Citations:Republic of China

English citations of Republic of China

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• 1943 December 24, Franklin Roosevelt, 9:20 from the start, in Fireside Chat 27: On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences‎^[1], Miller Center:

  I met in the Generalissimo a man of great vision, great courage, and a remarkably keen understanding of the problems of today and tomorrow. We discussed all the manifold military plans for striking at Japan with decisive force from many directions, and I believe I can say that he returned to Chungking with the positive assurance of total victory over our common enemy. Today we and the Republic of China are closer together than ever before in deep friendship and in unity of purpose.

• 1963, W. Averell Harriman, “Introduction”, in China (LIFE World Library)‎^[2], New York: Time Incorporated, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:

  We enjoy cordial and rewarding relations with the Government of the Republic of China now on Taiwan, which we recognize as the legitimate Government of China.

• 1965 May 4, Kai-shek Chiang, “Foreword to the Abridged Edition”, in Madame Chiang Kai-shek, transl., Soviet Russia in China: A Summing-up at Seventy, Shihlin, Taipei: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page viii:

  As for us, free Chinese in the Republic of China, in spite of the changing world situation, we have never faltered in our resolve to liberate the mainland and restore freedom to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who still suffer under Communist oppression.

• 1971 [1964 January 18], Lyndon Johnson, “Letter to Chairman Khrushchev”, in The Vantage Point‎^[3], Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 602:

  This Nation, which has fundamental commitments to the Republic of China, has for many years sought the renunciation of force in the Taiwan Strait.

• 1982 January 17, “U.S., ROC and Red China”, in Free China Weekly‎^[4], volume XXII, number 3, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:

  From now on, we must work harder to prove two points:[...]Second, that the Chinese Communists are not to be trusted and that sooner or later, in one way or another, they are going to attempt to destroy the Republic of China and seize Taiwan.

• 2005, Jesse Helms, “Jimmy Carter”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir‎^[5], New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 106–107:

  Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States’ support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.

• 2022 March 24, Sarah Wu, “Ukraine war reverberates on Taiwan's 'frontline of democracy'”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters‎^[6], archived from the original on 10 May 2022, 公司新闻(英文):

  Held by Taiwan since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei in 1949 after losing the Chinese civil war, Matsu would probably be an immediate target for Beijing in a conflict, especially Dongyin’s missile base.

• 2022 July 28, Matt Yu, Joseph Yeh, “Chinese drone detected near Taiwan-held island close to China: Army”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[7], archived from the original on 28 July 2022, Cross-Strait:

  A Chinese drone was detected on two occasions flying close to an island held by the Republic of China (Taiwan's offical^{[sic – meaning official]} name) near the Chinese coast earlier Thursday, before being warned away by soldiers using flares, Taiwan's military said Thursday.