1. (

• Taiwan ,
• China ,
• Nationalist_China ,
• Republic_of_China

) a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong ;

2. (

• Taiwan ,
• Formosa

) an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea ;