All of my Taiwanese friends stress that Taiwan is an independent sovereign nation, and that its official name is "Republic of China." However, I am having a hard time finding the legal reference whereby the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan was transferred to the Republic of China.
In 1895, the Qing Dynasty transferred the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan to Japan. After 1895, Japan exercised sovereignty over Taiwan and held title to Taiwan territory.
However, in the San Francisco Peace Treaty (SFPT) after WWII, it appears that Japan renounced all rights and claims to Taiwan, but no recipient was specified !!!
If anyone can provide the name of the treaty (and the Article number therein) which transferred the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan to China, I would be grateful.
I visited the library for several hours but the reference librarian there was also unable to locate this information for me.
2007-07-28
03:10:00
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