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Re:Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' l... by bfung on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:27AM (#32357518)
The official name of China is “People’s Republic of China”, PRC.

Taiwan differentiates by using “Republic of China”, RoC.

Still confusing, but technically different, purposely so.

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Re:Apple warns suppliers to follow China rules on 'Taiwan' l... by hunterb123 on Friday August 05, 2022 @11:45AM (#32357802)
Taiwan doesn't differentiate from PRC, they were the ROC first. The PRC named themselves after the ROC.

PRC came after when the ROC lost control of mainland China in 1949 to the communists and escaped to Taiwan.

But yes communistic names are confusing because they try to hijack existing terms and create misnomers like it's for the people.

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