Cross-strait relations

2 weeks ago - Cross-strait relations (sometimes called Mainland–Taiwan relations, China–Taiwan relations, or PRC–ROC relations) are the political and economic relations between China (officially the People's Republic of China, or PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, or ROC) across the ...

January 8, 2024 - China claims self-governed Taiwan as part of its territory - but the island sees itself as distinct.

Today, the island of Taiwan, just a couple of hundred miles off the coast of China, is claimed by the People's Republic of China as an inalienable part of traditional Chinese territory.

The government will continue to address cross-strait ties based on the Constitution of the ROC (Taiwan), the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, and the will of the people. The government calls on the authorities in Beijing to face the reality of the ROC (Taiwan)’s existence and respect the choices of the people of Taiwan by engaging with the legitimate government they have chosen, while encouraging China to choose dialogue over confrontation and exchange over containment, and pursue peace and mutual prosperity under the principles of parity and dignity.

Today, Beijing, led by the CCP, asserts through its One China principle that there is only one China and that Taiwan is part of it. Beijing seeks Taiwan’s eventual unification with the mainland. Beijing argues that productive cross-strait relations can only occur under a “One China” framework, which has taken form under the 1992 Consensus, an understanding reached by the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.

December 19, 2025 - The United States acknowledged that all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is part of that China. In addition, the United States asserted its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves.

2 days ago - This briefing looks at Taiwan's relationship with China. Their shared history, respective policies, including the "One China" principle, and recent military tensions.

November 24, 2025 - The US supports Taiwan's defense under the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances governing policy toward the island. Japan is a key military ally of the US in the region, with more than 50,000 American soldiers deployed on the archipelago ...

October 14, 2024 - It formally established diplomatic ties with Beijing in 1979. Since then the number of countries that recognise the ROC government has fallen drastically with only 12 countries recognising the island today.

2 days ago - Foreign relations of Taiwan, officially ... government. As of January 2024, the ROC has formal diplomatic relations with 11 of the 193 United Nations member states and with the Holy See, which governs the Vatican City ...

NOTE TO READERS “Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations” has been retired and is no longer maintained. For more information, please see the full notice. Tensions between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in the 1950s resulted in armed conflict over strategic islands in the Taiwan Strait.

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July 20, 2022 - Center for Asia Policy Studies John L. Thornton China Center · Tensions in the Taiwan Strait are spiraling and have been since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Communication channels for managing tensions have collapsed. Each of the main players — China, Taiwan, and the United States — believe it is acting prudently to protect its interests in the face of escalatory actions from the other side of the Strait.

3 days ago - Today, the ROC has formal diplomatic relations with only twelve nations but maintains unofficial bilateral ties with other countries through its representative offices, and membership in international organizations as a non-state entity. According to a Lowy Institute tally in January 2025, ...

The problem centered on the fact that both China and Taiwan claimed that there is only one China, and that Taiwan is a part of China, but each side also claimed to be the legitimate government of China, with Taiwan using the formal name "Republic of China" (ROC) to express that claim, and China using the formal name "People's Republic of China" (PRC). The PRC objected to the United States having diplomatic relations with both the PRC and the "ROC," here after, "Taiwan,"—because it would mean that the United States believed there were "two Chinas," and not just one China.

April 26, 2025 - China Holds Military Drills Around Taiwan as a Warning Against ‘External Interference’ After U.S. Arms Deal · With a Distracted U.S., Hong Kong Intensifies Its Democratic Crackdown · U.S. and China Appear to Escalate Trade War for Leverage in Dealmaking · China Shows Off Its Military Might—and Anti-West Friends · What the Israel-Iran War and Ceasefire Mean for China’s Relations With the U.S.

October 31, 2025 - To this day, the U.S. “one China” ... position that Taiwan is part of China. Thus, the United States maintains formal relations with the PRC and has unofficial relations with Taiwan....

2 weeks ago - Canada is represented in Taiwan by the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei. This is a locally-incorporated entity staffed by Canadian and local Taiwanese personnel. Consistent with its One China policy, Canada maintains unofficial but valuable economic, cultural and people-to-people ties with Taiwan.