Formosa is a small island located between the South China Sea and the East China Sea, but its population density (about 23 million people) is very high and its economy is flourishing, although it has shown some signs of slowing down in recent years. We are facing the only disputed territory in the world that has full sovereignty within its borders: Beijing in fact considers it a Chinese province and forces any nation that wants to establish or maintain diplomatic relations with China not to recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan, nor have official diplomatic relations with it. Why? Let's talk about it in detail.


Sources used for this video:
- M. A. Rubinstein, "Taiwan. A New History", 1998
- J. Tischer, "The Changing Place of History in Taiwan, The Changing Place of Taiwan in History", Term Paper History and Antropology, 2017;
- G. M. Davison, "A Short History of Taiwan: The Case for independence", 2003;
- “The Horizons of Taiwan", Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), 2016