Taiwan shrugs as communist China hails 70th anniversary 0 SHARES Share it! After the People’s Republic of China was declared on 1 October 1949, its rival, the Republic of China, set up in Taiwan — the island Chiang Kai-shek’s defeated nationalists fled to and imposed their will upon. But for younger Taiwanese people such as Doris Cheng, the idea that her homeland is a part of mainland China is anathema. “I think it is natural that we see ourselves as Taiwanese, we were not born in China after all,” she said. Taiwan heads to the polls in January and the relationship with China will dominate campaigning.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 30, 2019 03:22 UTC