Taiwan Straits Standoff

Taiwan Straits StandoffFollowing the Nationalist defeat on the mainland in 1949, Chiang Kai shek and his followers retreated to Taiwan, forming the Republic of China (ROC). Tensions with the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) focused on control over a number of offshore islands, especially Quemoy (Jinmen) and Matsu (Mazu). Twice in the 1950s tensions peaked, during the first (195455) and second (1958) Taiwan Strait crises. Today, relations between the ROC and PRC depend on

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