With the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949, China was divided yet again, into the PRC on the mainland and the ROC on Taiwan and several outlying islands of Fujian , with two governments each regarding itself as the one true Chinese government and denouncing the other as illegitimate. This remained true until the early 1990s, when political changes on Taiwan led the ROC to formally accept that they would never reoccupy China again. Since then, they have been pushing actively to gain recognition by the world community as a legitimate and independent state, which the People’s Republic of China vehemently opposes and insists the world not deviate from their One-China Policy. Many Taiwanese regard Taiwan as historically being a part of China.