The U.S. government has recently introduced two subtle yet momentous adjustments in the way it refers to Greater China. First, the State Department replaced “People’s Republic of China (PRC)” with the simpler “China” in its official country profiles, underscoring a more confrontational stance and repeatedly naming the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a primary adversary. Second, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has removed references to the “Republic of China (ROC)” in documents and now identifies the island solely as “Taiwan.” Although these linguistic revisions might appear purely administrative, they reflect deeper shifts in the Trump administration’s second-term approach to Beijing and Taipei — shifts that are already raising concerns about the broader fallout for American businesses operating in or with Asia.
Rewriting the Rules: How Trump’s Second Term Shifts China-Taiwan Ties
Updated: Feb 24
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