{"id":8267,"date":"2023-09-28T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dontow.com\/?p=8267"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T15:35:48","slug":"the-untold-truth-about-taiwans-real-legal-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dontow.com\/2023\/09\/the-untold-truth-about-taiwans-real-legal-position\/","title":{"rendered":"The Untold Truth About Taiwan’s Real Legal Position*"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The daily Western presentation of Taiwan as a functionally independent nation on the verge of being “invaded” by China flies in the face of the actual facts, as <\/em>specified by global agreements recognized and codified by people on both sides of the strait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor of Law Richard Cullen<\/strong> reports on the actual legal situation, and how it evolved, to clear up the widely circulated myths about the relationship between mainland China and Taiwan.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n AMIDST THE ACUTE geopolitical debate about the status of Taiwan, the clear constitutional<\/em> consensus that there is One China, which includes Taiwan, is largely overlooked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We need to examine some key historical developments in order to comprehend how this has come to pass; and why this agreement endures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It will also become plain, as we investigate these events, why certain parties, today, find this agreed cross-strait fundamental legal perspective to be a notably awkward component of the foundations that lie beneath the acrimonious geopolitical debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THREE CENTURIES AGO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Taiwan was formally established as a part of China well over 300 years ago, in 1684, when the Manchu, Qing Dynasty annexed Taiwan, following the Manchu defeat of the Ming Dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n