▁Pakistan ▁ ▁Bur m ese : ▁ ▁( T ar ote py ish us am mat an in eng an ) ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁My an mar ▁ ▁Vietnam ese : ▁ ▁– ▁U sed ▁in ▁Vietnam ▁ ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁China ▁adopted ▁its ▁official ▁name , ▁Zh ō ng hu á ▁M í ng u ó ▁( see ▁below ), ▁known ▁in ▁English ▁as ▁the ▁" Rep ublic ▁of ▁China ", ▁which ▁also ▁has ▁sometimes ▁been ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" Rep ublic an ▁China " ▁or ▁" Rep ublic an ▁Era " ▁( ), ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁the ▁emp ire ▁it ▁replaced , ▁or ▁as ▁" National ist ▁China ", ▁after ▁the ▁r uling ▁Chinese ▁National ist ▁Party ▁( K u om int ang ). ▁ ▁( Z h ong h ua ) ▁is ▁a ▁term ▁that ▁per tain s ▁to ▁" Ch ina " ▁while ▁ ▁( m í ng u ó ), ▁literally ▁" people ' s ▁country ", ▁stands ▁for ▁" rep ublic ". ▁With ▁the ▁separation ▁from ▁main land ▁China ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Civil ▁War , ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁China ▁has ▁largely ▁been ▁conf ined ▁to ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁Taiwan ▁and ▁some ▁other ▁small ▁islands . ▁Thus , ▁the ▁country ▁is ▁often ▁simply ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁simply ▁" T ai wan ", ▁although ▁this ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁perce ived ▁as ▁polit ically ▁neutral . ▁( See ▁Taiwan