Original sentence: Because Taiwan Province is the only province under the Republic of China and includes the same geographic area, in 1998 the provincial government was largely removed, leaving the county as the main division.It is formally called the Republic of China (ROC), which has its roots in the Kuomingtang or Nationalist Party of China.Taiwan is a democratic state with a popularly elected president and legislature.Taiwan's largest city Taipei serves as its capital, while Jhongsing Village in central Taiwan near the city of Taichung is the capital of Taiwan Province.The Kuomingtang was the former government of mainland China before fleeing to Taiwan after its 1949 defeat by the Communist Party of China.Today, the Kuomingtang has morphed into just one of many democratic parties and no longer makes claims over Mainland China.While maintaining authoritarian one-party rule, the Kuomingtang via the Republic of China claimed to be the legitimate rulers of all of China, and thus created a redundant two-tier system of Republic of China and Taiwan Province
Edited sentence: (Since 1998, the province have been largely streamlined, leaving the county the main division.Most of the island, along with the Pescadores Islands, is administered as part of the Province of Taiwan by the government of the Republic of China (ROC), which was the former government of mainland China before its 1949 defeat by the Communist Party of China.Taiwan's largest city Taipei serves as the provisional capital of the Republic of China, while Jhongsing Village in central Taiwan near the city of Taichung is the capital of Taiwan province.While maintaining authoritarian one-party rule, the Kuomintang via the Republic of China claimed to be the legitimate government of all of China