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
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