An Apology!
On its online reservation web, the Amtrak listed Taiwan as a “Province of China” but recently apologized for the error. A formal letter of protest was sent to tthe President of the National Railrord Passenger Corp, David Gunn by the President of Formosan Association for Public Affairs(FAPA) in the US, which pointed out that as an US Government-related establishment, Amtrak should heed to the 1996 memorandum of the US State Department. The memorandum stated that since the US has no diplomatic relations with the Republic of China, US officials need to refer to Taiwan as “Taiwan”. The Amtrak official said that it has no specific stance in regard to Taiwan’s politial status but simply list all countries arround the world according to ISO 3166-1 provided by the International Organization for Standardization. But the fact is that, it does not list Taiwan as a Province of China. After the error was found, the Amtrak dropped that erroneous “Province of China” after the listing of Taiwan, and munificently sent FAPA a letter of APOLOGY!