Is Taiwan part of China?
Channel: 2 minutes to know
Date: 2022-01-09

These days, the Taiwan Strait is the world's gunpowder warehouse. 
China insists on their “One China” policy and tries to unify Taiwan, while Taiwan is preparing for war, assuming a Chinese invasion.
On top of that, there is further tension that U.S. intervention could lead to another world war.
However, many people are even confused about whether Taiwan is even a country or not.

Is Taiwan part of China?

Taiwan was originally an island of natives who spoke completely different languages to the Chinese. 
The Qing Dynasty of China ruled Taiwan for about 200 years from 1683, but lost to Japan and handed over Taiwan to Japan in 1895.

While Japan rules Taiwan, the Qing Dynasty in China is destroyed, and the Republic of China is established.
Japan was defeated in 1945 and returned Taiwan to the Republic of China.
In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party won the civil war against the Nationalist Party and founded the People's Republic of China in Beijing.
As a result of losing the war, the Nationalist Party retreated the government of the Republic of China to Taipei, on Taiwan Island.

Taiwan, which was the Republic of China, was a founding member of the United Nations which earned them one of the five permanent members of the Security Council.  
However, its status was soon replaced by the People's Republic of China in 1971, and Taiwan withdrew from the UN. 
Currently, Taiwan wants to rejoin the UN but China opposes it.

So at this key point, Taiwan lost its status as a country in 1971, when the People's Republic of China became a legitimate representative of China .

The whole history of Taiwan is shrouded in controversy and debate, and this was just the tip of the iceberg
We'll leave it up to you to decide whether Taiwan is a country or not.