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One China principle
The One China principle is the official position of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the political status of Taiwan and cross-strait relations. The standard statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the One China Principle is as follows:
There is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the government of the People's Republic of China pursue Chinese unification based on this principle and have established it as a national policy through the CCP constitution, state constitution and the 2005 Anti-Secession Law. Guided by the principle, the government of the PRC opposes the Republic of China (Taiwan) from developing diplomatic relations with other countries in the world, or any relations of a state-to-state nature, and opposes Taiwan from participating in the United Nations system and other intergovernmental international organizations. It requires that Taiwan can only participate in non-governmental international organizations under names that do not carry national characteristics, such as "Chinese Taipei" or "Taiwan, China".
This proposition is different from the "One China Principle" of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and has therefore long been not accepted by the government of the Republic of China. Before the 1970s, the ROC government used its "One China Principle" to implement a policy of "no coexistence between Han and traitors" and a closed policy against the government of the People's Republic of China, believing that it had the right to represent China and suppress the international space of the People's Republic of China. However, with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 in 1971 and Nixon's visit to China in 1972, the ROC's international diplomatic recognition decreased. With the change of the international situation after the end of the Cold War, the ROC government has stopped actively competing with mainland China for the right to represent China with the "One China Principle" since the 1990s, and instead emphasized the equality between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait; in contrast, the government of the People's Republic of China has suppressed the international space of the Republic of China with its own "One China Principle".
On 1 October 1949, the People's Republic of China was established. On 2 October 1949, the Soviet Union recognized the PRC and became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with it. The Republic of China subsequently severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. In 1950, the United Kingdom, a member of the Western Bloc, took the lead in recognizing the PRC and severed diplomatic relations with the ROC. After that, both sides did not accept dual recognition in the diplomatic field. The ROC government severed diplomatic relations with countries that recognized the PRC as representing China. On the contrary, the PRC government would never establish diplomatic relations with countries that recognized the ROC as representing China.
In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 2758, in which the PRC replaced the ROC as China's representative in the United Nations. In the international community, more countries established diplomatic relations with the PRC and broke off diplomatic relations with the ROC. In the communiqués on the establishment of diplomatic relations, all countries agreed to the one-China policy proposed by China, that is, "there is only one China in the world, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legal government of China." The attitudes towards the status of Taiwan were different in both text and practice.
Since 1982, the preamble of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China stated that "Taiwan is part of the sacred territory of the People's Republic of China. It is the sacred duty of all Chinese people, including our compatriots in Taiwan, to accomplish the great cause of unifying the motherland." In 2005, the Anti-Secession Law was enacted to codify the one-China principle. In 2022, during the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party was amended to include opposition to Taiwan independence.
The "One China Principle" of the People's Republic of China has been expressed in different versions, namely the "old three sentences" and the "new three sentences".
One China principle
The One China principle is the official position of the People's Republic of China (PRC) on the political status of Taiwan and cross-strait relations. The standard statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the One China Principle is as follows:
There is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. The government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the government of the People's Republic of China pursue Chinese unification based on this principle and have established it as a national policy through the CCP constitution, state constitution and the 2005 Anti-Secession Law. Guided by the principle, the government of the PRC opposes the Republic of China (Taiwan) from developing diplomatic relations with other countries in the world, or any relations of a state-to-state nature, and opposes Taiwan from participating in the United Nations system and other intergovernmental international organizations. It requires that Taiwan can only participate in non-governmental international organizations under names that do not carry national characteristics, such as "Chinese Taipei" or "Taiwan, China".
This proposition is different from the "One China Principle" of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and has therefore long been not accepted by the government of the Republic of China. Before the 1970s, the ROC government used its "One China Principle" to implement a policy of "no coexistence between Han and traitors" and a closed policy against the government of the People's Republic of China, believing that it had the right to represent China and suppress the international space of the People's Republic of China. However, with the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 in 1971 and Nixon's visit to China in 1972, the ROC's international diplomatic recognition decreased. With the change of the international situation after the end of the Cold War, the ROC government has stopped actively competing with mainland China for the right to represent China with the "One China Principle" since the 1990s, and instead emphasized the equality between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait; in contrast, the government of the People's Republic of China has suppressed the international space of the Republic of China with its own "One China Principle".
On 1 October 1949, the People's Republic of China was established. On 2 October 1949, the Soviet Union recognized the PRC and became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with it. The Republic of China subsequently severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. In 1950, the United Kingdom, a member of the Western Bloc, took the lead in recognizing the PRC and severed diplomatic relations with the ROC. After that, both sides did not accept dual recognition in the diplomatic field. The ROC government severed diplomatic relations with countries that recognized the PRC as representing China. On the contrary, the PRC government would never establish diplomatic relations with countries that recognized the ROC as representing China.
In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 2758, in which the PRC replaced the ROC as China's representative in the United Nations. In the international community, more countries established diplomatic relations with the PRC and broke off diplomatic relations with the ROC. In the communiqués on the establishment of diplomatic relations, all countries agreed to the one-China policy proposed by China, that is, "there is only one China in the world, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legal government of China." The attitudes towards the status of Taiwan were different in both text and practice.
Since 1982, the preamble of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China stated that "Taiwan is part of the sacred territory of the People's Republic of China. It is the sacred duty of all Chinese people, including our compatriots in Taiwan, to accomplish the great cause of unifying the motherland." In 2005, the Anti-Secession Law was enacted to codify the one-China principle. In 2022, during the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, the Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party was amended to include opposition to Taiwan independence.
The "One China Principle" of the People's Republic of China has been expressed in different versions, namely the "old three sentences" and the "new three sentences".