At 01:47 AM Tuesday 10/28/2008, Claes Wallin wrote: >Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > >> [snip] > > > > > > Which specific country[ies] are you thinking of which changed in > 1949 and 1972? > >The Chinese Nationalist Party of the Republic of China were driven to >Taiwan by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, and the People's Republic >of China was founded in Beijing. The world still considered the ROC to >be the "real" China and the PRC had no official diplomatic relations and >was not recognized as a country. > >In 1972 the countries of the world changed their mind and recognized the >PRC as a country. The ROC lost its acknowledged countryhood and official >diplomatic relations and the PRC received the "China" chair in the UN.
Thanks! . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
