Chinese and Taiwan conflict, Impact on India
China and Taiwan Issue
The conflict between China and Taiwan is a long-standing and complex one. The two sides have been in a state of political and military standoff for decades, with each side claiming to be the legitimate government of all of China. The conflict has its roots in the Chinese Civil War of the 1940s when the Communist Party of China ousted the Nationalist Party from power. The Nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan, where they set up a government in exile. China has always considered Taiwan to be a part of its territory and has vowed to one day reunify the island with the mainland. Taiwan, on the other hand, has declared itself to be an independent country and has been recognized as such by a number of countries around the world. The two sides have never reached a compromise on the issue, and the conflict has occasionally flared up into open warfare, most notably during the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises in the 1950s and 1960s.