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Republic of China (1912–49)
The
Republic of China
was a state in
East Asia
from 1912 to 1949. It included the present-day territories of
China
,
Taiwan
and, for some of its history,
Mongolia
. As an era of Chinese history, the Republic of China was preceded by the last imperial dynasty of China, the
Qing dynasty
and its end was marked by the end of the
Chinese Civil War
, in which the losing
Kuomintang
retreated to the
Island of Taiwan
to found the modern
Republic of China
, while the victorious
Communist Party of China
founded the
People's Republic of China
on the
Mainland
.
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