Political status of Taiwan across the Taiwan strait is only temporary and a reunified China including both mainland China and Taiwan will be the result. The position of the Republic of China had been that it was a "de jure" sovereign state. "Republic of China," according to the ROC government's definition, extended to both mainland China (Including Hong Kong and Macau) and the island of Taiwan. In 1991, President Lee Teng-hui unofficially claimed that the government would no longer challenge the rule of the Communists in mainland China, the ROC government under Kuomintang (KMT) rule actively maintained that it was the sole legitimate government
Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China the PRC claims Taiwan to be its rightful territory, it recognises that Taiwan is outside its actual territory and does not maintain a shadow government or government-in-exile of Taiwan Province. However, its parliament includes legislators to represent Taiwan, most of whom are mainland people of Taiwanese descent. However, one member of the National CPC's Congress (Lu Li'an) was born and grew up in Taiwan (in response the Taiwanese government revoked her citizenship). In deference to the PRC's claim, the United Nations for official purposes calls the Taiwan Area "Taiwan, Province of China". The People's Republic of China was founded in