The Five-sided Relationship between Japan - Taiwan - PRC - ROC - USA can be more fully understood by reading through the following essays, all of which appear on the www.civil-taiwan.org website.

US Supreme Court decisions


Timeline of Events Leading Up to the Formation of the TCG


Military Jurisdiction under the US Constitution


The San Francisco Peace Treaty and Taiwan


Six Mistakes                     Treaties in Force


The Ryukyu Island Group and Taiwan


Territorial Cession Provisions                 Memoranda 1961 & 1971


Taiwan's Identity Crisis and the Customary Laws of Warfare


The Laws of War and Taiwan                   ROC Government in Exile


Notable Historical Events in Taiwan             Sheng v. Rogers (1959)


Proxy Occupation                   Taiwan is not Chinese territory