ROC Independence

Republic of China independence, abbreviated in Chinese as ''Huadu'' () is a stance on the status of Taiwan that posits Taiwan and its outlying islands are presently an independent state (i.e. a distinct sovereign state from the People's Republic of China) under the name "Republic of China"''. Huadu'' supporters reject the One China principle, instead positing that:
# There is a Taiwanese state whose formal name is the Republic of China for historical reasons, and/or;
# There are ''de facto'' two Chinese states which coexist as part of a unitary nation with both having the name "China" and ''de jure'' claiming sovereignty over all of China.

The Taiwanese nationalist movement is largely divided into ''Huadu'', which favors retaining "China" as part of the Taiwanese state's formal name to maintain legal ambiguity over the political status of Taiwan; and ''Taidu'' (), a syllabic abbreviation of "Taiwan independence" () that proposes a more radical departure from the ''status quo'' by making a formal declaration of independence to create a ''de jure'' "Republic of Taiwan". ''Huadu'' politics is generally favored by the moderate pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) while more radical groups such as the Taiwan Statebuilding Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union favor a declaration of independence.
DPP politicians such as Lai Ching-te hold that Taiwan is already independent as the Republic of China. DPP ''huadu'' supporters tend to see ''huadu'' politics as a pragmatic way to assert Taiwan's independence without unnecessarily aggravating the PRC government.

In addition to independence activists, some politicians in the Kuomintang (KMT) party also support ''Huadu''. They generally oppose "one country, two systems" as well as further steps toward ''de jure'' independence. 'Light blue' former KMT Chair Johnny Chiang insisted on the abolition of the 1992 Consensus which was based on "one China".

See also

* Anti-communism in China
** Anti-People's Republic of China
* Pro-Republic of China
* Four-Stage Theory of the Republic of China
* Status quo
* Taiwan independence movement#Support for status quo
* Taiwanese Localism Front
* Taiwanization
* Third Society Party
* Two Chinas

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References

Politics of Taiwan
Republic of China
Anti-communism in Taiwan
Ideology of the Democratic Progressive Party
Cross-strait relations
Taiwanese nationalism

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