Journal #10

The History of Taiwan and China

In 1910s, there was a man, whose name was Sun Yat-sen, established a new party and new government. The party’s name was the Kumintang of China (KMT), and the government’s name was the Republic of China (ROC). In fact, the government only controlled several provinces. There were many different groups controlled the other provinces.

In 1920s, in order to control China, Mr. Sun decided to fight other groups. During the war, Mr. Sun died. And then, Chiang Kai-shek became new leader of ROC.

In 1930s, after civil wars, ROC became the biggest group and controlled China.

In the early 1940s, during the World War II, for fighting against Japan, Mr. Chiang asked Mr. Mao, who was the leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), to help ROC. After World War II, CPC had a civil war with ROC because Mr. Mao wanted to get the control of China.

In 1945, ROC was a member of United Nations (UN) and nominated the permanent member to UN.

In 1949, CPC won the war, and Mr. Mao established the People’s Republic of China (PRC). ROC and KMT retreated to Taiwan.

In 1971, due to the fact that PRC got the control of China, UN made a decision that PRC should be instead of ROC. Although, the United States tried to help ROC and submitted a new proposal to UN, it did not work. Finally, PRC in and ROC out.