Taiwan had no central governing authority until the Dutch
colonized the island in the 1620s. The Dutch era lasted only
about 40 years, however, and Taiwan became the first place ever
to free itself from Western colonial rule. Subsequently, Taiwan
was self-governing, but for only a few decades. Taiwan was then
made part of China[1] for
two centuries, after which it was a colony of Japan[2] from
1895 to 1945.
Chinese (Wade-Giles romanization):
T’ai-wan or
(Pinyin):
Taiwan
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Portuguese:
Formosa
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Taiwan's 1947 constitution, promulgated while the Nationalist government still ruled the mainland as well as Taiwan, created a republican system of government.
The government consists of the presidency and five branches (Yuan): the Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Judicial Yuan, Examination Yuan, and Control Yuan.
The ROC government relocated to Taiwan in 1949 while fighting a civil war with the Chinese Communist Party. Since then, the ROC has continued to exercise ...
... government to Taiwan in 1949. The effective jurisdiction of the ROC has since been limited to Taiwan, Penghu, and smaller islands. In the early 1960s, Taiwan ...
