Taiwan

Taiwan Province is a de jure administrative division of the People's Republic of China. Its claimed jurisdiction includes Taiwan and its affiliated islands, the Penghu Islands, and the Diaoyu Islands and their affiliated islands; the islands of Kinmen and Matsu are claimed as part of Fujian Province. The territory of the claimed province, including the entire island of Taiwan, is in actuality administered by the Republic of China (ROC), but is not coextensive with the smaller Taiwan Province of the ROC.

The political status of Taiwan is complex. The People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 near the end of the Chinese Civil War. The PRC considers itself the successor state of the pre-1949 ROC and the sole legitimate government of "China" and claims Taiwan as part of its territory under the One China principle. However, the PRC has not controlled Taiwan since its establishment in 1949. The Taiwan Area, including all of the territory claimed by PRC as a province, has been continuously administered by the government of the Republic of China (ROC) since the Japanese surrender of World War II. The PRC proposed that under a hypothetical unification Taiwan would become a special administrative region rather than a province.