The separation of the two parts, namely, mainland
China and Taiwan could be traced back to the civil war
between the CCP and the Kuomintang (KMT) since the
1920s
•There were two alliances between the two. In the end,
the KMT was defeated in 1949 and had to establish its
rule in island Taiwan
•With the backing of the US during the cold war, the
KMT government managed to represent China in the
international community