Quote Originally Posted by snazzbot_101
True, but if you believe something is correct (such as that China is the Republic of China) you will continue with that mistake until someone corrects you.

If someone asked me on the street what China's official name was I would like to think I would answer correctly. Republic of China does not sound right somehow, but I can understand how someone simply made an error and it simply not made aware of it.
Yeah but if you're writing as a professional for a publication, then it pays to do some basic research -- which is ridiculously easy now in the age of Google. The author would've been better off just saying "China" rather than trying to sound clever and calling it the "Republic of China" then massively screwing it up. :/

Quote Originally Posted by snazzbot_101
But I never knew Taiwan was known as the Republic of China.

But now I know...
And knowing's half the battle!

Spider-Man: "What's the other half?"
Duke: "Violence."
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