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
U.S. immigration policy toward the People's Republic of China United States broke diplomatic relations with the Republic of China with the Taiwan Relations Act and gave Taiwan a separate immigration quota of 20,000 from that of mainland China. This resulted in a massive surge of Chinese immigrants from mainland China due to the renewal of relations of mainland China and the United States. The reasoning behind the legislation was the need for the United States to "normalize" relations with the People's Republic of China or in other words establish some sort of diplomatic relations with Beijing while at the same time maintaining the economic and political ties with the