The ROC goes native In 1952, the scope of the Republic of China's effective territorial control became limited to Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. Lin believes that it was at that point that the ROC began to abandon the "perfect begonia leaf" of mainland China and undergo a process of "localization."
「本土化」的中華民國 1952 年以降，中華民國有效的統治範圍限於台、澎、金、馬，林滿紅認為，自那時起，中華民國就已脫離中國大陸那片「完整的秋海棠」，並逕自進行「在地化」的工程。