WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has dropped the phrase "People's Republic of China (PRC)" as a description of mainland China in a country fact sheet on its website. The fact sheet now simply calls the country "China."
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Visitors are seen near the portrait of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China, on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. © Reuters
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department has dropped the phrase "People's Republic of China (PRC)" as a description of mainland China in a country fact sheet on its website. The fact sheet now simply calls the country "China."