Edited sentence: Hence, military conscription in Taiwan is illegal under the Geneva Conventions, which forbid an occupying power to enforce military conscription policies over local inhabitants in occupied areas.Importantly, the ROC government exercises effective territorial control over Formosa and the Pescadores, but does not possess sovereignty, since there was no transfer of title in the post-war peace treaty.The Republic of China's presence in Taiwan is that of a "subordinate occupying power" (since Octobe 25, 1945), coupled with being a "government in exile" (since December 1949)