There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China.
          The Government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal
          government of China. This is the fact recognized by the United
          Nations and over 160 countries, including the United States of
          America which established diplomatic relations with China 20 years
          ago.
         
          It was true that in 1912, Dr. Sun Yat-sen led a popular revolution
          that overthrew the corrupt Qing Dynasty and founded the Republic of
          China (not the so-called "Republic of China on Taiwan" ). What was
          also true is that in 1949, that Republic of China which had been
          ruled by a corrupt and despotic Kuomintang regime for 28 years was
          overthrown in another popular revolution. This is history, whether
          one likes it or not. Since then, China has been represented in the
          world by the People's Republic of China with its national government
          in Beijing, and the "Republic of China" has since become defunct.
         
          The lingering civil war which was imposed on the Chinese people in
          late 1940s and more importantly the intervention by foreign forces
          against the reunification of China led to a temporary state of
          separation between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits after the
          People's Republic of China was founded. But the status of Taiwan as
          part of China's territory has never changed, nor has the Government
          of the People's Republic China ever given up its jurisdiction over
          Taiwan.
         
         The Chinese Government does not object to other countries maintaining
          non-governmental economic and cultural relations with Taiwan. What
          we do oppose is to conduct official exchanges with the Taiwan
          authorities

          When China and the U.S. formally established diplomatic ties in
          1979, the communique had the following words: "The United States of
          America recognizes the Government of the People's Republic of China
          as the sole legal government of China. Within this context, the
          people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and
          other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan ... The
          Government of the United States of America acknowledges the Chinese
          position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China."