Evaluation:
Published: 07.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Taiwan Independence', 1.
Extract

Taiwan independence is a political movement whose goal is to create a sovereign, independent Republic of Taiwan out of the lands currently administered by the Republic of China. It is supported by the pan-green coalition on Taiwan and opposed by the pan-blue coalition and the People's Republic of China, which favor Chinese reunification.
This movement is internationally significant in that a formal declaration of independence is one of the three conditions under which the PRC has stated that it will take military action against Taiwan (the other two being that Taiwan develops an atomic bomb, or if Taiwan comes under 'foreign interference'). …

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