[1] The party's founding chair, Xie Xuehong, was the leader of a communist armed resistance movement against the Nationalists in central Taiwan after the February 28 incident.

[2] The February 28 incident and the subsequent crackdown caused large portions of the Taiwanese diaspora, such as those in Japan, to sympathize with the Chinese Communists.

[3] The party quickly established branches in Japan where they worked to oppose the Taiwan independence activist Thomas Liao's calls for a United Nations plebiscite on the status of Taiwan.

[7] According to its constitution, the TDSL is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.

[10] The highest body of the TDSL officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years.