»Ř¸´: Formosa contra Taiwan

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Dear Richard,
Taiwan is the name we Chinese call the island from time immemorial. Formosa
is the name the Portugese called it when they first saw it in the 15th
centrory and thus became known to the West.
The Island has been separately ruled by different government from the
mainland, but most countries in the world, as well as most of we Chinese on
both sides of the Strait, still think it part of China.
Dianxiang

-----Original Message-----
·˘ĽţČË: Vr. Richard Bejsak-Colloredo-Mansfeld <ricardo at ANS.COM.AU>
ĘŐĽţČË: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
ČŐĆÚ: 2001Äę5ÔÂ13ČŐ 17:14
Ö÷Ěâ: Formosa contra Taiwan


>Dear colleagues,
>
>sometime the island and state called  Taiwan and sometime is called Formosa
>even by the same author, what is the difference?
>
>Keep care and be of good cheer.
>
>Regards
>
>(name) Vratislav Richard Eugene Maria John Baptist
>(surname) of Bejsak (Bayshark)-Colloredo-Mansfeld
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