The International Legal Status of Formosa1
@article{Phillips1957TheIL, title={The International Legal Status of Formosa1}, author={Claude Sir Phillips}, journal={Political Research Quarterly}, year={1957}, volume={10}, pages={276 - 289} }
UMEROUS statements, official and unofficial, have been made in the past ten years purporting to describe the legal status of Formosa. It has been charged that Chaing Kai-shek has no claim to the island because he is "merely a fugitive quartering his army" there and besides, his is a government-in-exile.2 A reputable journalist maintains that "Chiang is juridically sovereign where he does not rule and he is not sovereign where he does." 3 Another famous journalist asks the question: "How many…