INTRODUCTION TO TAIWAN'S LEGAL STATUS

  AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES  


  The United States Government has not recognized  
  Taiwan to be "Chinese territory"  




Feb. 8, 1955   US Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations Report

Oct. 6, 1959   Sheng v. Rogers (D.C. Circuit)

Jan.     1963   Mandate for Change 1953-1956 by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jul. 13, 1971   Starr Memorandum of US Dept. of State

Dec.     2004   One-China Policy and Taiwan Fordham International Law Journal

Jul. 9, 2007   Congressional Research Service Report

Mar. 24, 2008   Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 1865

1949 - 1956   Foreign Relations of the United States Documents on the Taiwan Status Issue




  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  


1. Modern Taiwanese History

2. Historical Development of the Legal Status of the ROC on Taiwan

3. ABCD Chart of Territorial Cession

4. Notes on the Legal Status of Taiwan Territory
        -- with particular reference to the maneuverings of Mr. Henry Kissinger

5. Are Taiwanese Persons ROC Citizens?