List of islands of Taiwan

At the adoption of Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China in the 1990s, these islands collectively form the "Free area of the Republic of China" or known alternatively as "Taiwan Area", which legally defines the territorial extent under the actual control of the ROC government.

[35] This makes these disputes multi-layered and therefore virtually impossible to solve by following the guidelines of international law.

They form the westernmost extremity of the "Ryukyu Islands", which Japan administers as Okinawa Prefecture.

The PRC claims Kinmen (Quemoy) as a county of the prefecture-level city Quanzhou, in Fujian Province.

Pratas Island is claimed as part of Chengqu in Shanwei (Swabue) Guangdong Province.