Taiwan, People's Republic of China
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Taiwan Province 台湾省 |
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| Claimed Province | |
| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 台湾省 (Táiwān shěng) |
| • Abbreviation | TW / (pinyin: Tái) |
| • Minnan | Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-séng |
| • Hakka Romanization | Thòi-vàn-sén |
.svg) Map showing the location of Taiwan Province |
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| Coordinates: 23°42′N 121°00′E / 23.7°N 121.0°ECoordinates: 23°42′N 121°00′E / 23.7°N 121.0°E | |
| Named for | See Taiwan |
| Capital (and largest city) |
Taipei |
| Divisions | 2 prefectures, — counties, — townships |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | See Representation |
| • Governor | See Representation |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35,581 km2 (13,738 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 28th |
| Population (n/a) | |
| • Total | n/a |
| • Rank | n/a |
| • Density rank | n/a |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnic composition |
Han - 98% Gaoshan (Aborigines) - 2% |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-71 |
| GDP (n/a) | CNY — (n/a) |
| • per capita | CNY — (n/a) |
| HDI (n/a) | n/a (n/a) (—) |
The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims the island of Taiwan to be part its territory under its Constitution as the Taiwan Province. It is usually referred to by mainland media as the Taiwan Region or Taiwan Area.
The PRC has never administered Taiwan: the Taiwan Area, including all of the contemporary Taiwan Province, is currently administered by the government of the Republic of China (ROC). However, because the PRC holds the view that it has succeeded the ROC entirely since 1 October 1949, it regards all boundary changes to Taiwan Province made by the ROC after that date (mainly the carving out of several cities as municipalities directly administered by the ROC government) to be illegitimate. As a result, maps published by the PRC (and other sources that adopt the PRC's views) show Taiwan Province in accordance with its pre-1949 boundaries as a part of the PRC, with (for example) Taipei shown as the capital of Taiwan Province, rather than a directly administered municipality.
While the PRC claims Taiwan to be its rightful territory, it recognises that Taiwan is outside its actual territory and does not maintain a shadow government or government-in-exile of Taiwan Province. However, its parliament includes legislators to represent Taiwan, who are elected by a Taiwanese community residing in mainland China. In deference to the PRC's claim, the United Nations for official purposes calls the Taiwan Area "Taiwan, Province of China".
The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. While by 1950 it had obtained control over most of the territories previously administered by the ROC, it never gained control of an area made up of Taiwan Province and some other islands (together called the "Taiwan Area"). Instead, the Taiwan Area had been administered by the ROC (now commonly known as "Taiwan") since the end of World War II in 1945, continuing through the Chinese Civil War and past the foundation of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
Despite the PRC's claim over Taiwan, the PRC has no provisional or shadow provincial government or provincial governor for Taiwan. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China is the part of the PRC government that has responsibility over Taiwan-related matters, but it is neither tasked with, nor presented as, a shadow administration for Taiwan. Instead, the ROC government, which actually controls Taiwan Province, is referred to by the PRC as the "Taiwan authorities".
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