   unification of china, chinese unification (), or cross-strait (re)unification (), refers to the concept of the political unification of the people's republic of china (prc) and the republic of china (roc) on taiwan, which are on the two sides of taiwan strait, into one sovereign state. the republic of china was founded in 1912 on mainland china, where the people's republic now occupies, without taiwan, by defeating the qing dynasty. in 1945, japanese forces in taiwan surrendered to chiang kai-shek, the leader of roc, on behalf of the world war ii allies, and taiwan came under roc administration. however whether this administration was to be temporary or permanent is under dispute. during the last years of the chinese civil war (1946-1949), the roc lost most of china to the chinese communist party (ccp) and fled and relocated its government to taiwan. the ccp established the peoples republic of china on the lost mainland territory in 1949. therefore for four years (1945-1949), republic of china was a single country on both sides of taiwan strait, until the chinese communists split from it with the founding of the prc. cross-strait unification is an official policy of the government of the prc, i.e. the ccp. the prc government claims to the international community that taiwan is a "renegade province" of china and whose reunification with the mainland is a high priority. it takes action using political and economical methods, including the one-china policy. the prc is also threatening to unify taiwan by war when it considers peaceful unification not possible. in taiwan, most people oppose unifying with the prc, in fear of unification might lead to loss of taiwan's democracy and human rights. opponents of unification either favors to maintain the status quo of republic of china administrating taiwan or pursues taiwan independence.http://esc.nccu.edu.tw/pic.php?img=167_b20ec575.jpg&dir=news&title=åç the official policy of the roc government, depends on whic
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