What problems exist between China and Taiwan?
Some months ago, I inquired with the State Dept. regarding my confusion regarding “the status quo in the Taiwan Strait,” but their replies were not near as thorough as a response I found on Yahoo Answers. Frankly speaking, the following answer is quite surprising to me, but the more I think about it the more it makes sense! =====> First we must recognize that the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of China. This was specified in the 1972 Shanghai Communique, and further reinforced when the United States broke diplomatic relations with the government-in-exile Republic of China in early 1979. Since Oct. 25, 1945, Taiwan has been occupied territory. There has been no change in that status to date. This is more fully explained as follows: Military government is the form of administration by which an occupying power exercises governmental authority over occupied territory. When reading General Order No. 1 of Sept. 2, 1945, our analysis must proceed as follows: The milit
