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arihant current affairs magazine CHINATAIWAN Why in news? US Speakers visit to the island of Taiwan has led to rising tensions over the status of island that China claims as its own and could further strain USChina relations. Background of ChinaTaiwan conflict  Taiwan (earlier known as Formosa) is an island situated 100 miles from the coast of south east China separated by the Taiwan Strait.  arihant current affairs magazine monthly Taiwan first came under full Chinese control in the 17th Century when the Qing dynasty began administering it. Then in 1895 they gave up the island to Japan after losing the first Sino Japanese war.  China took the island again in 1945 after Japan lost World War Two arihant monthly current affairs magazine subscription