Republic of China

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The Republic of China is a state founded in 1912 that governed mainland China until 1949 and has since administered Taiwan and surrounding islands from its capital in Taipei.


Statements (69)
Predicate Object
instanceOf country in East Asia
republic
sovereign state
administers Kinmen
Matsu Islands
Penghu
Pratas Islands
Taiping Island
Taiwan
alsoKnownAs ROC (Taiwan)
Taiwan
callingCode +886
capital Taipei
claimedBy People's Republic of China
constitutionAdopted 1947
conventionalLongName Republic of China
country Republic of China
currency New Taiwan dollar
currencyCode TWD
deFactoCapital Taipei
drivesOnThe right
established 1912
executiveBody Executive Yuan
founded 1912-01-01
governmentType multi-party democracy
semi-presidential republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Premier
headOfStateTitle President
historicalEra 20th century
21st century
internetTLD .taipei
.tw
.台湾
.台灣
judicialBody Judicial Yuan
largestCity New Taipei
legislativeBody Legislative Yuan
legislature Legislative Yuan
lostControlOfMainland 1949
lowerHouse Legislative Yuan
memberOf Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
Asian Development Bank
World Trade Organization
military Republic of China Armed Forces
movedCapitalToTaipei 1949
nationalAnthem National Anthem of the Republic of China
San Min Chu-i
nationalDay October 10
nationalDayName Double Ten Day
nationalLanguage Mandarin Chinese
officialLanguage Mandarin Chinese
Standard Mandarin
officialScript Traditional Chinese
politicalStatus partially recognized state
predecessor Qing dynasty
previousCapital Beijing
Chongqing
Nanjing
proclaimedOn 1912-01-01
recognizedLanguage Formosan languages
Hakka
Taiwanese Hokkien
region East Asia
shortName ROC
succeededByOnMainland People's Republic of China
timeZone National Standard Time
upperHouse none
usesConstitution Constitution of the Republic of China
utcOffset +08:00

Referenced by (308)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army
5th War Zone of the National Revolutionary Army
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
Battle of Wuhan
Blue Sky with a White Sun
Burma Road
Central Army of the Kuomintang
Central Plains War
Chinese 71st Army
Chinese 87th Division
Chinese 88th Division
Chinese Expeditionary Force
Chinese Northeastern Army
Control Yuan ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Double Ten Day
Eric Chu
Examination Yuan
Executive Yuan
Guomin Gemingjun
Hebei–Chahar political and military affairs
Hsu Yung-chang
Judicial Yuan ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Kinmen
Kuomintang
Ledo Road
Legislative Yuan
Matsu Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Mayor of Taipei ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China
Ministry of Education of the ROC
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China
National Revolutionary Army
National Revolutionary Army
National Revolutionary Army
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army
Northern Expedition
Penghu Islands
Pescadores Islands
Pratas Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
President of the Republic of China
Republic of China
Republic of China Air Force
Republic of China Armed Forces
Sun Lianzhong
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Tang Enbo
Xi’an Incident
Xue Yue
Yu Chengwan
Zhang Fakui
country
Bai Chongxi ("Nationalist Government of China")
Central Army of the Kuomintang ("Nationalist Government of China")
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chinese Expeditionary Force ("Nationalist Government of China")
Claire Lee Chennault
Feng Yuxiang ("Nationalist Government of China")
Guomin Gemingjun
He Yingqin
Hu Zongnan
Li Zongren
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist Government of China")
Song Zheyuan
Xue Yue ("Nationalist Government of China")
Yan Xishan ("Nationalist Government of China")
Yang Hucheng
Yu Chengwan ("Nationalist Government of China")
Zhang Fakui ("Nationalist Government of China")
allegiance
Battle of Changde
Battle of Changsha
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Taiyuan
Battle of Toungoo
Battle of Xuzhou
Burma campaign
China Burma India Theater
Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai
Defense of the Great Wall
Japanese occupation of Shanghai
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
New Fourth Army Incident
Operation Capital
South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Wuhan campaign
countryInvolved
Bai Chongxi
Cai Hesen
Chen Cheng
Chiang Chieh-shih
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Wei-kuo
Li Yuanhong
Li Zongren
Liang Qichao
Sun Yat-sen
T. V. Soong
Tongmenghui members
Yuan T. Lee
Zhang Zhizhong
Zhou Enlai
countryOfCitizenship
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
Battle of Guangzhou
Battle of Wuhan
