Taiwan Issue Revisited－－From Legal and Political Perspectives

Although the question of Taiwan’s international status is said to begin following the renunciation of all claims by Japan in 1945, the real dilemma commenced after severance of diplomatic relationship with major countries, and most devastating among all, severance of diplomatic relationship with the US in 1979. However, in the same year, the US also passed the Taiwan Relations Act to protect Taiwan from any negative influences flowing from decrecogniton. The issues surrounding the international status of Taiwan involve a long and complex history. Integrated in the history are a number of issues relative to geopolitics, economics, security, foreign policy, power politics, nationalism and law. Combining the study of law and politics, this study aims to revisit the mystery of Taiwan’s status.