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Taiwan
is claimed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) although
the PRC has never controlled Taiwan or any of the current
ROC territory commonly referred to as "Taiwan".
The PRC claims that Taiwan has been a part of China for hundreds
of years, and was returned by Japan to China in 1945 after
fifty years of Japanese occupation of Taiwan since 1895. According
to the PRC, the KMT was the de facto government of Republic
of China and that the PRC is the successor of the ROC and
is therefor entitled to all ROC holdings, including Taiwan.
The main
island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa (from Portuguese (Ilha)
Formosa, meaning "beautiful (island)"), is located
in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, southwest of
the main islands of Japan but directly west of the end of
Japan's Ryukyu Islands, and north-northwest of the Philippines.
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