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| | The China Desk - East and West Germany, East and West China |
 | | East and West China, by contrast, are nowhere near the same size, in either land area or population. |
 | | East and West China, by contrast, are separated by a natural geographical barrier, the 130 km wide Taiwan Strait. |
 | | West China, having replaced East China as the legitimate government of China in the UN, now became "China." East China, having been replaced by West China as the legitimate government of China in the UN, now became "Taiwan." In the eyes of the UN, West China was now China's central government. |
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