Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China

This article is about the province claimed by the People's Republic of China, covering an area over which the PRC has no control. For the Taiwan Province that currently exists as controlled by the Republic of China, see Taiwan Province. For the meaning and use of the term "Taiwan, China", see Taiwan, China.

Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China (claimed)
Chinese : 台湾省 Táiwān shěng Min Nan Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng Hakka Romanization: Thòi-vàn-sén
Abbreviations: 台  (pinyin: Tái)
Origin of name	See Taiwan
Administration type	Province
Capital (and largest city)	Taipei
CPC Ctte Secretary	See Representation
Governor	See Representation
Area	35,581 km2 (13,738 sq mi) (n/a)
- Latitude	21° 54'–25° 17' N
- Longitude	119° 19'–122° 00' E
Population (2010)  - Density	23,140,000 (n/a) 668 /km2 (1,730 /sq mi) (n/a)
GDP (2009)  - per capita	CNY — US$735.997 billion[citation needed] (n/a) CNY — US$16,391[citation needed] (n/a)
HDI (n/a)	n/a (n/a) (—)
Ethnic composition	Han - 98% Gaoshan (Taiwanese aborigines) - 2%
Languages and dialects	{{{Dialects}}}
Prefectural level	2 divisions
County level	21 divisions
Township level*	— divisions
ISO 3166-2	CN-71
Official website http://www.gwytb.gov.cn
Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 *As at December 31, 2004
Template ■ Discussion ■ WikiProject China

Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China (simplified Chinese: 台湾省; traditional Chinese: 臺灣省 or 台灣省; pinyin: Táiwān shěng) is a term and political designation used^{[citation needed]} by the People's Republic of China (PRC) for its claim of the island of Taiwan and its associated islets as its province.

In contrast with the Taiwan Province of the Republic of China, which excludes several direct-controlled municipalities on the island of Taiwan, the area claimed by the PRC as its Taiwan Province includes the entire island of Taiwan and its surrounding islets, including the Penghu islands, under administration of the Republic of China (ROC). Therefore, the PRC has no actual control of the territory and the term is a purely hypothetical province which does not exist in reality but only under official PRC government administrative structure. It is often referred to as "Taiwan, China" by PRC media for short but also as a means to portray Taiwan as being under its sovereignty.

The claimed Taiwan Province of the PRC does not include all the landmasses under ROC's administration. These islands, namely, Kinmen, the Matsu Islands and Wuciou, as well the Pratas Islands, and Itu Aba, are claimed by the PRC as part of its Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan provinces, respectively.

The political status of Taiwan is complex and the area has never been controlled by the PRC. Taiwan has been controlled by the ROC since 1945. The PRC considers itself as the successor state and the sole legitimate authority of China against the ROC upon its founding in 1949, and regards Taiwan as a part of an "indivisible China".

Representation

Part of a series on the

History of Taiwan

Prehistory 50,000 BC – AD 1624

Kingdom of Middag 1540 – 1732

Dutch rule, Formosa 1624 – 1662

Spanish rule, Formosa 1626 – 1642

Kingdom of Tungning 1662 – 1683

Qing Dynasty rule 1683 – 1895

Republic of Formosa 1895

Japanese rule 1895 – 1945

Republic of China rule 1945 – present

Categories Cultural history Diplomatic history Economic history Educational history Military history Political history

Lists Timeline of Taiwanese history List of rulers of Taiwan

Related History of Republic of China (1949-present) • History of Kaohsiung • History of Taipei Archaeological sites Taiwan independence • Taiwan Province, PRC

Thirteen delegates are elected to the National People's Congress to represent Taiwan Province. These delegates have Hokkien and Holo ancestry whose ancestors were in Taiwan at some point, and are elected by a constituency comprising people with Taiwanese ancestry, not by present residents of Taiwan. As the older members retire or die, newer members tend to be born in mainland China.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• "Taiwan, China"
• Taiwan
• Republic of China
• Free Area of the Republic of China
• Taiwan Province
• Taiwan Affairs Office
• Political status of Taiwan
• Legal status of Taiwan
• Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China#Offer to Taiwan and other ROC-controlled areas
• Greater China

Further reading

• Bush, R. & O'Hanlon, M. (2007). A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America. Wiley. ISBN 0471986771
• Bush, R. (2006). Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0815712901
• Carpenter, T. (2006). America's Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1403968411
• Cole, B. (2006). Taiwan's Security: History and Prospects. Routledge. ISBN 0415365813
• Copper, J. (2006). Playing with Fire: The Looming War with China over Taiwan. Praeger Security International General Interest. ISBN 0275988880
• Federation of American Scientists et al. (2006). Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning
• Gill, B. (2007). Rising Star: China's New Security Diplomacy. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 0815731469
• Shirk, S. (2007). China: Fragile Superpower: How China's Internal Politics Could Derail Its Peaceful Rise. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195306090
• Tsang, S. (2006). If China Attacks Taiwan: Military Strategy, Politics and Economics. Routledge. ISBN 0415407850
• Tucker, N.B. (2005). Dangerous Strait: the U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231135645

External links

• Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council