The term is deliberately ambiguous. To the PRC, "Chinese Taipei" is ambiguous about the political status or sovereignty of the ROC/Taiwan; to the ROC, it is a more inclusive term than just "Taiwan" (which to the Kuomintang of the ROC in power at the time, and the PRC, is just one part of "China", and both claim to be the rightful government of China in its entirety, and to the PRC the use of "Taiwan" as a national name would imply a de jure independence of Taiwan apart from the PRC) and "Taiwan, China" (might be construed as a subordinate area to the PRC).