Although nominally it exists alongside the United Front, a coalition of governing political parties, in practice, the CPC is the only party in the PRC, maintaining a unitary government and centralizing the state, military, and media.

Although the current position allows for flexibility in terms of defining that " one China ", any departure from the One-China policy is deemed unacceptable by the PRC government.

Although President Chen at one point supported the trips of Lien and Soong for defusing cross-strait tensions., he also attacked them for working with the " enemy " PRC.

Although these laws had rarely been enforced since the 1960s, there was concern about the possible use of those laws after the handover to the People's Republic of China ( PRC ).

Although Marxism remains the official doctrine of the PRC, the de-emphasis of ideology has strengthened the media's hand in two fundamental ways: it has helped undercut government efforts to indoctrinate the public and micromanage the content of political and social reporting in the media, and it has opened the door for the media to pursue capitalist marketing practices that respond to customer wants and bring increasing financial independence from the State.

Although most of the simplified Chinese characters in use today are the result of the works moderated by the government of the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) in the 1950s and 60s, character simplification predates the PRC's formation in 1949.

Although Liu was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Committee of the CPC and PRC in 1954 as a reward for his contributions, these titles did not promise real power as Peng's did.

Although they did not resolve the border demarcation matters, the meetings restored diplomatic communications ; by 1970, Mao understood that the PRC could not simultaneously fight the USSR and the USA, whilst suppressing internal disorder.

Although China ’ s economy has shifted towards privatization and capitalism, the PRC remains an authoritative regime, which is contradictory in comparison to other examples of countries that have modernized.

Although no formal legislative action was taken on the document the heavy debate surrounding it and the suggestion that some sort of anti-secession law would be passed was viewed by many in Taiwan as evidence of hostile intent by the PRC government towards Taiwan independence supporters.

Although the PRC's official English translation of the law is the Anti-Secession Law, the Mainland Affairs Council on Taiwan has consistently translated it as Anti-Separation law as secession implies that Taiwan is a part of the PRC.

Although the PRC, ROC ( Taiwan ) and Philippines all claim the island, no clashes have been recorded since 1975.

Although the PRC Constitution espouses the ideal of judicial independence, it is not possible in the absence of an independent judicial tradition.

Although the garrison has no military significance, the stationing of the PLA troops in the region is a significant symbol of the PRC government's resumption of exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.

Although Taiwan was ceded to Japan in the treaty of Shimonoseki ratified in 1895 – then surrendered by Japan in 1945 to the Kuomintang Administration – the PRC government considers Taiwan to be the 23rd province of the People's Republic of China.

Although in the past the government of the Republic of China or Taiwan has been severely critical of the content of Japanese history textbooks, in the wave of 2005 revisions of the textbooks, the ROC has, for the most part, been much quieter than the PRC.

Although the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC by the United Kingdom in 1997, English remains one of the official languages of Hong Kong as enshrined in the Basic Law.

Although formally privately constituted bodies, the SEF and the ARATS are both directly led by the Executive Government of each side: the SEF by the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan of the ROC, and the ARATS by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the PRC.

Although Beavis and Butt-Head greatly admire him and aspire to join his " gang ," Todd despises the two and frequently beats them up and takes advantage of them when he needs something, such as money, food or a place to hide from other gangs or the police.

Although laws vary, this is required in many states and countries regardless of whether a person needs or wants to engage in that kind of intervention ( for example, recent changes in Taiwan ).

Although Bletch is physically disgusted with Heidi, he insincerely comforts her since he needs her talent on the show.

Although encomenderos were expected to care for the spiritual and material needs of the Indians, the system quickly degenerated into virtual slavery.

Although there are some generalizations which can be made for the dozens of other glyphs, which are based on the circle and square, the details are somewhat idiosyncratic and each needs to be memorized.

Although the Taiwan Power Company ( Taipower ), state-owned enterprise, is in charge of providing electricity for the Taiwan area, a 1994 measure has allowed independent power producers ( IPPs ) to provide up to 20 % of the island's energy needs.

Although two models ( X1 and X2 ) were built, the project was canceled due to high costs and political problems as well as changed needs in the Luftwaffe and NATO.

Although the embargo was in place, the Xiongnu found traders willing to supply their needs.

Although this was revised on several occasions to meet contemporary needs, from the outset it emphasised a simple life of work, love, prayer and self-denial.

Although these tests can be very useful in CRPS, thorough informed consent needs to be obtained prior to the procedure, particularly in patients experiencing severe allodynia.

Although specialists recommend individuals who need to wear eyeglasses to have them custom-made according to their own needs, most of the patients prefer buying them at a pharmacy or department store.

Although the peasants had been allowed to work the land they held with the production surplus to their needs being bought by the state ( on the state's terms ), the peasants cut production ; whereupon food was requisitioned.

Although storing the link value inside the inode saves a disk block and a disk read, the operating system still needs to parse the path name in the link, which always requires reading additional inodes and generally requires reading other, and potentially many, directories, processing both the list of files and the inodes of each of them until it finds a match with the link's path components.

Although it depends less on electricity than some Western main battle tanks, it nonetheless still needs electrical power for operation and movement.

Although government-owned, the Liberal conservative government of the 1950s had a philosophical leaning towards the needs of the privately owned Ansett airlines and the requirements of TAA suffered as a result.

Although it rarely needs to be distinguished from other Aquila eagles, its long, wedge-shaped tail is unique to this species.

Although the new Compact and its component MUORA was ratified in 2003, they have since held out and refused to sign the LUA of 2003, insisting, through Kwajalein Atoll elected representatives, that either a new LUA should be drafted that considers their needs or the U. S. will have to leave Kwajalein when the active LUA ( which began in the 1980s ) expires in 2016.

Although the letters differ in length in accord with the needs of each community, all conclude with an appeal to hold fast and to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.

Although he intended these economic councils to be more responsive to local needs, the decentralization of industry led to disruption and inefficiency.

Although some species have very specific microhabitat needs ( such as stream-side gravel beds or montane herb-fields ) most are wanderers without permanent homes.

Although the airport had expanded during the war effort, it desperately needed a new terminal to meet the city's growing needs.

Although management theory likes to propound that every type of organizational structure needs to make strategic, tactical, and operational decisions, new procedures have started to emerge that work best with teams.

Although their slogan was “ Age and Youth in Action ,” the group was seen by many as meeting the needs of only senior citizens.

Although it has often been said that Ned spent the rest of his life spending most of his share of Hetty's fortune, according to Hetty's biographer Charles Slack, although Ned was a spendthrift, the $ 1 million yearly income he made on the approximately $ 100 million fortune he inherited was adequate to his most expensive needs.