Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣 or 台灣; pinyin: Táiwān, also known, especially in the past, as Formosa (from Portuguese: Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Island"), is an island or island group in the western Pacific Ocean located off the southeast coast of mainland China. The main island has constituted over 99% of the territory controlled by the Republic of China (ROC) after its defeat during the Chinese Civil War in 1950, and the country is now commonly known as "Taiwan".
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