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China Mistakenly Called by Taiwan's Name WASHINGTON - The meeting
between President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao began with a
gaffe Thursday when an announcer referred to China by the formal name
of Taiwan, which China considers a rebellious province. "Republic of China" is the formal name of the island 100 miles off the Chinese mainland. China is known formally as the People's Republic of China. Taiwan is a most delicate issue for China. Beijing claims sovereignty over the self-governing island, which split from the mainland in 1949 as civil war ended on the mainland. The losing nationalists fled the communists and established their rump state on the island and for many years claimed to be the rightful government of all China. Recent Taiwan governments have spoken of trying for formal independence, which China has said repeatedly might be met by military force. ---------------------------------------------------
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