How Does the San Francisco Peace Treaty Affect Taiwan?

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The San Francisco Peace Treaty required Japan to give up its colonies of Taiwan and Penghu, then known as Formosa and the Pescadores. The treaty was signed in 1951 by 48 countries, but the Republic of China – Taiwan's official name -- and the People’s Republic of China were noticeably absent.   So how does the San Francisco Peace Treaty affect Taiwan and its status today?   Reporters: Eric Tsai  Video Editor: Alison Nguyen   #TaiwanPlusNews #Taiwan #China #Japan

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00:00China's foreign minister Wang Yi laid out seven pieces of evidence that, in his words,

00:05lock in China's territorial claim to Taiwan.

00:08But Taiwan's foreign ministry disagrees.

00:19What is the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and how does it affect Taiwan?

00:23The bilateral agreement ended the Japanese empire and the allied occupation of it

00:27after Japan surrendered in World War II.

00:3048 nations signed the peace treaty on September 8th, 1951.

00:35But two parties were noticeably absent, the Republic of China, Taiwan's official name, and the People's Republic of China.

00:42The peace treaty reads, Japan renounces all right, title, and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores, referring to Taiwan and the Popo Islands.

00:52So Japan gave up Taiwan, which at the time of the war was a part of the Japanese empire,

00:57but it never specified as to whom they gave it up to.

01:00Two documents Wang Yi also listed were the Potsdam Proclamation and the Cairo Declaration.

01:05But as one expert notes, these weren't formal international conventions, so they weren't legally binding.

01:11And these two declarations are just a communique.

01:15They are not an international convention.

01:18But the one document that is missing from Wang's statement is the San Francisco Peace Treaty,

01:23because China claims it to be invalid and illegal.

01:27Taiwan's foreign ministry reiterated that the peace treaty replaces Potsdam and Cairo,

01:32in Cairo, because it is, after all, a legal document and not a political declaration.

01:37旧金山合約並沒有將台灣交給中華人民共和國。

01:42而中華人民共和國也從未統治過台灣。

01:45與哦派 примkę不 especialmente來QUE之洲श迅老真理辣.

01:47震覧伍代祝駍

01:49成功於這 rever워요!

01:51市民寺 complex黨案。

01:52раб原本ков無綴打法文綴的中央話也是安全性,

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