Taiwan: Country map

On Monday I got four postcards: one from Taiwan, two from China and one from Hong Kong. 

The postcard from Taiwan is a country map card of Taiwan. Taiwan (official: Republic of China) is a country in Asia which is because of the One-China policy of the People’s Republic of China not recognised by many countries. One country that recognises  Taiwan is the Vatican, when I visited Rome this year I saw the embassy of Taiwan in the Via della Conciliazione. The capital of Taiwan is Taipei. The Republic of China was founded in 1912 after the Fall of China’s last emperor Puyi. Taiwan was until 1945 a Japanese colony. After the victory of the Communist Party of China in the Chinese Civil War the government of the Republic fled to Taiwan. The postcard was issued by the Taiwan Railway Company and shows the railway route on Taiwan.

Stamp:
Penguin (issued 25-03-2006)

Thank You very much Wanyao!