INTRODUCTION TO TAIWAN'S LEGAL STATUS

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Date	Historical Event	Status of ROC in United Nations
1895	Treaty of Shimonoseki, Taiwan is ceded to Japan	-----
1912	Republic of China is founded
1937.07.07	Marco Polo Bridge Incident
1941.08.14	Atlantic Charter
1941.12 - 1945.08	World War II in the Pacific
1943.12.01	Cairo Declaration
1945.07.26	Potsdam Proclamation
1945.08.15	Japan's Emperor announces intention to surrender
1945.09.02	Gen. MacArthur directs "representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" to come to Taiwan to accept Japanese surrender
1945.10.24	United Nations is founded	Sole Legitimate Gov't of China
1945.10.25	Japanese troops in Taiwan surrender
1947.02.28 - 1950.04.30	The 228 Incident
1949.10.01	People's Republic of China is founded
1949.12.10	Republic of China central government relocates to Taiwan
1952.04.28	San Francisco Peace Treaty comes into force
1952.08.05	Treaty of Taipei comes into force
1955.03.03	ROC - USA Mutual Defense Treaty comes into force
1971.10.25	Republic of China is expelled from United Nations	expelled
1972.02.28	PRC & USA promulgate "Shanghai Communique"	none
1978.12.31	USA breaks diplomatic relations with ROC
1979.01.01	PRC & USA promulgate Second Communique
1979.01.01	Taiwan Relations Act takes force
1980.01.01	ROC - USA Mutual Defense Treaty is cancelled
1982.08.17	PRC & USA promulgate Third Communique
2000.05.20	Democratic Progressive Party comes to power, President Chen Shui-bian
2008.05.20	Chinese Nationalists (KMT) return to power, President Ma Ying-jeou
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