannu Uriankhai (part of which is present day Tuva, Russia) before losing the Chinese Civil War to the communist People's Republic of China (PRC) and relocating its government to their new national capital city of Taipei in December 1949. Since the ROC lost its United Nations seat as ""China"" in 1971 (replaced by the PRC), most sovereign states have switched their"
"""Taiwan"" is derived from this usage, which is seen in various forms ( and ) in Chinese historical records. The area occupied by modern-day Tainan represented the first permanent settlement by both European colonists and Chinese immigrants. The settlement grew to be the island's most important trading centre and served as its capital until 1887. Use of the current Chinese name () was formalized as early as 1684 with the establishment of Taiwan Prefecture. Through its rapid development the entire Formosan mainland eventually became known as ""Taiwan"". In his ""Daoyi Zhilüe"" (1349), Wang Dayuan used ""Liuqiu"" as a name for"
"forums and organizations under the name ""Chinese Taipei"" due to diplomatic pressure from the People's Republic of China. For instance, it is the name under which it has competed at the Olympic Games since 1984, and its name as an observer at the World Health Organization. Taiwan was joined to the mainland in the Late Pleistocene, until sea levels rose about 10,000 years ago. Fragmentary human remains dated 20,000 to 30,000 years ago have been found on the island, as well as later artifacts of a Paleolithic culture. Around 6,000 years ago, Taiwan was settled by farmers, most likely from"
"Taiwan only"". Subsequent stamp issues followed the same pattern through 1948. With the loss of mainland China, there was no longer any purpose in separate issues for Taiwan. The Ju Guang Lou tower on Kinmen was featured on several of the definitive series of the 1960s. Since 2008, stamps are inscribed ""Republic of China (Taiwan)"". Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan, otherwise known as Formosa, and currently governed by the Republic of China. The Republic of China comprises the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and"
"Tainan Tainan (Hokkien POJ: ""Tâi-lâm""), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality of Taiwan, facing the Formosan Strait or Taiwan Strait in the west and south. Tainan is the oldest city on the island of Taiwan and also commonly known as the ""Capital City"" (; POJ: ""Hú-siâⁿ"") for its over 200 years of history as the capital of Taiwan under Koxinga and later Qing dynasty rule. Tainan's complex history of comebacks, redefinitions and renewals inspired its popular nickname ""the Phoenix City"". As Taiwan's oldest urban area, Tainan was initially established by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as a ruling"
"and trading base called Fort Zeelandia during the period of Dutch rule on the island. After Dutch colonists were defeated by Koxinga in 1661, Tainan remained as the capital of the Tungning Kingdom until 1683 and afterwards the capital of Taiwan Prefecture under Qing Dynasty rule until 1887, when the new provincial capital was moved to Taipei. Tainan has been historically regarded as one of the oldest cities in Taiwan, and its former name, Tayouan, has been claimed to be the origin of the name ""Taiwan"". It is also one of Taiwan's cultural capitals, for its rich folk cultures including"
"independence of the area from the PRC) and ""Taiwan, China"" might be construed as a subordinate area to the PRC. Before the 1600s, the island of Taiwan had numerous independent Taiwanese Aborigines tribes, before suffering colonization by the Dutch and Spanish colonizers in the northern areas. Small portions of Taiwan were colonized by the Chinese and these few southern areas were governed by the Kingdom of Tungning before being annexed by the Qing dynasty in 1683. The central and mountainous areas were still under Indigenous control. Following the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Taiwan was annexed by Japan. After the"
"the island of Taiwan, or the part of it closest to Penghu. Elsewhere, the name was used for the Ryukyu Islands in general or Okinawa, the largest of them; indeed the name ""Ryūkyū"" is the Japanese form of ""Liúqiú"". The name also appears in the ""Book of Sui"" (636) and other early works, but scholars cannot agree on whether these references are to the Ryukyus, Taiwan or even Luzon. The official name of the state is the ""Republic of China""; it has also been known under various names throughout its existence. Shortly after the ROC's establishment in 1912, while it"
"and change the island's name from the “Republic of China” to “Taiwan,” and apply for membership in the United Nations. A second view is that Taiwan is already an independent nation with the official name “Republic Of China,” which has been independent (i.e. de facto separate from mainland China) since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when the ROC lost control of mainland China, with only Taiwan (including the Penghu islands), Kinmen, the Matsu Islands off the coast of Fujian Province, and some of the islands in the South China Sea remaining under its administration. Although previously"
"miles) off the southeast coast of 'Mainland China' (in East Asia). Taiwan does not have recognition by the United Nations (UN), and it is officially recognized as a Secessionist State within China. Taiwan's history as a 'nation' is quite short, but the nationalistic sentiment amongst the young Taiwanese is gradually increasing as the rift between Taiwan and its rival state, the People's Republic of China, widens. Taiwan was separated from China, also known as 'Mainland China', following the events of the First Sino-Japanese War, which occurred between 1894 and 1895. Qing Dynasty officials ceded Taiwan to the Empire of Japan"
