From that point, Taiwan's international space began to shrink. In 1971, the ROC was forced out of the United Nations. The following year Japan broke relations with the ROC, and the US did likewise on January 1, 1979.
自此，台灣的國際地位受到空前壓縮：民國六十年，中華民國退出聯合國；次年，中日斷交；六十八年元旦，中美斷交……。