is taiwan a country?

Answer 1

Sure it is! It's like asking if Scotland's a country! Just because these two countries not officially named in the United Nation's, it doesn't mean that they're not.

Answer 2

Taiwan developed into its modern situation following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949 when two million Chinese Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government for all of China on the island. From that point and until 1971, Taiwan was recognized as "China" in the United Nations.

So technically Taiwan is considered a country, yes.

Answer 3

Taiwan is recognized as a country but the majority of the nations at the UN and by the UN. Mainland China considers Taiwan as a province of China and is supported in this view by a small number of countries.
The right-wing Nationalist Kuomintang Army, under General Shang Kai Shek, left mainland China in 1949, when the Communist Part of China took control, and settled in Taiwan and founded the National Republic of Taiwan

Answer 4

Of course! Taiwan has their own president, military, education, laws, systems, etc....

(Though it's not recognized by the United Nations, remember that it's just an organization...they're not leaders and don't necessarily know what's correct for OTHER countries...if we did, we'd all be under one nation, wouldn't we? ^.~)

Answer 5

It depends on who you ask.
China regards Taiwan as one of its provinces.
Taiwan wants to be an independent country.

Answer 6

Under international law, Taiwan is not a country.

Taiwan does not meet the Montevideo Convention criteria for statehood. This is an undeniable fact. A summary of this information is provided as follows:

(1) The ROC on Taiwan has no population -- There is currently no law in the ROC which serves as the legal basis for recognizing local Taiwanese persons as ROC citizens. In fact, the recognition of such supposed "citizenship" rests on a Jan. 1946 military order that was issued during a period of belligerent occupation and is hence illegal under international law.

(2) The ROC has no defined territory -- there are no international treaties which confirm that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan has ever been transferred to the ROC, nor has the ROC incorporated Taiwan into its own territory via the provisions of Article 4 of the ROC Constitution. Moreover, the ROC's Council of Grand Justices has previously ruled on this territorial issue, and held that Taiwan does not have a defined territory. The Council of Grand Justices' interpretation (Nov. 11, 1993) that the ROC has no defined territory is based on the rationale that the boundaries of the national territory of the ROC is a political question, and not independently subject to judicial interpretation. (Again, this goes back to the fact that there there are no international treaties which confirm that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan has ever been transferred to the ROC. Hence, without such a treaty reference, the Council of Grand Justices is unable to render a decision on this matter.)

(3) The ROC on Taiwan has no legitimate government -- Without any treaty reference which can establish that the territorial sovereignty of Taiwan (i.e "Formosa and the Pescadores") has been awarded to the the ROC, it is impossible to legally affirm that the ROC is the internationally recognized "legal government of Taiwan." In fact, as the former legal goverment of China, the ROC on Taiwan is merely a government in exile (beginning Dec. 1949).

(4) Under the ROC Constitution, the ROC's capacity to conduct foreign relations is highly questionable -- When other countries "recognize" the ROC, what does that mean? That they recogize the ROC as having control over all "ROC territory" as specified in the ROC Constitution, including mainland China?? It seems obvious that when other countries "recognize" the ROC, they are indeed not agreeing to such a premise. Hence, their "recognition" is effectively meaningless. Additionally, it must also be pointed out that legally speaking "Taiwan" is not equal to the "Republic of China." Clearly, "Taiwan" has no capacity to enter into relations with other states . . . . and in this regard it is notable that the ROC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) does not have one document establishing that "Taiwan" has entered into any relations with other states, rather only the ROC has. (Importantly, all of the PRC exchange of diplomatic notes establishing diplomatic relations are online. None of Taiwan's are.)

Hence, considering that the ROC on Taiwan has already been refused admittance to the United Nations for fourteen years in a row (as of the Fall of 2006), the analysis that the ROC on Taiwan is not an independent sovereign nation is therefore fully confirmed.

Today, Taiwan remains as occupied territory.

Notes: Military government is the form of administration by which an occupying power exercises governmental authority over occupied territory. As per Article 4b of the post-war San Francisco Peace Treaty (SFPT), United States Military Government jurisdiction over Taiwan is still active. As per Article 23a of the SFPT, the United States is the principal occupying power.

The Republic of China on Taiwan is a (1) subordinate occupying power, beginning Oct. 25, 1945, and (2) a government in exile, beginning Dec. 1949.

The People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government of China.

Answer 7

Most of the world thinks so, except China

Answer 8

yes the same as South Korean , Timor , Bangladesh ,Ireland and many more that born from civil war conflict

Answer 9

no i think tiawan is a company like honda or suzuki
they are not very smart they only print their company logo in small letters on the bottom of ceramic figurines

Answer 10

Yes.