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38-911: The Sport Administration was initially established in 1932 as the Sports Council (體育委員會). On 12 January 1998, the Sports Affairs Council (行政院體育委員會) of the Executive Yuan was promulgated. Starting 1 January 2013, the council became the Sport Administration and placed under the Ministry of Education . The seal of the former Sports Affairs Council consists of three different colors: blue , green , and red . The color blue represents freedom and energy , green represents development , nature , health , and harmony , and red represents passion . The shape of

76-473: A consular agreement formalizing their existent consular relations on September 13, 2019. The US government removed self-imposed restrictions on executive branch contacts with Taiwan on January 9, 2021. Over the past four decades, the U.S. government's policy of deliberate ambiguity toward Taiwan has been viewed as critical to stabilizing cross-strait relations by seeking to deter the PRC from using force toward

114-739: A new election for legislators. The Executive Yuan is headed by the Premier (or President of the Executive Yuan) and includes its Vice Premier, twelve cabinet ministers, various chairpersons of commissions, and five to nine ministers without portfolio. The Vice Premier, ministers, and chairpersons are appointed by the President of the Republic of China on the recommendation of the Premier. Its formation, as one of five branches ("Yuans") of

152-629: A potential shift to "strategic clarity," while the State Department reiterated that the administration's Taiwan policy remained unchanged. As stipulated by the TRA , the United States remains the main provider of arms to Taiwan, which has often been a source of tension with the PRC. Both states maintain representative offices functioning as de facto embassies. Taiwan is represented by

190-724: A result. At the height of the Sino-Soviet Split , and at the start of the reform and opening of People's Republic of China, the United States strategically switched diplomatic recognition from the Republic of China (ROC) to the People's Republic of China (PRC) on January 1, 1979, to counter the political influences and military threats from the Soviet Union . The US Embassy in Taipei was 'migrated' to Beijing and

228-899: A retaliatory expedition by the American military and killed another American during the battle. Prior to the annexation of Hawaii , the Revive China Society , a predecessor to the Kuomintang (KMT) was founded in 1894 in Honolulu in opposition to the Qing. As Taiwan was under Japanese control, following the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, which overthrew the Qing dynasty , the William Taft administration recognized

266-643: A statement that the United States would not become involved in "the civil conflict in China" and would not provide military aid or advice to the Nationalist forces on Taiwan. On February 6, 1950, the ROC Air Force bombed Shanghai , causing extensive damage to American-owned property in the city including the Shanghai power company. The American government responded by sending a diplomatic protest to

304-733: A territory or an area occupied and administered by the Government of the Republic of China, but is not officially recognized as being a part of the Republic of China. In 1970s, Taiwanese activist Peter Huang attempted to assassinate Chiang Ching-kuo in New York City. During the early Cold War the United States deployed nuclear weapons on Taiwan as part of the United States Taiwan Defense Command. In 1972, United States president Richard Nixon ordered nuclear weapons to be removed from Taiwan and this

342-734: The Pacific War , the United States and the Republic of China were allied against Japan. In October 1945, a month after Japan's surrender , representatives of Chiang Kai-shek , on behalf of the Allies , were sent to Formosa to accept the surrender of Japanese troops . However, during the period of the 1940s, there was no recognition by the United States Government that Taiwan had ever been incorporated into Chinese national territory. Chiang continued to remain suspicious of America's motives. The Nationalists were defeated by

380-1015: The ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs . As the Korean War broke out, the United States resumed military aid to the ROC and sent the US Navy's Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait. US military presence in Taiwan consisted of the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) and the United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC). Other notable units included the 327th Air Division . United States military, technical, and economic aid to Taiwan further increased after China's entry into

418-474: The Republic of China army had retreated south and crossed the border into Burma. The United States supported these ROC forces because the United States hoped they would harass the People's Republic of China from the southwest , thereby diverting Chinese resources from the Korean War . The Burmese government protested and international pressure increased. Beginning in 1953, several rounds of withdrawals of

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456-627: The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO), while the U.S. government is represented by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). In 1784, the United States attempted to send a consul to China but this was rejected by the Chinese government, with official relations beginning on June 16, 1844, under President John Tyler , leading to the 1845 Treaty of Wangxia . Two American diplomats in

494-565: The United States to have relations with the Taiwanese people and their government, whose name is not specified. U.S.–Taiwan relations were further informally grounded in the Six Assurances in response to the third communiqué on the establishment of US–PRC relations . The Taiwan Travel Act , passed by the U.S. Congress on March 16, 2018, allows high-level U.S. officials to visit Taiwan and vice versa. Both sides have since signed

