A Timeline of Relations Between Taiwan and China

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3 Major questions

1) HOW/WHY did the dispute start ??

2) WHAT is the effect on both the countries??

3) WHAT WILL BE the future impact of it ??


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CHINA. TAIWAN.Peoples Republic of China Republic of China

Communist DemocraticBeijing Taipei City

Mandarin Taiwanese (70 %), Mandarin,Hakka (15%)

Total- $ 6.988 trillion (2nd) Total- $ 5.039 trillion (22nd)Yuan. New Taiwan Dollar.


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1949 :

Communist forces led by Mao Zedong defeat

Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists, driving him and

more than a million followers to Taiwan.

Chiang sets up a government-in-exile and vows

to Recover the mainland".


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1954 :

The U.S. signs a mutual-defence treaty with Taiwan.

1958 :

China attacks the island of Quemoy, a base for about

100,000 Nationalist troops in the Taiwan Strait, in a bid to

"liberate" Taiwan. The U.S. deploys the Seventh Fleet, the

Chinese back off.


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1971 : Taiwan is expelled from the United Nations and its seat given

to China, following a secret visit to Beijing by the then U.S.Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

1972 : U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China, paving the way for

the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the twonations.

1979: The U.S. cuts formal links with Taiwan and agrees to abide

by Beijing's One China" policy


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1987 :

Taiwan lifts martial law after 38 years and allows its nationals

to visit relatives in China for the first time

1988:

Lee Teng-hui becomes the island's first native Taiwanese

President, and democratic reforms begin to take hold

1989 : China fears that Taiwan will declare a formal split after the

pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) fares

well in parliamentary and local-government polls.


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1993 : The first high-level talks between China and Taiwan take

place in Singapore

1995 : A visit to the U.S. by President Lee prompts China to

perform missile tests and military exercises in the TaiwanStrait just before the island's first presidential election byuniversal suffrage. Lee wins.

1999 : Lee infuriates Beijing by saying China and Taiwan enjoy a

"special state-to-state relationship," implying that Taiwan isan independent sovereign nation.


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2000 : DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian, also a native Taiwanese,

is elected President, ending more than 50 years ofKuomintang rule.

2001 : Taiwan eases restrictions on its companies wanting to

invest in China. Two journalists from the mainland'sXinhua News Agency become the first Chinese reportersto visit Taiwan under the island's new "open door"

policy.2002 : President Chen defines the status quo as "one country

on each side of the Taiwan Strait," sparking criticismfrom Beijing and his domestic opponents.


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2003:

A Taiwan airliner makes the first civilian flight to the

mainland since 1949. Chen, meanwhile, announces

plans for a referendum on election day on March 20,

2004, to ask voters whether the island should increase

its defence budget and engage in dialogue with Beijing.

2005 : Taiwanese and Chinese airlines fly the first nonstop

charter flights between the two sides for the Chinese

New Year.


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Cross-strait economic relationship has blossomed. Bilateral trade between China and Taiwan in 2009 reached

$102 billion, up from $8Billion in 1991.

Taiwan ranks in the top ten ofchinas trading partner andvice versa.

Taiwanese businesses have invested an estimated $150billion in the mainland since 1988.

China and Taiwan have also agreed to allow banks, insurers,and other financial service providers to invest and work inboth markets.

Increase in the number of flights and quota of visitors.


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The United States officially recognizes only one China .

USA is bound by the mutual defense treaty .

The United States is walking a fine line between China 's

growing influence and the historical U.S. relationship with

Taiwan.

There should be no unilateral attempts to change the status

quo by either side."


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The clock is running out for Taiwan.

Beijings growing military advantage has Taipei in a confused

state.

Beijing will continue to press for negotiations over the short-

term, sure of its growing military advantage.

Beijing perceives the status quo to be detrimental to

eventual re-unification.


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