NOT ALL NATIONS ARE RECOGNISED UNIVERSALLY - TAIWAN

Question 1

When did Taiwan declare independence?

Answer 1

1950

Taiwan has been functioning independently since 1950.

Question 2

How does the UN view Taiwan?

Answer 2

The UN doesn’t recognize it

Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations.

Question 3

What does China label Taiwan as?

Answer 3

A rebel region that belongs to mainland

China claims it will use force if necessary to assert control.

Question 4

Since when has China claimed sovereignty over Taiwan?

Answer 4

Since the end of the 1949 Chinese civil war

This claim led to a significant migration of Chinese nationalists to Taiwan.

Question 5

How many Chinese nationalists fled to Taiwan after the civil war?

Answer 5

2 million

These nationalists established a national government in Taiwan.

Question 6

Who was the first female president of Taiwan?

Answer 6

Tsai Ing-wen

She took office in 2016.

Question 7

What is the nature of the relationship between China and Taiwan?

Answer 7

Complex and interdependent

Taiwanese firms, like Foxconn, significantly invest in China.

Question 8

What does China insist regarding other states and Taiwan?

Answer 8

Other states shouldn’t have an independent relationship with Taiwan

This stance is part of China’s broader policy on Taiwan.