What is the issue of China and Taiwan? The issue between China and Taiwan is basically a geopolitical dispute, where China considers Taiwan as one of its provinces, while Taiwan considers itself an independent and sovereign nation. There is a lot of tension between the two on this issue. Taiwan is a self-governing island on which China claims its rights. Taiwan says that its army is capable of giving a befitting reply to any nefarious act. As per a Reuters report, Taiwan separated from China in 1949. Taiwan's then-President Chiang Ching-kuo rejected Beijing's olive branch in 1979 and later that year came up with the "three-no policy": no contact, no compromise, and no negotiation with China. According to an analysis done by The Washington Post, more than 70 percent of Taiwanese believe that Taiwan is already an independent country. They do not want unification with China. TAIWAN DESCRIBES ITSELF AS A DEMOCRACY WITH A FREE MEDIA Taiwan calls itself an ind...