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Taiwan Name Rectification Campaign ({{zh-tsp|t=臺灣正名運動) is a movement used to emphasize that Taiwan is already an independent sovereign nation, but the name Republic of China fails to represent the majority of the population. The goal is to normalize Taiwan's status as a sovereign nation and officially rectify the name to the Republic of Taiwan. 

Background
Over the past two centuries, Taiwan has been ruled by external powers such as the Qing Empire, the Japanese Empire, and the Republic of China. Its goals and political system, in particular, have been imposed by outside regimes, without any influence by the people of Taiwan, without any heed of their views and needs. For a very long time, outside powers dictated the way life was lived by Taiwanese.

The supporters of this movement state that the Republic of China no longer exists. Because when the Republic of China was established in 1912, it by no means encompassed Taiwan. Next, after World War II, the Republic of China was a military occupier of Taiwan, and Taiwan's actual status ought to be deemed a land belonging to no country, whose international status has yet to be defined--not as a part of the Republic of China's already-existing territory. Lastly, after 1949--when Chinese communists took the mainland territory of the Republic of China--the Republic of China in fact no longer possessed any territory, with only its name continuing to exist. Although the name "Republic of China" was hung on Taiwan, ever since the People's Republic of China supplanted the Republic of China in the United Nations in 1971, the Republic of China vanished from the international community. People should realize that the "Republic of China" is just an official name, not a nation.

Goal
Through democratization, Taiwan has finally established a native, Taiwan-rooted democratic regime. The intent to change the name of the nation is for people to gain a clearer understanding of their unique history, work together to set national goals, cooperate with government-reform initiatives and strive for the establishment of a normal country founded on a Taiwan-centric consciousness.