He also financed armed groups in mainland China, such as Muslim soldiers of the ROC Army left in Yunnan under Li Mi, to continue to fight.

He also promised not to change the ROC state symbols or declare formal independence as long as the People's Republic of China did not attack Taiwan.

However, the ROC does not actively pursue these claims in practice ; the remaining claims that the ROC are actively seeking are the Diaoyu Islands, whose sovereignty is also asserted by Japan and the PRC ; and the Spratly Islands in South China Sea, with multiple claimants.

Nouakchott's authorities declared that the government would likely seek international arbitration, which Woodside ( which operated for Hardman, BG Group, Premier, ROC Oil, Fusion, Petronas, Dana Petroleum, Energy Africa and the Hydrocarbons Mauritanian Society ) also contemplated.

In addition to these institutions, there is also an intermediate-level vocational school ( ROC Nijmegen ) and a number of secondary schools: Groenschool Nijmegen, Kandinsky College, Nijmeegse Scholengemeenschap Groenewoud ( NSG ), Citadel College, Stedelijke Scholengemeenschap Nijmegen ( SSGN ), Canisius College, St. Jorisschool, Lindenholt College, the Stedelijk Gymnasium ( formally the " Latijnse school ", founded in the 16th century ), the Karel de Grote College, Montessori College and the Dominicus College.

Soong May-ling or Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek or Madame Chiang (; March 5, 1898 – October 23, 2003 ) was a First Lady of the Republic of China ( ROC ), the wife of Generalissimo and President Chiang Kai-shek.

The Russian Orthodox Church ( ROC ;, Russkaya Pravoslavnaya Tserkov ’) headed by the Moscow Patriarchate (, Moskovskiy Patriarkhat ), also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christians who constitute an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Moscow, in communion with other Eastern Orthodox Churches.

The ROC should also not be confused with the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ( also known as the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, or ROCOR ), headquartered in New York.

ROC naval activity also caused severe hardship for mainland China fishermen.

It also provided amphibious assault ships to land supplies, as a sunken ROC naval vessel was blocking the harbor.

However, with the election of the Kuomintang ( KMT, " Chinese Nationalist Party ") back into executive power in 2008, the ROC government has changed its position back to that " mainland China is also part of the territory of the ROC.

The constitution also stipulated in Article I. 4, that " the territory of the ROC is the original territory governed by it ; unless authorized by the National Assembly, it cannot be altered.

In other words, if reunification supporters wanted to reunify Taiwan with mainland China in such a way that would effectively abolish the ROC or affect the ROC ’ s sovereignty, or if independence supporters wanted to abolish the ROC and establish a Republic of Taiwan, they would also need to amend or abolish the ROC constitution and redraft a new constitution.

Within Taiwan, there is a distinction between the positions of the Kuomintang ( KMT ): the Kuomintang also believes in the " One China Principle " and maintains its claim that under the ROC Constitution ( passed by the Kuomintang government in 1947 in Nanjing ) the ROC has sovereignty over most of China ( including by their interpretation both mainland China and Taiwan ) and, according to some interpretations of that constitution, Mongolia.

At the same session of the PRC Congress, a large increase in military spending was also passed, leading blue team members to interpret those measures as forcing the ROC to adhere to the One China Policy or else the PRC would attack.

The ROC and People's Republic of China ( PRC ) did not repeat the charter flights during the 2004 Chinese New Year, in part because the two sides could not agree on the terms for meetings to discuss how PRC carriers might also participate.

On January 10, 1947, Governor Chen Yi announced that the new ROC Constitution would not apply to Taiwan after it went into effect in mainland China on December 25, 1947 as Taiwan was still under military occupation and also that Taiwanese were politically naive and were not capable of self-governing.

It should also be noted that, because the ROC constitution is, at least nominally, the constitution of all China, the amendments avoided any specific reference to the Taiwan area and instead used the geographically neutral term " Free Area of the Republic of China " to refer to all areas under ROC control.

Its legacy of implementation is most apparent in the governmental organization of the Republic of China ( ROC ), which currently administers Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, and Matsu Islands.

* The Republic of China ( ROC ) government, which ruled mainland China from 1911 to 1949, administers Taiwan and a few surrounding islands, while the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) government administers mainland China.

The President of the Executive Yuan (), commonly known as the Premier of the Republic of China ( sometimes as Prime Minister ) (), is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China ( ROC ), which currently administers Taiwan, Matsu, and Kinmen.

As part of its current policy of ' status quo ', the ROC has not renounced claims over the territories currently controlled by the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and Tuvan Republic in Russia, Northern Burma and some Central Asian states bordering areas.

This movement is supported by the Pan-Green Coalition in Taiwan, but opposed by the Pan-Blue Coalition which seeks to retain the somewhat ambiguous status quo of the ROC under the 1992 consensus, or gradually reunify with mainland China at some point.

* ROC, a domain in some genes, standing for Ras Of Complex proteins

Many supporters of Taiwanese independence fear that unification would hurt the democratic progress in the ROC ; and some contend that Taiwan is not part of China.

The Republic of China ( ROC ), commonly known as Taiwan, currently governs the Taiwan Area, consisting of the four main archipelagos of Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, Matsu and some minor islands.

Since 1949, the ROC government has made some changes in the area under its control.

To date, the PRC exercises sovereignty over mainland China, while the ROC exercises sovereignty over Taiwan and some minor islands, with each officially claiming to be the sole legitimate government for both mainland China and Taiwan.

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China ( ROC ), commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games, Asian Para Games and FIFA World Cup.

In diplomatic circles, Beijing was on the rise and the ROC found that in order to participate in some international forums it would have to make difficult concessions towards the PRC.

The ROC leadership insisted that there be some kind of “ Chinese-ness ” to the name under which the island's team competed.

Some wines from Kinmen are labeled “ made in Kinmen ,” just as some perfume is labeled “ made in Paris ” and not “ made in France .” Finally, it was argued that the people of the ROC were Chinese and not “ Taiwanese ,” so the word Taiwan was not appropriate.

The PRC has successfully pressured some religious organizations and civic organizations to refer to the ROC as " Chinese Taipei ".

However, some observers believed that the PRC cared less about who became the President of the ROC, than that this person establish economic linkages which Beijing believes would bind Taiwan irrevocably to the Mainland.

He would eventually become one of the founders of the ROC four big families, along with some of the most well-known families of the era.

He caused some minor controversy when he used the designation " Taiwan, ROC " on an official visit to Honduras.

Chinese Taipei ( 中華台北隊 ) is the designated name used by the Republic of China ( ROC ), commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Para Games and FIFA World Cup.

Historically most of the stations have opposed, in some manner, the political establishment represented by the Chinese Nationalist Party ( Kuomintang ) and the Republic of China ( ROC ) framework, in favour of the then opposition movement broadly consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) and allied social movements.

Under a secret effort known as Operation Black Magic, the US Navy modified some ROC air force F-86 Sabres with its newly introduced AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile to provide an edge against more advanced PRC MiG fighters, which had an advantage over the Sabre.

The system in the ROC produces pupils with some of the highest test scores in the world, especially in mathematics and science.

Since the ROC government moved to Taiwan and especially in the years since the end of martial law the KMT flag has lost some of its prominence.

In Taiwan ( ROC ), unlike the United States, private universities are typically not as prestigious as some public ( national ) universities.