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Country
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Seeking "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", 13 colonies declare independence from Great Britain
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United States
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Clovis unites the Frankish tribes under a single king
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France
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The "First Fleet" arrives at Botany Bay carrying about 1,000 convicts
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Australia
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Emperor Jimmu, descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu, conquers the main island before eventually dying at age 126
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Japan
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The Medes overthrow the Neo-Assyrian empire, uniting the plateau under their leadership
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Iran
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Ingólfr Arnarson arrives on the island in 874 A.D.
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Iceland
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Freed slaves and free-born blacks from the United States establish a democracy in Africa
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Liberia
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Separatists declare independence from Colombia after Colombia refuses to ratify a canal-building treaty with the U.S.
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Panama
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Qin Shi Huang conquers the warring states to establish the first imperial dynasty
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China
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Menes unites the upper and lower parts of the river, founding the First Dynasty around 3000 B.C.
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Egypt
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Saint Marinus founds a monestary on Monte Titano in AD 301
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San Marino
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Two kingdoms are united by the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
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Spain
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In the year 1307, three men take an oath to unite the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden
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Switzerland
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Patrice Lumumba leads the country to independence from Belgium in 1960
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D. R. Congo
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Dom Pedro declares independence, separating the country from his father's empire
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Brazil
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The national government flees to an island, establishing a "temporary capital" in 1949
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Taiwan
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The UK, Russia, and France force the Ottoman Empire to relinquish control of this Christian nation in 1832
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Greece
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Kinh Dương Vương founds the country in 2879 B.C., reigning for over 100 years before dying at age 260
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Vietnam
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So the Republic of China's origin story is the story here refered to China. Communist China's origin story is the revolution. Do not call Communist China true China since it rejected it past and replaced it with a little commie book.
Neither the government of PRC or ROC has any political or ideological continuity with the dynastic governments of premodern China. Therefore, one with the territorial control and the lion's share of the popular support among Chinese people gets to claim the history, and Taiwan doesn't win on either of those counts.