Is Taiwan Considered a Country? | what kind of country is taiwan
ThereismuchcontroversyaroundthequestionofwhetherTaiwan[1]—anislandinEastAsiathatisaboutthesizeofMarylandandDelawarecombined—isanindependentcountry.TaiwandevelopedintoamodernpowerfollowingtheCommunistvictoryonthemainlandin1949.TwomillionChineseNationalistsfledtoTaiwanandestablishedagovernmentforallofChinaontheisland.Fromthatpointon,until1971,Taiwanwasrecognizedas"China"bytheUnitedNations.MainlandChinaspositiononTaiwanisthatthereisonlyoneChinaandthatTaiwanispartofChina;thePeoplesRepublicofChin...
There is much controversy around the question of whether Taiwan[1]—an island in East Asia that is about the size of Maryland and Delaware combined—is an independent country.
Taiwan developed into a modern power following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949. Two million Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government for all of China on the island. From that point on, until 1971, Taiwan was recognized as "China" by the United Nations.
Mainland Chinas position on Taiwan is that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of China; the Peoples Republic of China is awaiting reunification of the island and mainland. However, Taiwan claims independence as a distinct state.
There are eight accepted criteria[2] used to determine whether a place is an independent country (also known as a State with a capital "s"). Let us examine these eight criteria in regard to Taiwan, an island located across the Taiwan Strait from mainland Chi...