Political status of Taiwan the mainland. The position of most supporters of Taiwan independence is that the PRC is the government of China and that Taiwan is not part of China. Regarding the ROC, some supporters of Taiwan independence claim that the ROC is an independent, sovereign state, and seek to amend the ROC's existing name and constitution and make both something new that suit for an independent Taiwan state. While some other supporters of Taiwan independence regard the ROC as both a military government which has been administering the Taiwan island as a result of post-war military occupation on behalf of the allies
Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China of Taiwanese Aborigines adopted by the ROC. Instead, the PRC government classifies all Taiwanese Aboriginese as "Gaoshan" people, one of the 56 recognized ethnicities of China. In July 2017, Taiwanese crew members of the Malaysian airline AirAsia X were required to change their nationality from Taiwan (TWN) to China (CHN) for any flight flying to and from Mainland China. In 2017 Xinhua News Agency issued guidelines abolishing the term Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China. Although Taiwan is a traditional province of China, considering the circumenstances, Taiwan Area is used instead. This apparently does not include Kinmen and Matsu, which