Timeline Of China–Taiwan Relations

Tensions between mainland China and Taiwan remain volatile, with significant geopolitical implications in the region and abroad. The Onion looks back at China's history with the contested island.

8,000 B.C.

Taiwan decides it needs a little space and disconnects from the Chinese mainland.

1662

Violent clash over who has to talk to the Dutch.

1887

The Qing dynasty cashes in five resource cards to upgrade Taiwan from a prefecture to a province.

1979

America wades into the conflict, ensuring it'll last way longer than it needs to.

2003

After Ang Lee's Hulk flops, Taiwan and China sign a historic agreement to jointly disavow any connection with the director.

2005

China launches a series of short-range ballistic fruit baskets off the coast of Taiwan in a sign of increasing goodwill.

2011

A sixth grader in Bismarck, North Dakota, mislabels Taiwan on a geography worksheet, leading to a brief diplomatic crisis.

2012

The U.N. officially recognizes Legoland Taiwan, provoking Chinese reprisals.

2026

Trump posts an AI image of himself as a Chinese man holding hands with himself as a Taiwanese man.

2027

Look, just enjoy these last few months of blissful ignorance, okay?

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