"previously was recognised as (""""de facto""""). From the 1990s onwards, media wire services sometimes describe Taiwan as having de facto independence, whereas the Republic of China has always considered itself as a continuously functioning ""de jure"" state. Political status of Taiwan The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, sometimes referred to as the Taiwan Issue or Taiwan Strait Issue, or from a Taiwanese perspective as the Mainland Issue, is a result of the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent split of China into the two present-day self-governing entities of the People's Republic of China (PRC; commonly known as China)"
"China formerly administered both mainland China and Taiwan; the government has been administering only Taiwan since its defeat in the Chinese Civil War by the armed forces of the Communist Party of China. While the official name of the state remains 'Republic of China', the country is commonly called 'Taiwan', since Taiwan makes up 99% of the controlled territory of the ROC. Article 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of China originally stated that ""[t]he territory of the Republic of China within its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by a resolution of the National Assembly"" Throughout"
"Political status of Taiwan The controversy regarding the political status of Taiwan, sometimes referred to as the Taiwan Issue or Taiwan Strait Issue, or from a Taiwanese perspective as the Mainland Issue, is a result of the Chinese Civil War and the subsequent split of China into the two present-day self-governing entities of the People's Republic of China (PRC; commonly known as China) and the Republic of China (ROC; commonly known as Taiwan). The issue hinges on whether Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu should 1) remain the territory of the ROC as an effectively separate self-governing entity, 2) become unified"
"In certain contexts, Taiwan is also referred to as Chinese Taipei. The ROC government has in the past actively pursued the claim as the sole legitimate government over mainland China and Taiwan. This position began to change in the early 1990s as democracy was introduced and new Taiwanese leaders were elected, changing to one that does not actively challenge the legitimacy of PRC rule over mainland China. However, with the election of the Kuomintang (KMT, ""Chinese Nationalist Party"") back into executive power in 2008, the ROC government has reverted to the position that ""mainland China is also part of the"
"a way that is politically acceptable to its members. At the same time, a policy of status quo has been criticized as being dangerous precisely because different sides have different interpretations of what the status quo is, leading to the possibility of war through brinkmanship or miscalculation. Taiwan (excluding Penghu) was first populated by Austronesian people and was colonized by the Dutch, who had arrived in 1623. The Kingdom of Tungning, lasting from 1661 to 1683, was the first Han Chinese government to rule Taiwan. From 1683, the Qing Dynasty ruled Taiwan as a prefecture and in 1875 divided the"
"are expressly forbidden to denote as part of Taiwan as being simply incorrect. Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims the island of Taiwan to be part its territory under its Constitution as the Taiwan Province. It is usually referred to by mainland media as the Taiwan Region or Taiwan Area. The PRC has never administered Taiwan: the Taiwan Area, including all of the contemporary Taiwan Province, is currently administered by the government of the Republic of China (ROC). Maps published by the PRC (and other sources that adopt the PRC's views) show Taiwan"
"rules the Taiwan Area (composed of Taiwan and its nearby minor islands), became known as ""Taiwan"" after its largest island, (an instance of ""pars pro toto""). It stopped active claim of mainland China as part of its territory after constitutional reform in 1991. However, since the 2008 election of Ma Ying-jeou, he again asserted that mainland China is part of Republic of China territory according to its constitution, and, in 2013, he stated that relations between PRC and ROC are not between countries but ""regions of the same country"". In 1971, the People's Republic of China won the United Nations"
"At the end of World War II in 1945, Taiwan was placed under the control of the ROC, which was widely recognized as China. Since the defeat and expulsion of the ruling Kuomintang ROC government by the Communist Party of China from mainland China in 1949, the ROC government has controlled only Taiwan and its surrounding islands. It is a point of contention as to whether Taiwan has already achieved ""de facto"" independence under the Constitution of the Republic of China amended in 2005. Many supporters of independence for Taiwan view the history of Taiwan since the 17th century as"
"up, among others, by the support of US funds and demand for Taiwanese products. In the 1970s, Taiwan was economically the second fastest growing state in Asia after Japan. Taiwan, along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore, became known as one of the Four Asian Tigers. Because of the Cold War, most Western nations and the United Nations regarded the ROC as the sole legitimate government of China until the 1970s. Later, especially after the termination of the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, most nations switched diplomatic recognition to the PRC (see United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758). Up until"
"terms are contentious and potentially ambiguous because they relate to the controversial issues of the political status of Taiwan and Cross-Strait relations between ""Taiwan"" and ""China"", in that whether they are two separate countries or ""two areas of one country"". Since 1949, two countries with the name ""China"" (Two Chinas) actually exist, namely the Republic of China (ROC, founded 1912 and now commonly known as ""Taiwan"") and the People's Republic of China (PRC, founded 1949 and now commonly known as ""China"", and """"the"" China""). However, only one ""China"" actually rules Taiwan, namely Republic of China, and has an administrative division"
