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1954-1955
The First Taiwan Strait Crisis: Beijing launches artillery attacks on some Taiwan-controlled outlying islands off China’s southeastern coast. Taipei loses its control of some islands and moves remaining forces and residents to Taiwan.
1958
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: Beijing launches months-long artillery attacks on the Taiwan-controlled outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu, both close to mainland China. Taipei fights back with some US-supplied weapons.
1971
Taiwan loses UN seat held since 1946 as the Republic of China, to the People’s Republic of China.
1979
The United States endorses the “One China Policy” and switches diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing. 1979
The United States enacts the Taiwan Relations Act, which makes clear that the US decision to establish diplomatic ties with Beijing rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means.
1982
US President Ronald Reagan adopts Six Assurances to Taiwan, including a pledge not to alter the Taiwan Relations Act.
1996
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: Taiwan holds its first direct presidential vote. In reaction, Beijing launches missiles into waters near Taiwan; Washington dispatches aircraft carriers to the region.
2000
Chen Shui-bian is elected Taiwan president, marking the first time in power for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which supports Taiwanese sovereignty and formal independence.
2005
Beijing adopts an anti-secession bill in March that makes secession by Taiwan illegal.
2016
US President-elect Donald Trump breaks decades of US diplomatic precedent by speaking directly, by telephone, with President Tsai Ing-wen.
2017
Trump administration approves $1.4 billion worth of arms sales to Taiwan, prompting anger from Beijing.
2018
Trump signs legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, again infuriating China.
2018
The US State Department approves the sale to Taiwan of spare parts for F-16 fighter jets and other military aircraft worth up to $330 million, drawing a warning from China that it jeopardises cooperation between Beijing and Washington.
2022
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold a two-hour call.
August 2
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan in an unannounced visit despite China warnings.
(Reuters)