TheTaiwanAffairsOfficeoftheStateCouncilandtheStateCouncilInformationOfficeofthePeople'sRepublicofChinapublishedawhitepapertitled"TheTaiwanQuestionandChina'sReunificationintheNewEra"onAugust10,2022.Thefirstpartthemedwith"TaiwanIsPartofChina-ThisIsanIndisputableFact"ofthewhitepapergivesanintroductiontoTaiwan’shistory,highlightinghistoricaldetailsthatevidenceChina’ssovereigntyoverTaiwan.Dividedintothreesections,thefollowingtimelinewillwalkyouthroughalloftherelevanthistoricaleventsanddocumentsincludedinthepaper.-FromancienthistorytotheendofChina’sfeudalismNewarcheologicaldiscoveriesandresearchfindingsregularlyattesttotheprofoundhistoricalandculturaltiesbetweenthetwosidesoftheTaiwanStraits.AlargenumberofhistoricalrecordsandannalsdocumentthedevelopmentofTaiwanbytheChinesepeopleinearlierperiods.ThefollowingtimelinepresentsthehistoryofTaiwanfromitsancienthistorytotheendofChina’sfeudalperiod.-FromJapan’sInvasiontoChina’sRetrievalsofTaiwanAfterJapanlaunchedawarofaggressionintoChinain1894,TaiwanandthePenghuIslandswerebrieflycededtoJapanbuteventuallyretrievedbyChinaaftertheWWII.ThispartofthetimelinefollowsthisparticularperiodinTaiwan’shistory.-FromtheFoundingofPeople’sRepublicofChinatoTodayOnOctober1,1949,thePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC)wasfounded,becomingthesuccessortotheRepublicofChina(1912-1949),andtheCentralPeople'sGovernmentbecametheonlylegitimategovernmentofthewholeofChina.ThenewgovernmentreplacedthepreviousKMTregimeinasituationwhereChina,asasubjectunderinternationallaw,didnotchangeandChina'ssovereigntyandinherentterritorydidnotchange.Asanaturalresult,thegovernmentofthePRCshouldenjoyandexerciseChina'sfullsovereignty,whichincludesitssovereigntyoverTaiwan.ThelastpartofthetimelineillustratesChinaandtheinternationalcommunity’seffortssince1949tocrushambiguitiesaboutTaiwan,whichhasalwaysbeenexploitedbyseparatistforcesaroundtheworldtoachievetheirulteriorpurposes.WeareoneChina,andTaiwanispartofChina.Thisisanindisputablefactsupportedbyhistoryandthelaw.Taiwanhasneverbeenastate;itsstatusaspartofChinaisunalterable.Anyattempttodistortthesefactsanddisputeordenytheone-Chinaprinciplewillendinfailure.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.