PRC
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Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China (PRC) claims Taiwan Province (simplified Chinese: 台湾省; traditional Chinese: 臺灣省 or 台灣省; pinyin: Táiwān shěng) to be part of China, and therefore part of its territory under its constitution. The PRC has never gained control of Taiwan: the Taiwan Area, including all of Taiwan Province, is currently administered by the government of the Republic of China (ROC). Because the PRC holds the view that it has succeeded the ROC entirely since 1 October 1949, it regards all boundary changes to Taiwan Province made by the ROC after that date (mainly the carving out of several cities as municipalities directly-administered by the ROC government) to be illegitimate. As a result, maps published by the PRC (and other sources that adopt the PRC's views) show Taiwan Province in accordance with its pre-1949 boundaries, with (for example) Taipei shown as the capital of Taiwan Province, rather than a directly-administered municipality. While the PRC claims Taiwan Province to be its rightful territory, it recognises that Taiwan Province is outside its actual territory and does not maintain a shadow government or government-in-exile of Taiwan Province. However, its congress includes legislators to represent Taiwan, who are elected by a Taiwanese community residing in mainland China (Most of them were born in mainland China). In deference to the PRC's claim, the United Nations for official purposes calls the Taiwan Area "Taiwan, Province of China".