532-556: The government of the Republic of China (ROC) as the sole and legitimate government of China despite a number of governments ruling various parts of China. China was reunified by a single government , led by the Kuomintang (KMT) in 1928, which subsequently gained recognition as China's only legitimate government despite continued internal strife . The first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for writing about China

570-476: The 1850s suggested to Washington that the U.S. should obtain the island of Taiwan from China, but the idea was rejected. Aboriginals on Taiwan often attacked and massacred shipwrecked western sailors, and American diplomats tried to help them. In 1867, during the Rover incident , Taiwanese aborigines attacked shipwrecked American sailors, killing the entire crew. They subsequently skirmished against and defeated

608-613: The Communists in the Chinese Civil War. The ROC government retreated to Taiwan. In August 1949, the United States suspended the ROC's involvement in the Fulbright Program because the fleeing government was no longer able to make payments on the surplus war material it had purchased from the United States after the end of World War II. On January 5, 1950, United States President Harry S. Truman issued

646-734: The Korean War in late October 1950. Until the US formally recognized the People's Republic of China in 1979, Washington provided ROC with financial grants based on the Foreign Assistance Act , Mutual Security Act , and Act for International Development enacted by the US Congress . Taiwan became a top recipient of United States aid in the following years. After their defeat in the Chinese Civil War , parts of

684-768: The Legislative Yuan. The Executive Yuan Council must present the Legislators with an annual policy statement and an administrative report. The Legislative Committee may also summon members of the Executive Yuan Council for questioning. Whenever there is disagreement between the Legislative Council and Executive Yuan Council, the Legislative Committee may pass a resolution asking the Executive Yuan Council to alter

722-464: The ROC forces and their families were carried out. In 1960, joint military action by PRC and Burma expelled the remaining ROC forces from Burma, although some went on to settle in the Burma-Thailand borderlands . During a 1953 visit to Taiwan, Vice President Richard Nixon stated that the United States would help turn Taiwan into an anticommunist military and cultural bastion. In 1954,

760-705: The Red China connection." During its martial law period (1949 to 1987), the Taiwan government surveilled Taiwanese abroad, most often in Japan and in the United States. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation often cooperated with or allowed the KMT to surveil Taiwanese students and other Taiwanese migrants in the United States. According to a 1979 report by the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee ,

798-403: The Republic of China has been at Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa) since December 1949; that the Government of the Republic of China exercises authority over the island; that the sovereignty of Formosa has not been transferred to China; and that Formosa is not a part of China as a country, at least not as yet, and not until and unless appropriate treaties are hereafter entered into. Formosa may be said to be

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836-547: The Taiwan government operated one of the two most active anti-dissident networks within the United States, with agents infiltrated within universities and campus organizations and large-scale propaganda campaigns implemented through front organizations. In 1979 and 1980, a series of bombings targeted KMT offices and officials in the United States. The United States placed the World United Formosans for Independence on its terrorist organization watch list as

874-570: The Taiwanese Embassy in the US was closed. Following the termination of diplomatic relations, the United States terminated its Mutual Defense Treaty with Taiwan on January 1, 1980. On April 10, 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which created domestic legal authority for the conduct of unofficial relations with Taiwan. U.S. commercial, cultural, and other interaction with

912-555: The United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement After the United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1979 and recognized Beijing as the only legal government of China, Taiwan–United States relations became unofficial and informal following terms of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which allows

950-488: The United Nations Chinese unification Taiwan independence movement Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement The Executive Yuan ( Chinese : 行政院 ; pinyin : Xíngzhèng Yuàn ) is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China ( Taiwan ). Under the amended constitution , the head of the Executive Yuan is the Premier who is positioned as the head of government and has

988-409: The United States began providing significant funding for education in Taiwan , including to attract overseas Chinese . These efforts also helped the KMT to consolidate its power on Taiwan. The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty was signed between the US and ROC in 1954 and lasted until 1979. The U.S. State Department's official position on Taiwan in 1959 was: That the provisional capital of

1026-472: The following bodies are no longer agencies under the Executive Yuan: In the Executive Yuan Council, the current ministers without portfolio are: The Executive Yuan Council, commonly referred to as "The Cabinet" ( 內閣 ), is the chief policymaking organ of the ROC government. It consists of the premier, who presides over its meetings, the vice premier, ministers without portfolio, the heads of

