How did China come to be divided into China and Taiwan? What was, ...

[frankwu]

How did China come to be divided into China and Taiwan? What was, and currently is, the state of relations between these two countries?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following best defines the relationship between minerals and rocks?
 
  A) A rock has an orderly, repetitive, geometrical, internal arrangement of minerals; a mineral is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of rocks.
  B) A mineral consists of atoms arranged in a geometrically repetitive structure; in a rock, the atoms are randomly bonded without any geometric pattern.
  C) In a mineral, atoms are bonded in a regular, repetitive, internal structure; a rock is a lithified or consolidated aggregate of mineral grains.
  D) A rock consists of atoms bonded in a regular, geometrically predictable arrangement; a mineral is a consolidated aggregate of rock particles.

[jasonq]

Answer to Question 1

At the end of the 1800s, as the dynastic system weakened, China fell under the control of the United Kingdom. In the early 1900s, control by the UK diminished because of the effects of World Wars One and Two on Europe, including the UK. Eager to push out these outsiders, two separate visions of autonomy and self-determination developed. Communists, led by Mao Tse Tung, battled nationalists who were led by Chiang Kai Shek. This provided an opportunity for Japan to expand into China preceding and during World War Two. At the end of World War Two, the battle for China began again. In the end, Mao's communists won, forcing the nationalists to the island of Taiwan. Today, the countries are functionally separate, but China still maintains that Taiwan is part of the same country. China remains a communist dictatorship, although it is slowly opening up. Taiwan is a capitalist democracy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C

[frankwu]

Excellent

[tranoy]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it