Taiwan independence movement

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Taiwan independence movement
Basis Anti-imperialism De-Sinicization Self-determination Formosa Historical point of view of Taiwan [zh] Progressivism State normalization [zh] Taiwan Name Rectification Campaign Taiwan subjectivity [zh] Formosan Taiwanese nationalism Left-wing Taiwanization
Branch Taiwan independence Republic of China independence Independent Taiwan [zh]
Theory 1996 consensus [zh] Four-Stage Theory Four Wants and One Without One Country on Each Side Republic of China is Taiwan [zh] Republic of China on Taiwan Second Republic of the Republic of China [zh] Special state-to-state relations [zh] Taiwan consensus Theory of the Undetermined Status of Taiwan Two Chinas Two Sides, Two Constitutions [zh]
Document A Declaration of Formosan Self-salvation [zh] The Programme of New Generation [zh] Resolution on Taiwan's Future Taiwan Independence Clause [zh] Treaty of San Francisco
History Kingdom of Middag Kingdom of Tungning Republic of Formosa
Incident 2008 Taiwanese United Nations membership referendum Additional Articles of the Constitution Anti-Black Box Curriculum Movement Article 100 of the Criminal Code [zh] Attempted Assassination of Chiang Ching-kuo [zh] The Case of Scheming for Taiwan Independence [zh] The Case of Taiwan Independence Association [zh] The Case of Su Tong-ch'i [zh] Chen Wen-chen Incident [zh] February 28 Incident Fully election and recall of legislators [zh] Formosa Incident Guanziling Conference [zh] The Murder of the Lin Family [zh] Petition Movement for the Establishment of a Taiwanese Parliament Presidential elections in Taiwan 1996 Qiandao Lake Incident The self-immolation of Cheng Nan-jung Sunflower Student Movement Taiwan Passport Sticker Taiyuan Incident Third Taiwan Strait Crisis Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 White Terror Wild Lily student movement Zhongli incident
Policy Abrogation of Guidelines for National Unification Abolition of National Unification Council No haste, Be patient [zh] Referendum Act Streamlining of Taiwan Province [zh]
Parties Democratic Progressive Party New Power Party Taiwan Independence Party Taiwan Revolutionary Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party Taiwan Solidarity Union
Alliances Pan-Green Coalition Formosa Alliance
Organization Formosan League for Reemancipation One Side One Country Alliance [zh] Provisional Government [zh] Taiwanese Cultural Association World United Formosans for Independence
Figure Chai Chang Chen (Chih-hsiung) Chen (Lung-chu) [zh] Chen (Nan-tien) [zh] Chen (Shui-bian) Cheng Chiang [zh] Huang Kin Ko [zh] Koh Koo Lai Lee (Chen-Yuan) Lee (Teng-hui) Lee (Ying-yuan) Liao (Joshua) [zh] Liao (Shih-hau) [zh] Liao (Wen-i) Lin (Freddy) Lin (Fei-fan) Lo [zh] Lu Ng Peng Su (Beng) Su (Tong-ch'i) [zh] Tsai Tsay
Movement 228 Hand-in-Hand rally Taiwan Consciousness Debate [zh]
Related topics Benshengren Chinese imperialism Mutual Defense Treaty Opinion polling on Taiwanese identity Political status of Taiwan Proposed flags of Taiwan Taiwan independence activists Taiwan Relations Act Taiwan the Formosa Taiwanese indigenous peoples
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Politics of Taiwan
Government Constitution Additional Articles of the Constitution Freedom of religion (Article 13) Law Taxation
Presidency President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen  / Lai Ching-te (elect) (DPP) Vice President-elect of the Republic of China Lai Ching-te / Hsiao Bi-khim (elect) (DPP) Office of the President National Security Council
Executive Executive Yuan Premier Chen Chien-jen (DPP) Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan (DPP)
Legislature 11th Legislative Yuan Legislative Yuan President of the Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu (KMT) Vice President of the Legislative Yuan Johnny Chiang (KMT) National Assembly (defunct) Control Yuan (chamber defunct)
Judiciary Judicial Yuan President of the Judicial Yuan and Chief Justice Hsu Tzong-li Vice President of the Judicial Yuan Tsai Jeong-duen Supreme Court High Courts District Courts
Other branches Examination Yuan President of the Examination Yuan Huang Jong-tsun Vice President of the Examination Yuan Chou Hung-hsien Control Yuan President of the Control Yuan Chen Chu Vice President of the Control Yuan Lee Hung-chun Local government Mayors and Magistrates
Elections Central Election Commission Presidential elections Legislative elections Local elections Referendums
Political parties Represented in the Legislative Yuan Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Green Party Taiwan
Mass media Television Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship White Terror
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Minister Joseph Wu Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Taiwan and the World Health Organization
Related topics Political status of Taiwan Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and the United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
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A proposed flag for an independent Taiwan designed by Donald Liu in 1996

Flag of the World Taiwanese Congress

Flag of the 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign

The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations.

Into the 21st-century, Taiwan's political status is ambiguous. China claims it is a province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), whereas the Tsai Ing-wen administration of Taiwan maintains that Taiwan is already an independent country as the Republic of China (ROC) and thus does not have to push for any sort of formal independence.^[1] As such, the ROC consisting of Taiwan and other islands under its control already conducts official diplomatic relations with and is recognized by 12 member states of the United Nations and the Holy See.^[2]

The use of "independence" for Taiwan can be ambiguous. If some supporters articulate that they agree to the independence of Taiwan, they may either be referring to the notion of formally creating an independent Taiwanese state or to the notion that Taiwan has become synonymous with the current Republic of China and is already independent (as reflected in the concept of One Country on Each Side). Some supporters advocate the exclusion of Kinmen and Matsu, which are controlled by Taiwan but are located off the coast of mainland China.^[3] Taiwan independence is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan but opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition, which seeks to retain the somewhat ambiguous status quo of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the so-called "1992 Consensus" or gradually "reunify" with mainland China at some point.

The governments of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) oppose Taiwanese independence since they believe that Taiwan and mainland China comprise two portions of a single country's territory. For the ROC, such a move would be considered a violation of its constitution. The process for a constitutional amendment or national territory alternation must be initiated by one-fourth (25%) of the members of the Legislative Yuan (the unicameral parliament of Taiwan), then voted in the Legislative Yuan with at least three-fourths (75%) members attended and by a three-fourths (75%) supermajority, then approved by majority popular vote in a referendum.

Historically, both governments have formulated a "One China" policy, whereby foreign countries may only conduct official diplomatic relations with either the PRC or the ROC, on the condition that they sever official diplomatic relations with and formal recognition of the other. The ROC's One-China policy was softened following democratization in the 1990s.^[4]