The ROC is the successor state to the Qing Dynasty. It acquired Taiwan when the Japanese surrendered it at the end of WW2. The PRC is the result of the civil

The ROC is the successor state to the Qing Dynasty. It acquired Taiwan when the Japanese surrendered it at the end of WW2. The PRC is the result of the civil war. The ROC never stopped existing nor did it start to exist as the result of the civil war.