Original sentence: Consequently to avoid semantic confusion in the international community, the Republic of China (Taiwan) commonly refers to itself as simply "Taiwan".One of the three main clauses of the Cairo Declaration is that "all the territories Japan has stolen from China, including Manchuria, Taiwan, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China'.Other minor islands and islets of the group include the Pescadores, Green Island, Orchid Island, and Pengchia Island; as well as the Diaoyutai Islands which are controlled by Japan since the 1970s and known as the Senkaku-shotō.Since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, China has been divided into two separate independent countries.Taiwan (台灣; historically 大灣 / 台員 / 大員 / 台圓 / 大圓 / 台窩灣), also known as Formosa (福爾摩沙; from Portuguese (Ilha) Formosa, meaning "beautiful (island)"), is a democratic island nation, officially known as the  Republic of China (Taiwan), located in East Asia off the southeastern coast of the mainland communist  People´s Republic of China (PRC)
Edited sentence: It is well-known as the major area under the effective jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and today, the ROC itself is commonly known as "Taiwan".One of the three main clauses of the Cairo Declaration is that "all the territories Japan has stolen from China, including Manchuria, Taiwan and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China'.Other minor islands and islets of the group include the Pescadores, Green Island, and Orchid Island among others; as well as the Diaoyutai Islands which are controlled by Japan since the 1970s and known as the Senkaku-shotō.Taiwan (台灣; historically 大灣 / 台員 / 大員 / 台圓 / 大圓 / 台窩灣), also known as Formosa (福爾摩沙; from Portuguese (Ilha) Formosa, meaning "beautiful (island)"), is an island group located in East Asia between the South China Sea and the East China Sea off the southeastern coast of mainland China