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            This news outlet examines past ties between the independent island and its much larger neighbour as tensions between China and the United States soar amid rumours that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may visit Taiwan.   Separation : In October 1949, Mao Zedong's communists seized control of Beijing following their civil war victory over Chiang Kai-Kuomintang shek's (KMT) nationalists. In December, the KMT leaves China for the island of Taiwan, where they establish their own government in Taipei.   The United States, which is at war in Korea with communist China, gains Taiwan as an ally in 1950. To defend its partner from any invasion, the US has stationed a fleet in the Taiwan Strait.   Beijing receives UN and US approval Beijing assumes control of China's seat at the UN in October 1971, replacing Taipei. The United States officially severes ties with Taiwan in 1979 and replaces them with diplomatic ties to Beijing.   Washington declares its suppor