Editing Isolationism (section)

===China===
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{{See also|One China|Political status of Taiwan}}
After [[Ming treasure voyages|Zheng He's voyages]] in the 15th century, the foreign policy of the [[Ming dynasty]] in [[China]] became increasingly isolationist. The [[Hongwu Emperor]] was not the first to propose the policy to ban all maritime shipping in 1390.<ref>Vo Glahn, Richard. [1996] (1996). Pit of Money: money and monetary policy in China, c. 1000–1700. University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-20408-9}}</ref> The [[Qing dynasty]] that came after the Ming dynasty often continued the Ming dynasty's isolationist policies. [[Wokou]], which literally translates to "Japanese pirates" or "dwarf pirates", were pirates who raided the coastlines of China, Japan, and Korea, and were one of the key primary concerns, although the maritime ban was not without some control.

In the winter of 1757, the [[Qianlong Emperor]] declared that—effective the next year—[[Guangzhou]] was to be the only Chinese port permitted to foreign traders, beginning the [[Canton System]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLBgaa8d4aMC |title=Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market |editor=A. John H. Latham |editor2=Heita Kawakatsu |display-editors=0 |series=Studies in the Modern History of Asia |publisher=Routledge |location=Abingdon |date=2006 |contribution=China's Overseas Trade Policy and Its Historical Results: 1522–1840 |page=10 |last=Shi |first=Zhihong |isbn=978-1-134-19408-7 |author-mask=Shi Zhihong }}</ref>

Since the division of the territory following the [[Chinese Civil War]] in 1949, China is divided into two regimes with the [[China|People's Republic of China]] solidified control on [[mainland China]] while the existing [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] was confined to the [[island of Taiwan]] as both governments lay claim to each other's sovereignty. While the PRC is recognized by the [[United Nations]], [[European Union]], and the majority of the world's states, the ROC remains diplomatically isolated although 15 states recognize it as "China" with some countries maintaining unofficial diplomatic relations through [[Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office|trade offices]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/08/taiwans-growing-diplomatic-isolation/|title=Taiwan's Growing Diplomatic Isolation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/09/12/0000102595|title = Taiwan and the United Nations - Withdrawal in 1971 was an historic turning point |website=Taipei Times|date = 12 September 2001 |first1= Monique |last1=Chu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324045720/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/local/archives/2001/09/12/0000102595 |archive-date= Mar 24, 2024 }}</ref>