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The founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949 and the simultaneous transfer of the Republic of China’s (ROC/Taiwan) government to Taiwan created, in fact, two political entities, one on each side of the Taiwan Strait, both of which formally claim to be China.
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Sehnálková, J., Kučera, O. (2012). Taiwan's Participation in International Organizations: Obstacles, Strategies, Patterns?. In: Damm, J., Lim, P. (eds) European Perspectives on Taiwan. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-94303-9_8
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