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==== Rise of Tangwai and Taiwanese nationalism ==== From the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1950 until the mid-1970s the concept of unification was not the main subject of discourse between the governments of the PRC and the ROC. The Kuomintang believed that they would, probably with American help, one day retake mainland China, while Mao Zedong's communist regime would collapse in a popular uprising and the Kuomintang forces would be welcomed.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The United States and the Republic of China, 1949β1978: Suspicious Allies|last=Goldstein|first=Steven|publisher=Asia/Pacific Research Center|year=2000|isbn=9780965393591|pages=16β20}}</ref> By the 1970s, the Kuomintang's authoritarian military dictatorship in Taiwan, led by the [[Chiang family]] was becoming increasingly untenable due to the popularity of the [[Tangwai movement]] and Taiwanese nationalism. In 1970, then-Vice Premier, [[Chiang Ching-kuo]] survived an [[Cheng Tzu-tsai#1970 assassination attempt|assassination attempt]] in [[New York City]] by [[Cheng Tzu-tsai]] and [[Peter Huang]], both members of the [[World United Formosans for Independence]]. In 1976, [[Wang Sing-nan]] sent a [[mail bomb]] to then-[[Governor of Taiwan Province]] [[Hsieh Tung-min]], who suffered serious injuries to both hands as a result.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?recordid=99169|title=TaiwanHeadlines β Home β Mail bomb explodes in Taipei office|date=29 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929083600/http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?recordid=99169|archive-date=29 September 2007|url-status=bot: unknown|access-date=31 October 2017}}</ref> The Kuomintang's heavy-handed oppression in the [[Kaohsiung Incident]], alleged involvement in the [[Lin family massacre]] and the murders of [[Chen Wen-chen]] and [[Henry Liu]], and the self-immolation of [[Cheng Nan-jung]] galvanized the Taiwanese community into political actions and eventually led to majority rule and democracy in Taiwan. The concept of unification replaced the concept of liberation by the PRC in 1979 as it embarked, after Mao's death, on [[Chinese economic reform|economic reform]]s and pursued a more pragmatic foreign policy. In Taiwan, the possibility of the ROC retaking mainland China became increasingly remote in the 1970s, particularly after the [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758|ROC's expulsion from the United Nations]] in 1971, the establishment of diplomatic relations between the PRC and United States in 1979, and Chiang Kai-shek's death in 1975.<ref name=":0" />
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