Democracy in ChinaThe debate over democracy in China has been a major ideological battleground in Chinese politics since the 19th century. China is not a liberal democracy. The Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state that China is democratic nonetheless. Many foreign and some domestic observers categorize China as an authoritarian one-party state, with some saying it has shifted to neoauthoritarianism. Some characterize it as a dictatorship.
Drapeau de la république de ChineLe drapeau de la république de Chine (), ou drapeau de Taïwan, est rouge avec un canton de couleur bleu marine sur lequel est dessiné un soleil blanc avec douze rayons triangulaires. En chinois, le drapeau est communément appelé Ciel bleu, Soleil blanc et Terre entièrement rouge () afin de refléter ses caractéristiques. Il est utilisé la première fois en Chine continentale par le Kuomintang (KMT), le parti nationaliste chinois, en 1917 et devient le drapeau officiel de la république de Chine en 1928.
Exclusive mandateAn exclusive mandate is a government's assertion of its legitimate authority over a certain territory, part of which another government controls with stable, de facto sovereignty. It is also known as a claim to sole representation or an exclusive authority claim. The concept was particularly important during the Cold War period when a number of states were divided on ideological grounds. For nearly all of the 41 years that Germany was split into two countries, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) claimed to be the sole legitimate successor to the German Reich that existed from 1871 to 1945.
Temporary capitalA temporary capital or a provisional capital is a city or town chosen by a government as an interim base of operations due to some difficulty in retaining or establishing control of a different metropolitan area. The most common circumstances leading to this are either a civil war, where control of the capital is contested, or during an invasion, where the designated capital is taken or threatened.
Kaohsiung IncidentThe Kaohsiung Incident, also known as the Formosa Incident, the Meilidao Incident, or the Formosa Magazine incident, was a crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations that occurred in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on 10 December 1979 during Taiwan's martial law period. The incident occurred when Formosa Magazine, headed by released political prisoner Shih Ming-teh and veteran opposition legislator Huang Hsin-chieh, and other opposition politicians held a demonstration commemorating Human Rights Day to promote and demand democracy in Taiwan.
État croupionvignette|Le royaume de Soissons, en violet, entouré de royaumes barbares nouvellement fondés, est un vestige de l'Empire romain en Gaule. Un État croupion, ou État-croupion, est le vestige d'un État autrefois considérable, laissé avec un territoire réduit à la suite d'une annexion, d'une occupation, d'une sécession, d'une décolonisation, ou d'un coup d'État ou d'une révolution réussie sur une partie de son ancien territoire. Dans ce dernier cas, le gouvernement n'est pas en exil car il contrôle toujours une partie de son ancien territoire.
WaishengrenWaishengren (), sometimes called mainlanders, are a group of migrants who arrived in Taiwan from mainland China between the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, and Kuomintang retreat and the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. They came from various regions of mainland China and spanned multiple social classes. The term is often seen in contrast with benshengren (), which refers to Hoklo and Hakka people in Taiwan who arrived prior to 1945 who had lived under Japanese rule.
