Taiwan Legal Status References


Authoritative Sources: Taiwan is not Chinese territory
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/nstatus/taiwannc.htm


Republic of China government in exile
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/taiwanus/rocinexile.htm



-- ADDITIONAL REFERENCES --



excerpts: Foreign Relations of the United States


During the period of the 1940s, there was no recognition by the United States Government that Taiwan had ever been incorporated into Chinese national territory
[June 9, 1949]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1949aq.htm


This was again the view of the US government in 1950
[Nov. 11, 1950]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1950aq.htm


Policy Toward Formosa -- it is not Chinese territory
[May 25, 1949]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1949au.htm


Special Responsibility of US toward Formosa
[Dec. 3, 1949]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1949at.htm


Japan did not cede sovereignty over Formosa and the Pescadores to China
[Oct. 28, 1954]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1954as.htm


The future title of Taiwan is undefined
[July 1, 1955]
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/state/frus/taiwan/frus1955aq.htm



excerpts: UK Parliament documents


RE: Cairo and Potsdam Declarations
[Feb. 7, 1955]     (No transfer of sovereignty in 1945) http://www.taiwanbasic.com/hansard/uk/uk1955aq.htm


RE: Far East (Formosa and the Pescadores)
[May 4, 1955]     (Military occupation)
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/hansard/uk/uk1955as.htm


RE: The International Situation
[Dec. 21, 1955]     (Exile in Formosa)
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/hansard/uk/uk1955at.htm


RE: Formosa and the Pescadores (Sovereignty)
[Jan. 30, 1956]     (sovereignty in abeyance)
http://www.taiwanbasic.com/hansard/uk/uk1956aq.htm