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Taiwan , officially ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include ___MASK84___ ( officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations , and the one with the largest economy . The ___MASK41___ of ___MASK84___ ( CPC ) is the founding and ruling political party of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ ( PRC ). The CPC is the sole governing party of ___MASK84___ , although it coexists alongside eight other legal parties that comprise the United Front ; these parties , however , hold no real power or independence from the CPC . It was founded in 1921 , chiefly by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao . The party grew quickly , and by 1949 the CPC had driven the nationalist Kuomintang ( KMT ) government from mainland ___MASK84___ after the ___MASK5___ , thus leading to the establishment of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ . The CPC is currently the world ' s second largest political party with a membership of 88 . 76 million as of 2016 ( while the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have remained the largest with a membership of 110 million as of the previous year , 2015 ). It also controls the world ' s largest armed force , the People ' s Liberation Army . The Battle of Dong - Yin (  ) was a naval conflict between forces of ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ Navy and the People ' s Liberation Army Navy around Dongyin island , Fukien Province , Republic of ___MASK84___ on May 1 , 1965 . Both sides subsequently claimed victory . ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ Navy ( ROCN ) is the maritime branch of the Republic of ___MASK84___ Armed Forces . The ROC Navy ' s primary mission is to defend ROC territories and the sea lanes that surround Taiwan against a blockade , attack , or possible invasion by the People ' s Liberation Army Navy of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ . Operations include maritime patrols in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters , as well as counter - strike and counter - invasion operations during wartime . ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ Marine Corps functions as a branch of the Navy . The Taiwan Strait , or Formosa Strait , is a wide strait separating the island of Taiwan ( of ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ ) from mainland ___MASK84___ ( People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ ). The strait is part of the South ___MASK84___ Sea and connects to the East ___MASK84___ Sea to the north . The narrowest part is wide . The ___MASK90___ People ' s Liberation Army ( PLA ) is the ___MASK1___ of the Communist Party of ___MASK84___ ( CPC ) and the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ . The PLA consists of five professional service branches : the Ground Force , Navy , Air Force , Rocket Force and the Strategic Support Force . ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ Marine Corps ( Chinese Marine Corps ) is the amphibious arm of the Republic of ___MASK84___ Navy responsible for amphibious combat , counter - landing and reinforcement of the main island of Taiwan , remote islands , defense of ROCN facilities , and also functions as a rapid reaction force and a strategic reserve . The People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ Navy ( PLAN ), also known as the PLA Navy , is the naval ___MASK86___ branch of the People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ , the armed ___MASK24___ of the Communist Party of ___MASK84___ and by default , the national armed force of the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ . The PLAN can trace its lineage to naval units fighting during the ___MASK5___ and was established in September 1950 . Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s the Soviet Union provided assistance to the PLAN in the form of naval advisers and export of equipment and technology . Until the late 1980s , the PLAN was largely a riverine and littoral force ( brown - water navy ). However , by the 1990s , following the fall of the Soviet Union and a shift towards a more forward - oriented foreign and security policy , the leaders of the Chinese military were freed from worrying over land border disputes , and instead turned their attention towards the seas . This led to the development of the People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ Navy into a green - water navy by 2009 . Before the 1990s the PLAN had traditionally played a subordinate role to the People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ Ground Force . The term brown - water ___MASK8___ refers in its broadest sense to any naval force capable of ___MASK10___ operations in fluvial or littoral environments , especially those carrying heavy sediment loads from soil runoff or flooding . It originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War , when it referred to Union forces patrolling the muddy Mississippi River , and has since been used to describe the small gunboats and patrol boats commonly used in rivers , along with the larger " mother ships " that supported them . These mother ships include converted World War II - ___MASK37___ LCMs and LSTs , among other vessels . ___MASK88___ of ___MASK84___ Armed Forces are the armed forces of the Republic of ___MASK84___ , encompassing the Army , Navy ( including the Republic of ___MASK84___ Marine Corps ), Air Force and Military Police Force . It is a military establishment , which accounted for 16 . 8 % of the central budget in the fiscal year of 2003 . Since 2002 , the military comes under the full civilian control of the Ministry of National Defense and oversight by the Legislative Yuan . It was the National Revolutionary Army before being renamed as the Republic of ___MASK84___ Armed Forces in 1947 due to the implementation of the Constitution of the Republic of ___MASK84___ ( ROC ). The ___MASK91___ , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR " ) was a socialist ___MASK92___ in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991 . A union of multiple subnational republics , its ___MASK60___ and economy were highly centralized . The ___MASK91___ was a one - party federation , governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital . The ___MASK5___ was a civil war in China fought between forces loyal to the Kuomintang ( KMT )- led government of the Republic of China , and forces loyal to the Communist Party of China ( CPC ). The war began in August 1927 , with Generalissimo Chiang Kai - shek ' s Northern Expedition , and essentially ended when major hostilities ceased in 1950 . It can generally be divided into two stages ; the first being from 1927 to 1937 , and the second being from 1946 to 1950 with the Second Sino - Japanese War separating them . The war was a major turning point in modern Chinese history , with the CPC gaining control of almost the entirety of Mainland China , establishing the People ' s Republic of China ( PRC ) to replace the KMT ' s Republic of China ( ROC ). It also caused a lasting political and military standoff between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait , with the ROC in Taiwan and the PRC in mainland China both officially claiming to be the legitimate government of all of China . ___MASK45___ - water navy is terminology created to describe a naval force that is designed to operate in its nation ' s littoral zones and has the competency to operate in the open oceans of its surrounding region . It is a relatively new term , and has been created to better distinguish , and add nuance , between two long - standing descriptors : blue - water navy and brown - water navy . The People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ Ground Force ( PLAGF ) is the land - based service branch of the People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ and it is the largest and oldest branch of the entire ___MASK90___ ___MASK1___ . The PLAGF can trace its lineage from 1927 , however it wasn ' t officially established until 1948 . As of 2016 , the PLAGF has a strength of 1 , 600 , 000 personnel making it the largest standing army in the world . In addition , the People ' s Liberation ___MASK11___ Ground Force has an estimated 510 , 000 strong reserve force . ___MASK84___ , officially the People ' s Republic of ___MASK84___ ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over 1 . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of ___MASK84___ , and its capital is Beijing . It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces , five autonomous regions , four direct - controlled municipalities ( Beijing , Tianjin , Shanghai , and Chongqing ), and two mostly self - governing special administrative regions ( Hong Kong and Macau ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . ___MASK84___ is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower .