The US side has said that it was an oral mistake that the US
President George W. Bush called Taiwan as "country" and "republic"
in his recent speech. The US stance on Taiwan issue has not
changed.
Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue made the remarks in Beijing
Sunday, saying that the US side has officially clarified its stance
on Taiwan
issue to China.
Zhang said the US side also expressed that the way they called
Taiwan will no more be used. They also stressed that the US
government has not changed its stand of observing the one-China
policy and the three Sino-US joint communiquis.
(Xinhua News
Agency April 7, 2002)