The ROC is mostly made up of Taiwan, but there's also a couple of tiny islands included in the ROC, too, therefore making it different. So why is the ROC flag the same as the Taiwanese flag?
2006-08-12 02:56:16 · 12 answers · asked by hawaiian_shorts91 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The Republic of China is not the China that you know of! The ROC is completely different! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China
2006-08-12 03:05:43 · update #1
In the Old day when the last chinese emperor were brought down, The Republic of China was created and their flag was the the one that Taiwan use today. After Japan's surrender of WW II, the communist, who fought most of the rebel against the Japanese, waged a civil war aginst the Nationalist, who are the de jure government of Republic of China. Because the Communist and the Nationalist strive on different belief, they are not compatible with each other. In the end of a 4-year war, the communist won; and the Nationalist flee to Taiwan, hoping to someday take back all of the mainland China they lost! Therefore, there are two government, both claim all of china: One,the Republic of China, which control the territory of Taiwan and some outlying island which in a big group is referred to simply as "Taiwan." Two, the PRC which control all of other territory in the chinese mainland.
2006-08-12 16:47:45 · answer #1 · answered by drixoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Taiwan, and personally, I really don't like being called from the Republic of China because most people don't understand it and they only hear the last word...China, and assume I'm from China. Which ROC flag are you talking about? There's only one flag...the blue square in the top left corner with a white star and the rest is red.
Taiwan is NOT part of China...they are a communist country; we have a democratic government.
2006-08-12 03:00:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's because the Republic of China and Taiwan are the same thing. During the Chinese Civil War in the 50's when Mao came to power, the capitalist side retreated to the Chinese island of Taiwan, and over time named it the Republic of China, as opposed to the mainland People's Republic of China (Communist).
The Taiwanese Government considers itself the legitimate government of the whole of China (or at least it used to... I'm not sure on this point).
2006-08-12 07:32:30 · answer #3 · answered by itchymonkey1985 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not exactly the same. The flag of China is red with yellow stars in the top-left corner. The flag of Taiwan is red with a white sun surrounded by blue in the top-left corner.
2006-08-12 05:01:51 · answer #4 · answered by John B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not have the same flags...
Please refer to this link to see flags from all countries of the world, and then compare China with Taiwan...completely different:
http://www.flags.net/indext.htm
2006-08-12 03:03:43 · answer #5 · answered by azeera_2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Taiwanese flag is for the whole repuplic Taiwan (AKA ROC), not only the island Taiwan.
2006-08-12 03:00:01 · answer #6 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
2006-08-12 03:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by Splishy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taiwan is still a part of china, at this time any country that 'recognizes' china cannot also recognize taiwan as a separate country.
2006-08-12 03:00:54 · answer #8 · answered by John S 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Erm....Is it because these tiny islands are part of the country?
2006-08-12 04:39:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know but China wants their land back!
2006-08-12 02:58:32 · answer #10 · answered by curl joe 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