Chinese state media drops ‘Tibet’ for ‘Xizang’ after release of Beijing white paper

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Chinese state media changes ‘Tibet’ to ‘Xizang’ after Beijing white paper
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Apparently China does, with their policy of trying to strong-arm the rest of the world into calling Taiwan a part of China

China doesn't change the name of Taiwan. Even on Chinese maps, it's Taiwan Province.

This isn't even close to comparable.

The point is they very much care about the perception of the rest of the world. Your idea of what is comparable there is a little too literal

A name is a name. The Chinese name for America is 美国 (meiguo, "beautiful nation"). The English name for 中国 is China. A name makes no indication of ownership, unless you're suggesting the British still hold power over India?