Taiwan is an inalienable part of China - this is not
only a historical fact, but also recognized by the
international community.
From 1895 to 1945,
Taiwan and Penghu Islands were forcibly occupied by Japan.
In July 1937, the Chinese people began to launch a war of
resistance against Japanese aggression. As part of the
world-wide struggle against Fascism, the war received
extensive support from people all over the world. During the
Second World War, China, the United, States, the Soviet
Union, Great Britain, France and others formed an alliance
to oppose the fascist Axis of Germany, Japan and Italy. The
Cairo Declaration issued jointly by China, the United States
and Great Britain on December 1, 1943 stated: "It is
the purpose of the three great Allies that Japan shall be
stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has
seized or occupied since the beginning of the First World
War in 1914, and that all the territories Japan has stolen
from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa [Taiwan] and
the Pescadores [Penghu], shall be restored to China."
The Potsdam Proclamation signed by China, the United States
and Great Britain on July 26, 1945 and adhered to
subsequently by the Soviet Union reiterated: "The terms
of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out."
On August 15, 1945, Japan declared surrender.
The instrument of Japan's surrender stipulated that
"Japan hereby accepts the provisions in the declaration
issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States,
China and Great Britain on July 26, 1945 at Potsdam, and
subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics." On October 25, the ceremony for accepting
Japan's surrender in Taiwan Province of the China War
Theater of the Allied powers was held in Taipei. On the
occasion the chief officer for accepting the surrender
proclaimed on behalf of the Chinese government that from
that day forward Taiwan and the Penghu Archipelago were
again incorporated formally into the territory of China and
that the territory, people and administration were placed
under the sovereignty of China. Thereupon, Taiwan and Penghu
were put back under the jurisdiction of Chinese
sovereignty.
The People's Republic of China,
founded in October 1949, is the only legitimate government
of whole China. Up to now, it has established formal
diplomatic relations with 161 countries. On October 25, 1971
the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization
adopted resolution No. 2758 to recognize that "the
Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole
legal representative of China in the United Nations and the
People's Republic of China is one of permanent members of
the Security Council" and restored "all the
legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the
United Nations". At the same time, the
"representative" of the Taiwan authorities was
expelled from the United Nations. The United Nations and the
whole world have recognized that there is only one China in
the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and the
government of the People's Republic of China is the sole
legal government representing the whole of China.
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