Editing Taiwan independence movement (section)

=== Support for independence ===
[[File:Parade of Taiwan independence.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Parade of Taiwan independence supporters]]
{{See also|Pro-Taiwanese sentiment}}
The first view considers the move for Taiwan independence as a [[Taiwanese nationalism|nationalist]] movement. Historically, this was the view of such pro-independence groups as the [[Tangwai movement]] (which later grew into the [[Democratic Progressive Party]]) who argued that the ROC under the [[Kuomintang]] had been a "foreign regime" forcibly imposed on Taiwan. Since the 1990s, supporters of Taiwan independence no longer actively make this argument. Instead, the argument has been that, in order to survive the growing power of the PRC, Taiwan must view itself as a separate and distinct entity from "China."  Such a change in view involves: 
* removing the name of "China" from official and unofficial items in Taiwan,
* changes in history books, which now portrays Taiwan as a central entity,
* promoting the use of [[Taiwanese Minnan|Hokkien Language]] in the government and in the education system, 
* reducing economic and cultural links with mainland China,
* opposing [[Chinese unification]] regardless of [[Democracy in China|mainland China being a democracy]] and
* promoting the general thinking that Taiwan is a separate entity. 

The goal of this movement is the eventual creation of a country where China is a ''foreign'' entity, and Taiwan is an internationally recognized ''country'' separate from any concept of "China." The proposed "Republic of Taiwan" will exclude areas such as Quemoy and Matsu off the coast of Fujian, and some of the islands in the South China Sea ([[Taiping Island]], [[Pratas Island]], [[Zhongzhou Reef]]), which historically were not part of Taiwan. Some supporters of Taiwan independence argue that the [[Treaty of San Francisco]] justifies Taiwan independence by not explicitly granting Taiwan to either the ROC or the PRC, even though neither the PRC nor the ROC government accepts such legal justification. It is also thought that if formal independence were declared, Taiwan's foreign policies would lean further towards [[Japan]] and the [[United States]], and the desirable option of [[United Nations Trusteeship Council]] is also considered.<ref>{{cite web
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| title = UN Trusteeship Council
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| quote = The UN Charter established the Trusteeship Council as one of the main organs of the United Nations, and assigned to it the task of supervising the administration of Trust Territories placed under the International Trusteeship System. The Trusteeship Council suspended its operations on 1 November 1994, a month after the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations trust territory.
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The [[Taiwan Independence Party]] won a single seat in the [[Legislative Yuan]] in the 1998 legislative election. The [[Taiwan Solidarity Union]] was formed in 2001, and is also supportive of independence. Though it gained more legislative support than TAIP in elections, the TSU's legislative representation has dropped over time. In 2018, political parties and organizations demanding a referendum on Taiwan's independence formed an alliance to further their objective. The [[Formosa Alliance]] was established on 7 April 2018, prompted by a sense of crisis in the face of growing pressure from China for unification. The alliance wanted to hold a referendum on Taiwan's independence in April 2019, and change the island's name from the "Republic of China" to "Taiwan," and apply for membership in the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Pro-independence-forces-in-Taiwan-align-to-push-referendum|title=Pro-independence forces in Taiwan align to push referendum|website=Nikkei Asian Review|access-date=6 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506173959/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Pro-independence-forces-in-Taiwan-align-to-push-referendum|archive-date=6 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2019, another party supportive of independence, the [[Taiwan Action Party Alliance]] was founded.