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Since Taiwan was occupied by Japan during that time, no, it wasn't. However, Taiwanese people were forced to live and work for supplying Japanese military needs. Young men were called to the battlefields in the Southern Pacific islands and never came back. After the Japanese surrendered, it gave up its sovereignty of Taiwan after 50 years of colonization(1895-1945). Some claim that Taiwan was "returned to China", however, the legality of this statement has been questioned. When the Chinese Civil War ensued, and the Nationalists were eventually defeated by the communists, General Chiang Kai Shek fled to Taiwan in 1947. He brought continued the Republic of China's government on the island. The plan was to regroup and attack/return to the mainland, but that never happened. Taiwan, ROC was an ally until 1979 when President Nixon switched US recognition from the ROC on Taiwan to the People's Rep. of China.

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