Since its

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in 1949, the

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(PRC) has had a diplomatic tug-of-war with its rival in

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, the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(ROC). Throughout the

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, both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all China and allowed countries to recognize either one or the other. Until the 1970s, most Western countries in the

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recognized the ROC while the

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and

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countries generally recognized the PRC. This gradually shifted and today only while the PRC is recognized by the

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, 179 UN member states (including 18 G20 member states) and the

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as well as

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and

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. Both the ROC and the PRC maintain the requirement of recognizing its view of the

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policy to establish or maintain diplomatic relations. PRC relations commencement

Recognition of the PRC before it was seated at the UN

1949

The PRC was established on 1 October 1949, when the

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was still underway, and the seat of Government of the

in Canton was not relocated to Taipei until December 1949. All the countries that recognized the new PRC government in 1949 were

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1950s

1960s

1970s

Recognition of the PRC after it was seated at the UN

The Republic of China, which had occupied China's seat at the United Nations since 1945, was effectively expelled on 25 October 1971, through Resolution 2758 approved in the general assembly of said date. Its seat was taken over by the People's Republic of China from 15 November 1971, and the migration of relations to the PRC soon followed among members of the

, except for the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Italy and the

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n Countries which had previously established diplomatic relations.

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (English Version)
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