The Republic of China is a state in East Asia, commonly known as

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

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Government of the Republic of China The Government of the Republic of China, is the national government of the Republic of China whose ''de facto'' territory currently consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other island groups in the "free area". Governed by the ...

, the government of the Republic of China based on the Chinese mainland until 1949 and on Taiwan since 1949 ** Free area of the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan Area, including Taiwan and associated islands under effective Republic of China jurisdiction * Chinese Taipei, a designated name formally used by the Republic of China while participating in most international events after the 1979 Nagoya Resolution. *

History of the Republic of China The history of the Republic of China begins after the Qing dynasty in 1912, when the Xinhai Revolution and the formation of the Republic of China put an end to 2,000 years of imperial rule. The Republic experienced many trials and tribulations a ...

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Republic of China (1912–1949) The Republic of China (ROC), between 1912 and 1949, was a sovereign state recognised as the official designation of China when it was based on Mainland China, prior to the relocation of its central government to Taiwan as a result of the C ...

, state in East Asia from the end of the Qing dynasty to the end of the Chinese Civil War. The following three regimes were recognized as legitimate Chinese government over all of China under the same name. *** Provisional Government of the Republic of China, the provisional government led by Sun Yat-sen after the fall of the Qing dynasty, 1912 ***

Beiyang Government The Beiyang government (), officially the Republic of China (), sometimes spelled Peiyang Government, refers to the government of the Republic of China which sat in its capital Peking ( Beijing) between 1912 and 1928. It was internationally ...

, government of the Republic of China based in Peking (present-day Beijing), 1912–1928 *** National Government of the Republic of China, the Kuomintang-led government of China based in Nanjing, 1928–1948 ** Regional political entities during ROC rule on mainland: *** Nationalist regimes **** Republic of China Military Government, stratocracy, 1917–1920; 1920–1921 **** Republic of China, the KMT-led government based in Guangzhou, 1921–1922 **** Republic of China, a military junta led by KMT, also based in Guangzhou, 1923–1925 ****

Wuhan Nationalist Government The Wuhan Nationalist government (), also known as the Wuhan government, Wuhan regime, or Hankow government, was a government dominated by the left-wing of the Nationalist or Kuomintang (KMT) Party of China that was based in Wuhan from 5 December ...

, Nationalist government led by Wang Jingwei rivalled to its Nanjing counterpart, 1926–1927 *** Communist regimes **** Soviet Zone, communist government in China, 1927–1937 ****

Chinese Soviet Republic The Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR) was an East Asian proto-state in China, proclaimed on 7 November 1931 by Chinese communist leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the early stages of the Chinese Civil War. The discontiguous territories of the ...

, communist government led by Mao Zedong, 1931–1937 ****

People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China The Fujian People's Government (or spelled as the Fukien People's Government) is the common name for the People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China (1933–1934) (), also known as the Fujian People's Government (), was a s ...

, communist government in Fujian, 1933–1934 ****

Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region Shaan–Gan–Ning or in postal romanization Shen–Kan–Ning () was a historical proto-state that was formed in 1937 by the Chinese Communist Party following the collapse of the Chinese Soviet Republic in agreement with the Kuomintang as a part ...

, Mao's communist government during the Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937–1946 **** Liberated Zone, communist government after Second Sino-Japanese War, 1946–1949 *** Japanese puppet states ****

East Hebei Autonomous Government The East Hebei Autonomous Government (), Japanese also known as the East Ji Autonomous Government and the East Hebei Autonomous Anti-Communist Government, was a short-lived late-1930s state in northern China. It has been described by historians ...

, puppet state of Japan, 1935–1938 **** Great Way Municipal Government of Shanghai, puppet state of Japan, 1937–1938 **** Provisional Government of the Republic of China, puppet state of Japan, 1937–1940 ****

Reformed Government of the Republic of China The Reformed Government of the Republic of China was a Chinese puppet state created by Japan that existed from 1938 to 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The regime had little authority or popular support, nor did it receive international ...

, puppet state of Japan, 1938–1940 ****

Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China The Wang Jingwei regime or the Wang Ching-wei regime is the common name of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China ( zh , t = 中華民國國民政府 , p = Zhōnghuá Mínguó Guómín Zhèngfǔ ), the government of the pup ...

, puppet state of Japan, 1940–1945

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