"seat as ""China"" and use of the name and expelled the ROC from the UN. Since then the term ""Taiwan, China"" is a designation typically used in international organizations like the United Nations and its associated organs under pressure from the PRC to accommodate its claim and to give the false impression that Taiwan belongs to the PRC. (The term ""Chinese Taipei"" was similarly created for the same purpose.) However, the political status of Taiwan is a complex and controversial issue and currently unresolved, in large part due to the United States and the Allies of World War II handling"
"of Dutch rule in Taiwan, a Dutch ship named the ""Golden Lion"" (Early Modern Dutch: ""Gouden Leeuw"") was wrecked on the coral reefs of the isle. After the Dutch took control of the island, they renamed it ""Gouden Leeuwseylant"" (""Golden Lion Island"") as a memorial to the crew who were killed by the native inhabitants. In Chinese, ""Liúqiú"" originally referred to the island of Taiwan according to the ""History of Yuan"". However, during the Ming dynasty the term came to mean Lamay Island. However, the same Chinese name also refers to the Ryukyu Islands between Taiwan and Japan. Thus, Xiaoliuqiu"
"Prehistory of Taiwan The prehistory of Taiwan, ending with the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in 1624, is known from archaeological finds throughout the island. The earliest evidence of human habitation dates back 20,000 to 30,000 years, when the Taiwan Strait was exposed by lower sea levels as a land bridge. Around 5,000 years ago farmers from the southeast Chinese coast settled on the island. These people are believed to have been speakers of Austronesian languages, which dispersed from Taiwan across the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The current Taiwanese aborigines are believed to be their"
"mid-1950s to the 1970s, a self-proclaimed Republic of Taiwan Provisional Government was active in Japan. Its president was Thomas Liao, who was in exile there. This government used a flag of a blue field charged with a white sun and a white moon. In 1996, a campaign called “New Name, New Flag, New Anthem” was launched to rename the Republic of China, replace the flag of the Republic of China, and the National Anthem of the Republic of China, all of which were brought to Taiwan when the Kuomintang government retreated to the island in 1949. After a contest in"
"is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. Since then, the ROC has often been referred to as 'Taiwan' to avoid confusion. Meanwhile, the U.S. negotiated with Taiwan on what the change meant. Trade continued and the U.S. provided military security. The United States did not formally recognize the People's Republic of China (PRC) for 30 years after its founding. Instead, the US maintained diplomatic relations with the Republic of China government on Taiwan, recognizing it as the sole legitimate government of China. However, the Taiwan-based Republic of China government did not trust the United States."
"an IOC event, but did not prevail. The ISO 3166 directory of names of countries and territories registers Taiwan (TW) separately from and in addition to the People's Republic of China (CN), but lists Taiwan as ""Taiwan, Province of China"" based on the name used by the UN under PRC pressure. In , Taiwan is also coded CN-71 under China, thus making Taiwan part of China in ISO 3166-1 and ISO 3166-2 categories. Naming issues surrounding Taiwan/ROC continue to be a contentious issue in non-governmental organizations such as the Lions Club, which faced considerable controversy naming its Taiwanese branch. Today,"
"Postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Taiwan, otherwise known as Formosa, and currently governed by the Republic of China. The Republic of China comprises the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands, which are located off the east coast of mainland China. Neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the north-east, and the Philippines to the south. In 1886 Taiwan was upgraded from a prefecture to a province. A postal service was organised by Governor Liu Mingchuan, and"
"the Dutch colonization of southern Taiwan, the area was known as ""Tancoia"" to the western world for a period of about three decades. In 1662, the Dutch were expelled by the Kingdom of Tungning government, founded by Ming loyalists of Koxinga. His son, Zheng Jing, renamed the village ""Banlian-chiu"" () in 1664. The name of ""Takau"" was restored in the late 1670s, when the town expanded dramatically with immigrants from mainland China, and was kept through Taiwan's cession to the Japanese Empire in 1895. In his 1903 general history of Taiwan, US Consul to Formosa (1898–1904) James W. Davidson relates"
"Africa delegates once referred to Taiwan as the ""Republic of Taiwan"" during Lee Teng-hui's term as President of the ROC. In 2002, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, referred to Taiwan as a country. Most recently, former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stated in a local Chinese newspaper in California in July 2005 that Taiwan is ""a sovereign nation"". The People's Republic of China discovered the statement about three months after it was made. In a controversial speech on 4 February 2006, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso called Taiwan a country with very high education levels because"
"a sovereign state ever since it was formed <nowiki>[</nowiki>in 1912<nowiki>]</nowiki>.” The pro-unification PFP Party Chairman, James Soong, called it “Taiwan's biggest failure in diplomacy.” The first view considers the move for Taiwan independence as a nationalist movement. Historically, this was view of such pro-independence groups as the tang wai movement (which later grew into the Democratic Progressive Party) who argued that the ROC under the Kuomintang had been a ""foreign regime"" forcibly imposed on Taiwan. Since the 1990s, supporters of Taiwan independence no longer actively make this argument. Instead, the argument has been that, in order to survive the growing"