INTA 3230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Chen Shui-Bian, Constitution Of The Republic Of China, Legislative Yuan
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Beijing position is that taiwan is part of china, and since the prc is the legal through beijing. Although, prc party-state has never governed taiwan, its national embassy in a major world capital. Beginning in the 16th cent, the aboriginal people were joined by settlers from. In 1945, forces of the republic of china (roc) under chiang-kai-shek too the island from a foreign colonizer, japan. Chinese settlement on taiwan expanded, first under the qing, then under japanese colonial rule. Japan sized taiwan as war booty after it. Kmt rule was a unique mixture of authoritarianism, rapid economic development, and popular mobilization. The roc based its legitimacy on a democratic claim; its constitution established a 5 branch dual-executive electoral democracy with a full complement of civil liberties. To avoid implementing this system in taiwan, the. Kmt invoked martial law and suspended the constitution. National elections were postponed too, because of the ongoing communist rebellion.