Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China

a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong

• island — a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

• Chinese — a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
• Taiwanese — a native or inhabitant of Taiwan

• Taipei, capital of Taiwan — the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
• Taichung — a city in Taiwan

• South China Sea — a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons