China and Taiwan, just separated by the Taiwan strait. But what happened for them to become what they are today? Taiwan refusing to becoming a part of China, insisting they are one country and China refusing to let go of Taiwan? To know more about this, lets take a walk down the timeline.
In April, 1927, The Civil Chinese War broke out. This war was fought by the Kuomintang( KMT ) against the Communist Party of China (CPC ). KMT was eke by Mao ZeDong while CPC was led by Chiang Kai-Shek, the president of New China after Sun Yat Sen.
Taiwan was known as the Republic of China ( ROC ) and China was known as People's Republic of China. After CPC lost control of China during the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-Shek led his soldiers and armies all the way to Taiwan which where they stayed eventually. Though Taiwan was always a part of China, the people refused to give in and wanted Taiwan to be an independent country. However, why country is willing to lose a piece of land? China never agreed that Taiwan will be an independent country on its own.
China could have fought Taiwan, but due to its a newly formed country, it has to improve in economics and develop a good relationship with neighboring countries, therefore it stopped fighting against Taiwan and it remained like this.
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