Treaty of Taipei
Japan explained that in Clause 1, they should raise the issue of the state of war between China and Japan. Japan negotiated to China that they could not accept China's interpretation of officially ending the state of war in this joint declaration. This was because although China was not bounded by the peace treaty between Japan and Taiwan (Treaty of Taipei ), by which Japan and the Republic of China (ROC) government of Chiang Kai-shek had already established the end of World War II. Japan negotiated to emphasize the existence of a peaceful relationship between the two countries and leave the specific timing of the end of the state of war unspecified. Although Japan's standpoint on the Treaty of Taipei did not change, if diplomatic normalization between Japan and China is established, Japan was willing to terminate the Treaty of Taipei.