China recently requested that foreign governments require their citizens who were born in Taiwan to declare their place of birth as "China" on passports, a move that has riled Taiwanese Americans and enflamed the China-Taiwan reunification debate.
China's Minister for Public Security Zhou Yongkang has asked the police not to take any action that "offended public morality, caused public outrage or violated human rights" saying this had a direct impact on the authority of the Communist Party and the Government.
