How come the country name for Taiwan in the ISO 3166-1 Code List as "Taiwan, Province of China"?
Taiwan is OF COURSE NOT a province of China!
Okay, the followings might explain the country name source coming from:
Fourth, the country names used in ISO 3166-1 are all from United Nations sources. Using these country names officially notified by the countries to the UN Secretary General helps in keeping ISO 3166-1 politically neutral and thus acceptable to as many users as possible.
Yet...Taiwan is OF COURSE NOT a province of China!
Yeah, we may take the "China" in the "Taiwan, Province of China" as that in "R.O.C". But, to be practical, a letter with Taiwan, ROC on the envolope may directly be sent to PROC and the recepient may never receive it ever since...
*sigh*.... now, I am blaming myself being lazy and not joining the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally human chain activity...
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