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Not trying to nitpick, but as far as I know, Taiwan was occupied by Japan starting from 1895, so China didn't inherit it in 1911.

I guess this shows how unfundamented is the current chinese territorial claim. Xinjiang was for most centuries an independent region or part of a different (usualy turkish) empire. Something similar happened with Tibet. It might make sense to include what's currently Mongolia into the chinese claim.

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Well Taiwan was officially given back to China by the US after WW2 ended. So maybe not inherited from Qing, but definitely from ROC.

Regarding Xinjiang, the Xinjiang claim is older than the US's claim on its own land so it cannot be more unfundamented than the US as a nation is.

The history of the USA and of Xinjiang do not seem to be easily comparable. A date for "claim" means little both in the historic context and in the context of what constitutes a Nation - a commonality of intents in a society of dwellers.

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