Congress members urge U.S. to allow name change for Taiwan office 12/18/2020 07:33 PM CNA file photo Washington, Dec. 17 (CNA) Members of the United States Congress on Thursday sent a joint letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging the U.S. government to allow Taiwan to change the name of its office in Washington to the "Taiwan Representative Office." The suggested name change from the existing "Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office" was one of the three issues raised by 78 members of the House of Representatives with respect to the U.S.-Taiwan bilateral relationship. "For the past forty years, the State Department has not referred to Taiwan as 'Taipei,' 'Chinese Taipei,' 'Taiwan, China,' or some other name," the letter read, noting that the use of the name "Taipei" fails to accurately reflect the strong ties between the two countries.