Taiwan added its name to Republic of China passport in 2003, tracing decades of identity shifts

A video analysis traces Taiwan's evolving national identity through the history of its passport, which for decades bore only the name "Republic of China" without mention of Taiwan itself. The source documents key historical inflection points: the Republic of China's removal from the United Nations, President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to Communist China, and the 2003 decision to add the word "Taiwan" to the passport. The analysis argues this single object reflects Taiwan's larger struggle to assert a distinct identity amid competing claims to the "real China."