# Republic of China
## English
### Alternative forms

* ROC (initialism)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
* Rhymes: -aɪnə

### Proper noun

the Republic of China
* A country in East Asia; modern-day Taiwan, the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.
** 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower, 0:21 from the start, in President Eisenhower Speaks On The Formosa Situation (1958)‎, British Pathé:While we shall never timidly retreat before the threat of armed aggression, we would welcome, in the present circumstances, negotiations that could have a fruitful result in preserving the peace of the Formosa area and reaching a solution that could be acceptable to all parties concerned, including of course our ally the Republic of China.
** 1965 May 4, Kai-shek Chiang, “Foreword to the Abridged Edition”, in Madame Chiang Kai-shek, transl., Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, Shihlin, Taipei: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page viii:As for us, free Chinese in the Republic of China, in spite of the changing world situation, we have never faltered in our resolve to liberate the mainland and restore freedom to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who still suffer under Communist oppression.
** 1982 January 17, “U.S., ROC and Red China”, in Free China Weekly‎, volume XXII, number 3, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:From now on, we must work harder to prove two points:[...]Second, that the Chinese Communists are not to be trusted and that sooner or later, in one way or another, they are going to attempt to destroy the Republic of China and seize Taiwan.
** 1996 May, Teng-hui Lee, “Preface”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page :Now, on the eve of my second term as President of the Republic of China, it is time to put forward a blueprint for national development based upon the mandate my compatriots have given me through my reelection. With the blueprint I pledge myself to working hand in hand with my fellow citizens for the cause of my country.
** 2005, Jesse Helms, “Jimmy Carter”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 106–107:Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States’ support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Republic of China.
* (historical) The non-communist state controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949, which succeeded the Qing dynasty and preceded the People's Republic of China.
** 1943 December 24, Franklin Roosevelt, 9:20 from the start, in Fireside Chat 27: On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences‎, Miller Center:I met in the Generalissimo a man of great vision, great courage, and a remarkably keen understanding of the problems of today and tomorrow. We discussed all the manifold military plans for striking at Japan with decisive force from many directions, and I believe I can say that he returned to Chungking with the positive assurance of total victory over our common enemy. Today we and the Republic of China are closer together than ever before in deep friendship and in unity of purpose.

#### Synonyms

* (modern state): Chinese Taipei, Blue China, Free China, Taiwan
* (historical state): China

#### Translations
### See also

* People's Republic of China
* Qing

### Further reading

* “Republic of China”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “Republic of China, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “Republic of China”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* “Republic of China”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “Republic of China” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.