Taiwan-China key dates
1949: Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang (KMT) nationalists form their own government in Taiwan after Mao Zedong's communists take power in Beijing
- 1971: Taiwan loses its seat at the UN to China
- 1979: The US establishes diplomatic relations with China while at the same time committing itself to defending Taiwan
- 1993: First direct talks between the two sides take place in Singapore
- 2005: Beijing brings in a law that makes secession by Taiwan illegal, at the risk of military action
- 2008: High-level talks between the two sides resume after Ma Ying-jeou is elected president
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