1064-617: The government, stemmed from the Three Principles of the People , the constitutional theory of Sun Yat-sen , but was adjusted constitutionally over the years to adapt to the situation in the ROC by changes in the laws and the Constitution of the Republic of China . The heads of these independent institutions under the Executive Yuan Council would not be affected by any change of the Premier. Duencies may be dissolved or merged with other agencies. Based on Executive Yuan website,

1102-766: The ministries, and the heads of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission and the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission. The secretary-general and the deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan also attend, as well as heads of other Executive Yuan organizations by invitation, but they have no vote. Article 58 of the Constitution empowers the Executive Yuan Council to evaluate statutory and budgetary bills concerning martial law , amnesty , declarations of war , conclusion of peace or treaties, and other important affairs before submission to

1140-617: The people on Taiwan is facilitated through the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), a private nonprofit corporation. The institute has its headquarters in the Washington, DC area and has a main office in Taipei and a branch office in Kaohsiung. It is authorized to issue visas, accept passport applications, and provide assistance to U.S. citizens in Taiwan. A counterpart organization, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in

1178-407: The policy proposal in question. The Executive Yuan may, in turn, ask the Legislators to reconsider. Afterwards, if the Legislative Council upholds the original resolution, the premier must abide by the resolution or resign. The Executive Yuan Council may also present an alternative budgetary bill if the one passed by the Legislative Committee is deemed difficult to execute. The Executive Yuan Building

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1216-524: The power to appoint members to serve in the cabinet, while the ROC President is the head of state under the semi-presidential system , who can appoint the Premier and nominate the members of the cabinet. The Premier may be removed by a vote of no-confidence by a majority of the Legislative Yuan, after which the President may either remove the Premier or dissolve the Legislative Yuan and initiate

1254-1466: The public since 2003. It is accessible within walking distance east of Taipei Main Station or west of Shandao Temple Station of Taipei Metro . Taiwan%E2%80%93United States relations Lai Ching-te ( DPP ) Hsiao Bi-khim ( DPP ) Cho Jung-tai ( DPP ) 11th Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu ( KMT ) Shieh Ming-yan acting Vacant Vacant Vacant Control Yuan Chen Chu Lee Hung-chun Local government Central Election Commission Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Taipei Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship Lin Chia-lung Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and

1292-448: The region and dissuade Taiwan from seeking independence. However, in recent years as Beijing escalated its moves and further clarified its intentions, the effectiveness of strategic ambiguity became a topic of debate in academic and policy communities. In 2021 and 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden made various forceful comments about coming to Taiwan's military defense in the event of a PRC invasion, indicating what scholars called

1330-1570: The seal is combined with three different elements: ume , sun , and human . The ume is used as it is the national flower of the ROC. The sun represents energy and the human represents humanity . This article related to sport in Taiwan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to government in Taiwan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Executive Yuan Lai Ching-te ( DPP ) Hsiao Bi-khim ( DPP ) Cho Jung-tai ( DPP ) 11th Legislative Yuan Han Kuo-yu ( KMT ) Shieh Ming-yan acting Vacant Vacant Vacant Control Yuan Chen Chu Lee Hung-chun Local government Central Election Commission Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Taiwan People's Party Others New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Newspapers United Daily News Liberty Times China Times Taipei Times Propaganda Censorship Film censorship Lin Chia-lung Cross-Strait relations Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Chinese Taipei Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations Republic of China (1912–1949) Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and

1368-611: Was an American, born in the United States but raised in China, Pearl S. Buck , whose 1938 Nobel lecture was titled The Chinese Novel . In the Japanese era , the United States also hosted a consulate in Taihoku, Formosa (today Taipei ) from 1913. The consulate was closed in 1941 due to United States declaration of war on Japan . The site is now protected as the Former American Consulate in Taipei . During

1406-433: Was built in 1940 as the new city hall for Taipei , on the site of Huashan Elementary School. After Taiwan was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945, Taipei's city hall was moved to the former campus of Jian Cheng Elementary School. The old city hall building was turned over to house the provincial government for Taiwan . It became the Executive Yuan building in 1957. The Executive Yuan building has been open to

1444-558: Was implemented by 1974. During the 1970s, the KMT under Executive Yuan Premier Chiang Ching-kuo organized a people's diplomacy campaign in the United States in an effort to mobilize American political sentiment in opposition to the PRC through mass demonstrations and petitions. Among these efforts, the KMT worked with the John Birch Society to launch a petition writing campaign through which Americans were urged to write their local government officials and ask them to "Cut

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