Taiwan independence movement
Independence movement in East Asia
Taiwan independence movement
The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement advocating the Taiwan Area to become a de jure sovereign state, either as the Republic of China (ROC) or the hypothetical Republic of Taiwan. While the definitions of Taiwan independence varies, their propositions generally agree on the premise that the People's Republic of China (PRC) does not hold sovereignty over the Taiwan Area. This position contrasts with support for Chinese unification under the One China stance advocated by the PRC and the Kuomintang (KMT), as well as with maintaining the status quo in cross-strait relations. Taiwan's political status is ambiguous due to two historical issues—the competing claims of the PRC and ROC to the entirety of each other's territory due to the technically ongoing Chinese Civil War, and the circumstances surrounding the Treaty of San Francisco, which relinquished Japanese control over Taiwan without officially granting sovereignty to any party. The meaning of "independence" is likewise...
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