71. Bosnian Croat and Bosnian government areas are linked in a US-brokered federation arrangement, one of two political entities envisaged for a post-war Bosnia-Hercegovina. 72. But mistrust and disagreement between the Moslem and Croat partners have frequently threatened to destabilise efforts to make the federation a viable political entity. 73. China views Taiwan as a renegade province and its government as a regional administration and has refused to treat Taiwan as an independent political entity. 74. China, which regards Taiwan as a renegade Chinese province, adamantly refuses to recognize the island as a political entity with its own sovereignty and international status. 75. China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, refuses to accept the island as a political entity. 76. The other political entity is the rebel Serb republic, Republika Srpska. 77. Three small Italian Christian Democratic centre-right parties announced Thursday they were merging into a new political entity to give themselves more parliamentary clout. 78. Under the Dayton accord, Bosnia is to retain its sovereignty but consist of two equal political entities, a Bosnian Serb republic and a Moslem-Croat federation. 79. Under the Dayton accord, Bosnia is to retain its sovereignty but consist of two equal political entities, a Bosnian Serb republic and a Moslem Croat federation. 80. Its status, under Dayton, is simply that of an administrative border between the two political entities that make up post-war Bosnia. |