FWU

Interim Decision #2787 MATTER OP Fwv. In Deportation Proceedings A-15174527 Decided NI Board March 26, 1980 (1) Diplomatic recognition of the Peoples Republic of China, and acknowledgment of the status of Taiwan as part of the Peoples Republic does not mean that deportation to Taiwan is the equivalent of deportation to the Peoples Republic, given the distinct self-government and society of Taiwan. Matter of Cheung,

16 I&N Dec. 690

(BIA 1979) clarified. (2) Alien's claim that he would suffer persecution in Taiwan because it is now recognized as part of the Peoples Republic of China is rejected.…