Taiwan has belonged to China since ancient times. The Chinese were the first to develop Taiwan. Most of the ancestors of current Taiwan residents immigrated from mainland China. The "Linhai Tuizhi" written in 230 AD during the Three Kingdoms period contains the earliest description of Taiwan. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the central governments of China began to establish administrative agencies in Penghu and Taiwan to exercise jurisdiction. Although Taiwan has experienced brief foreign colonial rule in history, it has been effectively governed by the Chinese government most of the time.
China regained Taiwan from Japan in 1945. In July 1895, the Qing government was forced to cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan through the Treaty of Shimonoseki due to its defeat in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895-1895. In 1941, the Chinese government announced in the "Declaration of War against Japan" that it would abrogate all unequal treaties with Japan and announce that it would recover Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. In December 1943, the governments of China, the United States, and Britain issued the Cairo Declaration, clearly declaring that Japan should return the stolen Chinese territories, including Northeast China, Taiwan, and the Penghu Islands, to China. In 1945, the Potsdam Declaration, signed by China, the United States and Britain, and later joined by the Soviet Union, reiterated that "the conditions of the Cairo Declaration will be implemented." In September of the same year, Japan signed the "Japanese Surrender Articles" and promised to "loyally perform its obligations under the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration." On October 25, the Chinese government announced that it would "restore the exercise of sovereignty over Taiwan" and held a "Surrender Ceremony of Taiwan Province in the Chinese Theater" in Taipei. China regained Taiwan legally and de facto.
The Taiwan issue is a legacy of the Chinese Civil War. Shortly after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke out in China. On October 1, 1949, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was proclaimed. Some military and political personnel of the Kuomintang were defeated and retreated to Taiwan. After the outbreak of the Korean War, the U.S. government intervened in China's internal affairs with armed force and signed the so-called "Mutual Defense Treaty" with the Taiwan authorities, resulting in a special state of long-term political confrontation in the Taiwan Strait region. This resulted in the Taiwan issue.
The government of the People's Republic of China fully enjoys and exercises sovereignty over Taiwan. It must be pointed out that the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China was established in 1949 and replaced the Government of the Republic of China as the only legal government representing all of China. This was a change of regime without any change in China, the subject of international law. China's sovereignty and inherent territory The territory has not changed, and Taiwan's status as part of China's territory has not changed. As a matter of course, the government of the People's Republic of China fully enjoys and exercises China's sovereignty, including sovereignty over Taiwan.
2. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 completely resolved the issue of China’s representation in the United Nations
UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 completely resolved the issue of who should represent all of China in the United Nations. The 26th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in October 1971 passed Resolution 2758 by an overwhelming majority, deciding: "Restore all rights of the People's Republic of China, recognize the representatives of her government as the only legitimate representatives of China in the United Nations, and immediately Chiang Kai-shek's representatives were expelled from the seats they illegally occupied in the United Nations and all its affiliated bodies." The resolution confirmed that the Government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government representing all of China, including Taiwan, internationally, and It is clear that China has only one seat in the United Nations, and there are no issues of "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan." The legal opinions of the Legal Affairs Department of the United Nations Secretariat on all Taiwan-related issues clearly state that "Taiwan, as a province of China, has no independent status." Therefore, it can be said that this resolution completely resolved the issue of who represents China internationally, both politically and legally. The representation of the government of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and the political status of Taiwan are two aspects of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.
Resolution 2758 provides the legal basis for the United Nations system and agencies to properly handle Taiwan-related issues. It embodies the authority of international law and becomes the basic norm of international law that all member states of the United Nations should abide by. Taiwan has no basis, reason or right to participate in the United Nations and other international organizations that only sovereign states can participate in. In practice, the United Nations system and agencies use the title "Taiwan, Province of China" for Taiwan.
3. The one-China principle is the political basis for China to establish and develop diplomatic relations with other countries.
The one-China principle has a clear meaning. That is: there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is part of China, the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legal government representing the whole of China, and countries that have diplomatic relations with China are not allowed to have any form of official exchanges with Taiwan.
The one-China principle is the general consensus of the international community. The one-China principle is a recognized basic norm of international relations and is also the political basis for China to establish and develop diplomatic relations with other countries in the world. Currently, 181 countries in the world, including the United States, have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the one-China principle.
The three joint communiqués between China and the United States all reflect the one-China principle and constitute an important political foundation for China-US relations. In 1971, the United States declared to China that it was willing to pursue new principles on the Taiwan issue, including recognizing that there is only one China in the world and that Taiwan is part of China. The United States would not make any remarks regarding the undetermined status of Taiwan in the future; the United States has not done so in the past and will never do so in the future. We will not support any "Taiwan independence" movement. President Nixon confirmed the above principles to Premier Zhou Enlai during his visit to China in 1972. In 1972, China and the United States officially issued a joint communique seeking to normalize relations between the two countries, known as the "Shanghai Communique." The United States made it clear: "The United States recognizes that all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait believe that there is only one China and Taiwan is part of China. The United States government has no objection to this position."
The above-mentioned commitments by the United States have started the process of normalization of Sino-US relations. When the United States fulfilled China's three prerequisites on the Taiwan issue: "severing diplomatic relations, abrogating treaties, and withdrawing troops," China decided to formally establish diplomatic relations with the United States. The Taiwan issue is the key to negotiations between the two sides. The "Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between China and the United States" issued in December 1978 recognized that the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government of China; there is only one China, and Taiwan is part of China; "Within this scope, the American people will maintain cultural, commercial and cultural relations with the Taiwanese people. Other informal relationships”.
On August 17, 1982, the Chinese and American governments issued a joint communiqué, the "August 17th" communiqué, on resolving the US arms sales to Taiwan. The United States reiterated that the U.S. government has no intention to infringe on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, interfere in China's internal affairs, or implement the "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" policy. The United States has made a clear commitment: It will not seek to implement a long-term policy of selling arms to Taiwan. The performance and quantity of the weapons it sells to Taiwan will not exceed the levels supplied in recent years after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. It is prepared to gradually reduce arms sales to Taiwan. , and over a period of time leads to the final solution.
To sum up, the historical and legal facts that Taiwan is part of China cannot be doubted. Taiwan's status has never changed as it has never been a country but a part of China. The so-called claim that China "invaded" Taiwan is ridiculous and not worth refuting. The Taiwan issue is a legacy of China's civil war. It is China's internal affairs and does not tolerate any external interference.