Taiwan and China

A free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit  www.luminosoa.org  to learn more.",="" helvetica,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 13px;"=""> China’s relation to Taiwan has been in constant contention since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in October 1949 and the creation of the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) exile regime on the island two months later. The island’s autonomous