Burma campaign
Canton Operation
Central Plains War ("Nanjing Nationalist Government")
Operation Go
Operation Ichi-Go
Salween offensive
Tairiku Datsū Sakusen
belligerent
Bai Chongxi ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Chiang Kai-shek ("Republic of China (1912–1949) on the mainland")
Chinese 88th Division ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Feng Yuxiang ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
He Yingqin ("Republic of China era")
Song Zheyuan ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Sun Lianzhong ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Yan Xishan ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Zhang Xueliang ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
era
Central China Front
Chinese Revolution ("Republic of China government")
Imperial Japanese Army 23rd Army
Japanese Central China Area Army
Japanese Kwantung Army
Japanese occupation of Manchuria
Operation Kogo
Operation Nekka
Operation Togo 1
opponent
Battle of Nanjing
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
Battle of Taierzhuang
Battle of Xuzhou
Guangzhou Uprising
Nanchang Uprising ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
White Terror in Taiwan ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
location
Chiang Kai-shek
Hu Zongnan
Soong Mei-ling
Xiang Ying
Xue Yue
Zhang Xueliang
citizenship
1911 Wuchang Uprising ("Nanjing Provisional Government")
Imperial China
Manchukuo ("Republic of China (Taiwan) in some territories")
Mengjiang
Qing dynasty
Taiwan under Japanese rule ("Republic of China rule in Taiwan")
followedBy
First United Front ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
He Zizhen ("Republic of China era")
Mao Fumei ("Republic of China era")
Xue Yue ("Republican era China")
Yang Hucheng ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Zhang Fakui ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
historicalPeriod
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
Chinese Nationalist reoccupation of Shanghai
Kuomintang Women’s Department
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
National Palace Museum ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
locatedIn
Director-General of the Kuomintang ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Japanese occupation of China
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
Three Principles of the People
White Terror in Taiwan ("Republic of China–administered territories")
appliesToJurisdiction
Blue Sky with a White Sun
Burma Road
Chinese Taipei ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China ("Republic of China government")
The Hump
usedBy
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China ("National Government of China")
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist Government of the Republic of China")
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist Government of the Republic of China")
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist Government of China")
partOf
Chen Cheng ("Nationalist government of the Republic of China")
Chinese 87th Division ("Nationalist Government of China")
Zhang Fakui ("Nationalist Government of China")
government
Executive Yuan
Judicial Yuan ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Ministry of Education of the ROC
jurisdiction
He Yingqin
Hu Zongnan
Mao Fumei
nationality
Japanese occupation of Manchuria
Moscow Conference of 1943
The Hump airlift over the Himalayas
participant
Matsu Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Pratas Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
administeredBy
Battle of Guangzhou
Mukden Incident
countryAtTime
Konstantin Mereschkowski
Peng Chun Chang ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
countryOfDeath
Claire Lee Chennault ("Republic of China government")
T. V. Soong ("Nationalist Government of the Republic of China")
employer
Japanese 10th Division
Japanese Central China Area Army commanders ("Republic of China (Nationalist government)")
engagedAgainst
Nanjing
Tainan ("Republic of China (early period)")
formerCapitalOf
Kinmen
Pescadores Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
governedBy
Executive Yuan
Kuomintang
headquartersCountry
East China Field Army ("Republic of China (pre-1949)")
Second United Front ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
historicalRegion
Chinese Northeastern Army ("Nationalist Government of China")
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist Government of China")
loyalty
Chinese language ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Standard Chinese
officialLanguageOf
Manchukuo
Mengjiang
precededBy
Baoding Military Academy
Whampoa Military Academy
regionServed
Pescadores Islands
Wei Hai Wei
returnedTo
Declaration by United Nations ("China (Republic of China)")
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
