In respect to this, who is the current president of Taiwan?
Tsai Ing-wen
One may also ask, is Taiwan its own country? ?/??; simplified Chinese: ??; pinyin: Táiwān), officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. Neighbouring countries include the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
Regarding this, is Taiwan independent from China?
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, defining "China" as only including Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The position of the Republic of China has been that it is a de jure sovereign state.
Why Taiwan is called Republic of China?
The ROC at that time had Mainland China and all of what is now called Mongolia. After the Japanese were defeated by the Allies during World War II, Taiwan was controlled by the ROC. In 1949, the Chinese Communists fought a war against the Nationalists and won. They established the People's Republic of China.
