Unlike the PRC, rugby union has an unbroken history in Taiwan, but the Chinese Civil War and souring of relations with the mainland has meant it was effectively cut off.

[3] Not unlike South Korea, Taiwanese rugby has grown with the local economy, and has been tied up with corporate interests.

[3] Growing economic links with Japan, a major rugby playing nation, have helped the game in Taiwan from the 1960s to the present.

[3] Taiwan is considered to be the fourth rugby nation of East Asia, after Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong respectively, although developments in the PRC and Malaysia may change that position.

[3] Because of political issues, with some commentators trying to work out how the entry of the PRC into international rugby would affect Taiwan's position.