"Chinese Taipei" is the politically correct international name for Taiwan, to pacify the commie Chinese who want to claim it is part of China, hence they want the word "Chinese" in the name, and they do not want the word Taiwan in the name for whatever reason. Most of the world is a bunch of wussies, so they allow Communist China to dictate the name of another country.
I have nothing against the people of China, but the gov't is really f'd up.
The U.S. kind of has its hands tied when it comes to China, though. China
owns a lot our debt.
The current Taiwanese gov't is really f'd up too. The current president's
political party, the KMT, is one of the most corrupt in the world. When they
lost power a little while back, they stole massive amounts of resources and
money before they left office, effectively giving them power to one day
get back into power since money buys you access, media, and bribery --
the ability to win elections. There is also a pro-democracy party but
they also have their own faults and corruption as well, but not
anywhere close to the KMT. The KMT ruled with a military dictatorship for
years.
The political atmosphere in many parts of Asia and southeast Asia is kind of
nutty. Not as turbulent as certain parts of Africa, but that's probably only
b/c the standard of living is a bit higher.
