Definitions
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- initialism The Royal Observer Corps, a United Kingdom defence organisation (1925 to 1992)
- initialism The
Republic of China (i.e.Taiwan ) - initialism slang The "Rest of Canada" (the
anglophone part of Canada).
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Examples
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However, when wants to contract the military they call the ROC and the ROC contacts the appropriate military unit.
David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 21: We Do Not Work For the U.S. Military 2010
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I think it's still wrong to describe Taiwan as a part of China when the vast majority of Taiwanese don't think it is and the government of Taiwan has long ignored the provisions that imply that China is a part of the ROC or the name ROC itself.
FAIL: NY Times Interactive Map of China's Minorities Michael Turton 2009
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Like Taiwan or ROC is apples and PRC is oranges, so not mix the apples and oranges, keep separate for better no confusion today.
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By the late 1990s it became clear that the acronym ROC was becoming an increasing barrier in the business community to recognizing the role of the Council – business executives and others would ask, what's ROC?
Name Changes and the State Department Michael Turton 2007
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The only solution I can see in a nine-province reconstituted ROC is a decentralisation of aboriginal and other policies like immigration and multicultural policy and trade policy.
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However, when wants to contract the military they call the ROC and the ROC contacts the appropriate military unit.
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In addition, the ROC hosts a daily intelligence briefing which highlights current intelligence information in addition, ROB users can call the ROC and get intelligence info over the phone for specific routes etc.
David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts: Part 3, Aegis Defence Interview 2010
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The LMCC had to call the ROC (because they are not co-located) and the ROC had to call the appropriate division for assistance in some instances every second counts so it would be good if the LMCC was co-located with the ROC.
David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts: Part 3, Aegis Defence Interview 2010
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The placard changed to "Dear President Chiang [Kai-Shek], the [Taiwan] Area Administrator Ma [Ying-Jeou] finally is overthrowing [the 'ROC' goverment]" a day after the police quashed all displays of the "ROC" flag and mistreated the demonstrators who protested against the visit of the Chinese envoy Chen Yinlin last November.
This Restaurant Doesn't Serve Chinese Tourists and Taiwanese Traitors Michael Turton 2009
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When the tables were turned after 1971, the ROC was the defacto gov't of Formosa but no longer the dejure gov't of China.
Lin Trial Transcripts: Does the US have sovereignty over Taiwan? Michael Turton 2009
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With the assistance of ROC USA (ROC stands for resident-owned communities), a nonprofit specializing in helping residents purchase their parks, the residents formed Bob’s and Jamestown Homeownership Cooperative (BJH Co-op) and purchased the land.
How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Rutledge A. Simmons 2025
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With the assistance of ROC USA (ROC stands for resident-owned communities), a nonprofit specializing in helping residents purchase their parks, the residents formed Bob’s and Jamestown Homeownership Cooperative (BJH Co-op) and purchased the land.
How Limited Equity Co-ops Can Sustain Affordable Homeownership - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Rutledge A. Simmons 2025
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