signatory
Pratas Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
Senkaku Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
sovereigntyClaimedBy
Blue Sky with a White Sun
adoptedBy
Baoding Military Academy ("Republic of China (historical)")
affiliation
China Air Task Force
alliedWith
Spratly Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
alsoClaimedBy
Zhōnghuá Táiběi ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
appliesTo
National Standard Time
appliesToTerritory
Han Chinese
associatedState
Chinese nationalism
associatedWith
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal ("Nationalist Government of China")
authority
Zhōnghuá Táiběi
avoidsTerm
Kinmen ("Free area of the Republic of China")
belongsTo
East China Sea ("Taiwan")
borderedBy
Taipei
capitalOf
Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
capitalOfCountryLocatedHere
Battle of Nanjing
combatant
Nagoya Resolution
concerns
Second Sino-Japanese War
conflictBetween
Republic of China
conventionalLongName
United Kingdom
cooperatedWith
Chinese Soviet Republic
countryClaimed
Scarborough Shoal ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
countryClaimedBy
Hu Zongnan
countryFoughtFor
Japanese occupation of North China
countryOccupied
Roderick "Rod" Langway
countryOfBirth
East China Sea ("Taiwan")
countryOnCoast
Luzon Strait ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
countryOnShore
Allied Council for Japan
countryRepresented
Flying Tigers
countrySupported
Chinese Soviet Republic
declaredIndependenceFrom
Taiwan Strait ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
disputedBy
Senkaku Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
disputeInvolves
Examination Yuan ("Republic of China government")
foundedBy
Sun Yat-sen
founderOf
Kuomintang
governed
Pratas Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
hasExclusiveEconomicZoneClaim
Member States of the United Nations
hasFormerMember
Examination Yuan ("Republic of China–controlled territories")
hasJurisdiction
Allied Council for Japan
hasMember
Pratas Islands ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
hasMilitaryPresenceFrom
Cairo Conference
hasParticipant
Chiang Kai-shek ("Republic of China on Taiwan")
headOfGovernment
Republic of China Armed Forces
headquarters
29th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
historicalEra
Pescadores Islands
historicallyContestedBy
Cairo Declaration
issuedBy
Legislative Yuan
legislatureOf
Control Yuan ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
locationCountry
White Terror in Taiwan ("Republic of China government")
mainPerpetrator
National Revolutionary Army
militaryBranchOf
New Taiwan dollar ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
monetaryUnitOf
Treaty of San Francisco
nonSignatory
CBI Theater
notableAlliedNation
Manchukuo
notRecognizedBy
Double Ten Day ("Republic of China–controlled territories")
observedIn
Allied occupation of Japan
occupyingPower
Guoyu ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
officialStatusIn
National Revolutionary Army ("Nationalist government of China")
operatedBy
American Volunteer Group
operatedFor
Kuomintang Youth League ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
operatesIn
Kuomintang
operatesInJurisdiction
North American F-100 Super Sabre ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
operator
Mengjiang
opposedBy
Qing dynasty ("establishment of the Republic of China")
overthrowResultedIn
Cairo Declaration
participantCountry
Mao Anying
placeOfBirth
He Shuheng
placeOfDeath
Blue Sky with a White Sun ("Republic of China on Taiwan")
politicalContext
Formosa
politicallyAssociatedWith
China ("Republic of China (on the mainland)")
predecessorState
Taihoku ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
presentDayCountry
China Theater
primaryBelligerent
War of Liberation
primaryBelligerentGovernment
Japanese China Garrison Army
primaryOpponent
Lytton Commission report ("Republic of China government")
relatedOrganization
Zhōnghuá Táiběi
relatedTerm
1911 Wuchang Uprising
relatedTo
Nagoya Resolution
replacedName
Tang Enbo ("Nationalist government of China")
servedIn
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China ("National Government of China")
subordinateTo
Kwang-Chou-Wan
successorState
Tongmenghui members ("establishment of the Republic of China")
supported
Blue Sky with a White Sun
symbolOf
Mengjiang
territoryClaimedFrom
Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Empire ("Republic of China era")
timeOfNotability
Whampoa Military Academy ("Republic of China (1912–1949)")
timePeriod
Chinese Taipei ("Republic of China (Taiwan)")
usedInDiplomaticCompromiseBetween
Chinese Taipei
usedInsteadOf
Manchuria
wasReintegratedInto
Chongqing
wasWartimeCapitalOf
Bai Chongxi ("Nationalist Government of China")
workedFor

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