Subject: Re: China and Taiwan - two countries  - Ahhh. The DeJure v. DeFacto Trick<br/>
Date: Mar 06, 2003 @ 14:16<br/>
Author: L. A. Nadybal (&quot;L. A. Nadybal&quot; &lt;lnadybal@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1858152999">It operates as a separate country but the PRC staffers can still<br/>
continue to say it&#39;s just an errant province.  The &quot;slip&quot; &quot;obviously&quot;<br/>
was made at a time when the official was speaking of it only in a &quot;de<br/>
facto&quot; sense. :-)<br/>
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Len N<br/>
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--- In <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a>, &quot;Jan S. Krogh&quot; &lt;jan.krogh@t...&gt;<br/>
wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The People&#39;s Republic of China now let&#39;s us know that they in fact<br/>
 </span></blockquote>regards Taiwan as an own country:</div>