East Asia · Empire, war and the modern states
Republic of China
drawn on the map 1912–1915, 1930–2024
The Republic of China, founded in 1912 after the Xinhai Revolution ended the Qing, is treated here in its post-1949 form on Taiwan. After defeat in the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government relocated to Taipei in 1949.
- Shown on the map
- 1912–1915, 1930–2024 (2 periods)
- Peak area
- 8.4M km²
- Region
- East Asia
Overview
The Republic of China, founded in 1912 after the Xinhai Revolution ended the Qing, is treated here in its post-1949 form on Taiwan. After defeat in the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government relocated to Taipei in 1949. Under decades of Kuomintang authoritarian rule and then democratization (from the late 1980s, with the first direct presidential election in 1996), the ROC on Taiwan became a prosperous, high-tech democracy. Its sovereignty and international status remain contested with the People's Republic.
Common questions
- What was the Republic of China?
- The Republic of China, founded in 1912 after the Xinhai Revolution ended the Qing, is treated here in its post-1949 form on Taiwan. After defeat in the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government relocated to Taipei in 1949.
- When is the Republic of China shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Republic of China 1912–1915, 1930–2024, in 2 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Republic of China?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Republic of China covered about 8.4 million km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia article for each polity as the basis of these profiles, supplemented by Encyclopaedia Britannica, chinaknowledge.de, the World History Encyclopedia, museum and university sources, and the academic works it lists. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Taiwan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
This entry was last updated .
This entry was researched and drafted with AI from the sources above, and has not been reviewed by a historian. How entries are made
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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