cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml

[Hiroki Sato]

Gabor PALI <pgj at FreeBSD.org> wrote
  in <48A75F24.10404 at FreeBSD.org>:

pg> Hiroki Sato wrote:
pg> >  When you add a country name next to a language name, please use the
pg> >  official one.  US is not the official name, and Taiwan is not a
pg> >  country name from our point of view, for example.
pg>
pg> Thank you for your comments.  Could you (or somebody) tell me what
pg> (naming scheme) to use instead of them?  E.g.:
pg>
pg> United States --> United States of America  ?
pg> China         --> People's Republic of China ?
...
pg> Hungary       --> Republic of Hungary ?

 I think these three are reasonable.

pg> Taiwan        --> Republic of China ?

 This is a politically-sensitive issue.  Recently "Chinese Taipei" is
 often used compared to Taiwan and R.O.C., and Ma Ying-jeou (the
 president) says "Chinese Taipei" is the appropriate name for
 international affairs in an interview about Taiwan's pursuing an
 observer position in WHO.

 Any ideas from people in Taiwan?

--
| Hiroki SATO
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