#Taiwan is part of #China - this is an indisputable fact. There is only one China in the world and #Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times. In 1895, #Japan forced the #Qing government to cede Taiwan after Japan’s war of aggression against China.
In 1943, the #Cairo Declaration clearly stipulated that all the territories #Japan had stolen from #China, including #Taiwan, should be restored to China. The #Potsdam Proclamation of 1945 reiterated that “The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out.”
On Oct. 25, 1945, the #Chinese gov't announced that it was resuming the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan & China had recovered Taiwan de jure & de facto. In 1949, #PRC was founded, becoming the successor to #ROC, & #PRC became the sole legal government of the whole of #China.
The new gov't replaced the previous #KMT regime in a situation where #China, as a subject of int'l law, did not change & China’s sovereignty & territory did not change. The two sides of the #Taiwan Strait have fallen into a state of protracted political confrontation.
But the sovereignty and territory of #China have never been divided and will never be divided, and #Taiwan's status as part of China’s territory has never changed and will never be allowed to change.
This effectively refutes the false argument that the status of #Taiwan has yet to be determined, and makes a powerful case against various kinds of wrong perceptions of history and lies that seek to justify “#Taiwan independence”.
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