| TAIWAN | The Republic of China |
| SUNYATSEN | First president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang (3,3-3) |
| TAIPEI | Capital of the Republic of China, located on the Tamsui River (6) |
| CHIANG | ___ Kai-Shek, President of the Republic of China 1950-75 (6) |
| MEI | Soong ___-ling (first lady of the Republic of China) |
| SUN | 1912's President of the Republic of China, ___ Yat-sen |
| CHIANGKAISHEK | Chinese Nationalist politician and revolutionary; former leader of the Republic of China (6,3-4) |
| TAIWANESE | From the Republic of China (9) |
| JIANGQING | As a member of the Gang of Four, she was the most influential woman in the People's Republic of China (5,4) |
| CROWNCOLONY | Type of administration of a British overseas territory, such as Hong Kong before the 1997 handover to the Peoples' Republic of China |
| MAOIST | Follower of the founder of the People's Republic of China's doctrines (6) |
| MAOTSETUNG | Founder of the People's Republic of China (in the pre-Pinyin spelling) (3,3-4) |
| LIPENG | The fourth Premier of the People's Republic of China, 1987-98 |
| TIBET | An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China located in the Himalayas (5) |
| MAO | First head of state of the People's Republic of China |
| GREATLEAP | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| FORWARD | The attempt by the People's Republic of China in 1959-60 to solve the country's economic problems (5,4,7) |
| BEIJING | The capital of the People's Republic of China (7) |
| MAOZEDONG | Founder and first head of state (1949-59) of the People's Republic of China (3,6) |
| RENMINBI | The official currency of the People's Republic of China (8) |
