In 1949 the communists took over mainland China, founding the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at which point the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) opposition leader Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan with about 2 million Chinese people. He re-established the KMT political party, claiming to still be the legitimate government of all of China with plans to retake the mainland. From 1949 onwards two China’s existed, Read more