Editing Secession (section)

===China===
The [[People's Republic of China]] government claims control over [[Taiwan]] and describes the [[political status of Taiwan]] as an issue of secession, despite having never governed the territory. The [[Republic of China]] (Taiwan) government administers control over Taiwan and outlying islands but lacks widespread official international recognition. The ''[[Anti-Secession Law]],'' passed in 2005, formalized the long-standing policy of the People's Republic of China to use military means against [[Taiwan independence movement|Taiwan independence]] in the event peaceful means become otherwise impossible.

Western regions of [[Xinjiang]] ([[East Turkistan]]) and [[Tibet]] are the focus of secessionist calls by the [[Tibetan independence movement]] and [[East Turkestan Independence Movement]]. The [[East Turkistan Government in Exile]] does not view East Turkistan as a part of China but rather an occupied country, so it does not view independence from China as "secession" but rather "decolonization".

The [[Hong Kong|Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong]] has a secessionist movement in the city that the [[Chinese Communist Party]] has placed on the national security agenda in 2017 which is called the [[Hong Kong independence movement]].