The People's Republic of China should have accepted that the Republic of China still existed and could be referred to as such. This would have made clear to th

The People's Republic of China should have accepted that the Republic of China still existed and could be referred to as such. This would have made clear to the international that this is a East/West Germany or South/North Korea situation (which it is). Countries know and acknowledge that Taiwan is part of China (in the same sense as saying that Pyongyang and Seoul are both in 'Korea', not specifically North or South) but like to use the issue as a destabilisation tool.