taiwan is not the name of the country it is the Republic of China and china is actually the People's Republic of China.

kinda of like america is actually the United States of America.

taiwan is part of china as far as china is concerned.

sort of like puerto rico is part of america.

if you want to do business in china you need to follow their laws.

i don't hold it against Mars Wrigley as it is exactly what you would expect from a capitalist based corporation. they have a duty to do what is best for the share holders and that is to apologize to prevent the loss of revenue and protect the value of the stock.