--- title: Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Taiwan, China and the word «tensions»», a lesson of the politics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: «Tensions» means a situation is tight and worried, like a rubber band pulled hard but not snapped. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/) / Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» # Taiwan, China and the word «tensions» Lesson 29 of the politics course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/0/) — «Tensions» means a situation is tight and worried, like a rubber band pulled hard but not snapped. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/1/) — There is no war between China and Taiwan; there are warnings, angry words and shows of strength. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/2/) — After a civil war in 1949, the Communist Party set up the People's Republic of China on the mainland, and the losing government moved to the island of Taiwan, keeping the old name, the Republic of China. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/3/) — Taiwan later became a democracy. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/4/) — Today Taiwan's 23 million people elect their own president and have their own army, money and passports. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/5/) — China's government says Taiwan is part of China and must one day be joined, and has not ruled out force; polls show most people in Taiwan want to keep things as they are. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/6/) — Two kids holding two different maps can both be holding real maps: one shows who actually runs Taiwan, the other what China and some others officially say. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/7/) — Neither tells the whole story alone. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/9/) — «Tensions» means a tight, worried situation where a fight could happen; there is no war between China and Taiwan. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/10/) — Taiwan is an island of about 23 million people with its own elected president, army, money and passports. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/11/) — China, officially the People's Republic of China, says Taiwan is part of China and must one day be joined, and has not ruled out using force. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/12/) — Only about a dozen countries officially recognise Taiwan as a country, though many more trade and talk with it unofficially. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/13/) — In 1949, after a civil war, the Communist Party set up the People's Republic of China on the mainland, and the losing side moved to Taiwan, keeping the name Republic of China. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/14/) — News reports said China's army held large exercises around Taiwan several times, including in 2022, 2024 and 2025; China called them a warning against Taiwan breaking away, and Taiwan called them threatening. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/15/) — The US does not officially recognise Taiwan as a country, but a US law says it will help Taiwan defend itself and it sells Taiwan weapons; for years it has not said clearly whether it would fight for Taiwan. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/17/) — At the Olympics Taiwan's teams compete as «Chinese Taipei» with a special flag, a compromise that lets its athletes take part. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/18/) — Polls in Taiwan have shown most people want to keep things as they are, neither declaring full independence nor joining China. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/19/) — Maps of disputed places are drawn differently depending on who makes them, and some companies change their maps for different countries. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/20/) — China and Taiwan trade a lot with each other, and diplomats work every day to keep the peace. - ← previous: [The wars the news shows less: Sudan and others](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/28-the-wars-the-news-shows-less-sudan-and-others/) - next →: [Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the world helps and pushes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/) - ↑ back to [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/)