Finders Keepers

1. Finders Keepers Sally Chris

2. Taiwan Profile • Landmass: 35,980 km • Population: 23,150,000 • GDP: 379 billion • Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hokkien, Kakka and Formosan Language • Governmental System: Multi-party democracy

3. China Profile • Landmass: 9,596,961 sq. km • Population: 1,330,141,295 • GDP: 4.814 trillion • Language: Mandarin and Plus many local dialects • Governmental System: Communist party-led state

4. Timeline • 1624 - Dutch establish Fort Zeelandia on island of Formosa • 1662 - Ming dynasty claimed Taiwan from Dutch • 1885 - Qing dynasty made Taiwan a province of China • 1895 - Japan claimed Taiwan after Treaty of Shimonoseki

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLS310Cu7VI 1:40-4:30

6. Treaty of Shimonoseki • First Sino-Japanese War (1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) Treaty of Shimonoseki 17 April 1895 •   “…China cedes to Japan in perpetuity and full sovereignty the following territories, together with all fortifications, arsenals, and public property thereon…” • China had failed. Treaties between China and Foreign States. Second Edition, vol. 2,  pp. 590-596.

7. History leading into the conflict. • Taiwan endured colonization by Japan for fifty years (1895-1945) • There was constant resistance against the Japanese which led to a sense of Taiwanese identity among Taiwan's majority (who had family and cultural roots in China) http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/~taiwan/history.htm

8. History leading into the conflict. Meanwhile back on the Mainland: • The weak Qing Empire collapsed in 1911 and the Chinese imperial system was officially abolished • On January 1, 1912, The Republic of China (ROC) was founded http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/~taiwan/history.htm

9. History leading into the conflict. • In 1945 - ROC claimed Taiwan after WWII • After the handover, life for Taiwan's citizens doesn't change much under the rule of ROC • Taiwan was getting fed up with the oppression http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/~taiwan/history.htm

10. 2-28 Incident Feb. 281947 Monopoly bureau officials in Taiwan beat up a woman they suspect of selling cigarettes on the black market and shoot a passerby who tries to intervene. • Upwards of 20,000 people are brutally slaughtered in the confrontation. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/taiwantime1.html#ixzz1KAo0RrR6

13. War of Liberation(Chinese Civil War of 1945–1949) The Communist Party Mao Zedong The Nationalist Party (Guomindang) Chiang Kai-shek

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TOP3316JXY&feature=related

15. 1949 • The Communist Party defeated the Nationalist Party (KMD) ending a 22-year Civil War, establishing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on 1st October 1949 • KMD were forced to flee to Taiwan • Mao stresses the importance of eventual unification with Taiwan under a principle of “One China," which will be foundation for the Chinese government's policy on Taiwan for the next 50 years. http://apdl.kcc.hawaii.edu/~taiwan/history.htm

16. Conflict – Who owns Iiha Formosa?

17. PRCOne China Two Systems The People's Republic of China asserts that there is only "One China" and Taiwan is an inalienable part of it.

18. ROC • Republic of China considers PRC to be a rebel government and assumes that in the future ROC will regain control of the mainland.

19. America "[W]e don't support independence for Taiwan, or two Chinas or one Taiwan, one China. And we don't believe that Taiwan should be a member in any organization for which statehood is a requirement." –Bill Clinton 3 no’s policy

20. Recent developments • 1954 The U.S. signs a mutual-defense treaty with Taiwan • 1971 Taiwan is expelled from the United Nations and its seat given to China • 1972 U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China and severs official relations with Taiwan • 1979 U. S. ended Mutual Defense Treaty but passed Taiwan Relations Act. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,501040315-598583,00.html

21. Recent developments • 1990 – KMT defeats Democrartic Progressive Party • 1991 – The end of the war with China is announced • 1995 - on the eve of the country's first free presidential elections China performs military actions U.S. responds by sending a fleet of naval reinforcements • 1998 – “ three no's" policy: no "two Chinas", no independence for Taiwan, and no membership for Taiwan in international organizations that require statehood for membership.

22. Recent developments • 1999 - Lee infuriates Beijing by saying China and Taiwan enjoy a "special state-to-state relationship," implying that Taiwan is an independent sovereign nation • 2002 - Taiwan joined the WTO as Chinese Taipei • 2006 - In February - Taiwan ended its participation in the National Unification Council that had been created with China to work on ending the divided nation. China called the decision "a disaster" for the future.

23. Current relationship (economics)

24. Summary • Taiwan China didn’t communicate for decades • Reopened relations caused friction between 1995-2008 • Taiwan is afraid of dominance by China • China is afraid of independence by Taiwan • America refused to take sides adopting the policy of “…we acknowledge China’s position..”