With around 23.9 million inhabitants, Taiwan is among the most densely populated countries. Taiwan has been settled for at least 25,000 years. Ancestors of Taiwanese indigenous peoples settled the …

1 day ago · Taiwan is an island in the western Pacific Ocean that lies roughly 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of southeastern China. Taipei, in the north, is the seat of government of the Republic of China …

1 day ago · The US president says he wants Beijing and Taipei to "cool down" tensions over the self-governing island.

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Apr 29, 2026 · What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent? Most major Western countries and U.S. allies maintain close unofficial ties with Taiwan by recognising the Republic of …

2 days ago · China’s Xi Jinping has told US president Donald Trump that disagreement over Taiwan could send relations down a dangerous path and that “Taiwan independence” and cross-Taiwan …

Taiwan came under Chinese Nationalist (Kuomintang, KMT) control after World War II. With the communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949, the Nationalist-controlled Republic of China …

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In 1949 the ROC government relocated to Taiwan while fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. Since then, the ROC has exercised jurisdiction over the main island of Taiwan and a number …

With the communist victory in the Chinese civil war in 1949, the Nationalist-controlled Republic of China government and 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and continued to claim to be the legitimate …