:Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

The party was founded in the then-British colony of Hong Kong on 12 November 1947, by members of the Taiwanese Communist Party who survived the February 28 incident.{{cite book |author=John Makeham |title=Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan |date=August 19, 2005 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan}} The party's founding chair, Xie Xuehong, was the leader of a communist armed resistance movement against the Nationalists in central Taiwan after the February 28 incident.{{cite book |last1=Steven E. Phillips |title=Between Assimilation and Independence The Taiwanese Encounter Nationalist China, 1945-1950 |date=2003 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=9780804744577 |page=107}} The February 28 incident and the subsequent crackdown caused large portions of the Taiwanese diaspora, such as those in Japan, to sympathize with the Chinese Communists.Uchida, Naosaku, and Suyama, Takashi. 1953. "Shin-kakyoo wa Shinshutsu-suru" [New overseas Chinese are advancing]. In Bungei Shunjuu (November 1953): 108-115. The party quickly established branches in Japan where they worked to oppose the Taiwan independence activist Thomas Liao's calls for a United Nations plebiscite on the status of Taiwan.{{cite book |last1=John Franklin Copper |title=The A to Z of Taiwan (Republic of China) |date=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810876446 |page=241}}

Before 1958, the party advocated for Taiwan's communization but supported Taiwanese self-determination.{{cite book |author=喜安幸夫 |title=日本統治台灣秘史 |publisher=武陵出版有限公司 |year=1995}}{{cite book |title=帝塚山大学教養学部紀要: Issues 30-31 |publisher=帝塚山大学教養学部 |year=1992}} The party is now opposed to Taiwan independence.

According to its constitution, the TDSL is officially committed to socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding the leadership of the CCP.{{Cite web |date=10 December 2022 |title=台湾民主自治同盟章程（台湾民主自治同盟第十一次全盟代表大会部分修改，2022年12月10日通过） |trans-title=Charter of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League (Partially amended at the 11th National Congress of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, adopted on December 10, 2022) |url=https://www.taimeng.org.cn/tmly/tmzc/202301/t20230113_340716.html |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League}} The TDSL supports Chinese unification and opposes Taiwanese independence.{{cite web |date=2019-01-04 |title=Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League vows to promote cross-Strait development |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/04/c_137719779.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104120239/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/04/c_137719779.htm |archive-date=4 January 2019 |access-date=2021-10-14 |website=Xinhuanet}}{{cite web |date=29 February 2024 |title=TDSL prepares 27 proposals to share at upcoming two sessions |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202402/29/WS65e02447a31082fc043b9cb9.html |access-date=24 June 2024 |website=China Daily |quote=The party recently said at a briefing that its proposals this year highlight the shared historical roots and origins of the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, aiming at promoting Taiwan compatriots to oppose "Taiwan independence" and advocate for reunification.}} It is the eight-ranking minor democratic party in China.{{Cite web |date=9 December 2012 |title=我国八个民主党派排序考 |url=http://mg.lishui.gov.cn/xxyd/tzlr/t20091202_635563.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304152135/http://mg.lishui.gov.cn/xxyd/tzlr/t20091202_635563.htm |archive-date=4 March 2014 |access-date=30 December 2022 |website=Lishui Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang}}

The highest body of the TDSL officially is the National Congress, which is held every five years. The 11th National Congress, held in December 2022, was the most recently held Party Congress. The National Congress elects the Central Committee of the TDSL. In June 2022, the party had organizations in 19 province-level administrative divisions throughout China.{{Cite news |date=7 December 2022 |title=新闻背景：台湾民主自治同盟 |trans-title=News background: Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League |work=Xinhua News Agency |url=http://www.news.cn/politics/2022-12/07/c_1129190712.htm |access-date=5 December 2023}} The TDSL publishes the newspaper Taimeng (The TDSL).{{cite web |title=台盟盟刊 |url=http://www.taimeng.org.cn/tmmk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724191231/http://www.taimeng.org.cn/tmmk/ |archive-date=24 July 2019 |access-date=27 December 2017 |website=www.taimeng.org.cn |language=zh}} It historically published the Xin Taiwan Congkan (New Taiwan Series) before 1949 while it was based in Hong Kong.{{cite web |author=王连伟 |date=14 December 2012 |title=不能忘却的 《新台湾丛刊》 |url=http://tw.people.com.cn/n/2012/1214/c14657-19894396.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921233435/http://tw.people.com.cn/n/2012/1214/c14657-19894396.html |archive-date=21 September 2015 |access-date=27 December 2017 |website=tw.people.com.cn |language=zh}}

The TDSL is mostly composed of prominent people from Taiwan or people of Taiwanese heritage who now reside on the mainland. {{As of|2022|June}}, it has 3,400 members.

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