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Explainer-What is 'Taiwan independence' and is Taiwan already independent?

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Taiwan has been home to indigenous people for thousands of years , before the Dutch and Spanish briefly ruled parts of it in the 1600s .

The Qing dynasty incorporated Taiwan as part of Fujian province in 1684 and declared it a separate Chinese province in 1885 .

Taiwan 's government says the Republic of China is a sovereign state and that Beijing has no right to speak for or represent it.

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English

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