• lambalicious
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    3 months ago

    Not even Taiwan claims to be a country though. They claim to be the sole legitimate government of China, hence their actual name, The Republic Of China,

    Isn’t that, by definition, calling yourself a country?

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      3 months ago

      Wrong phrasing on my part.

      No matter which side you ask, the Republic Of China (ROC) or the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Taiwan isn’t a country, it is a region of the country of China. Saying that Taiwan is a country satisfies neither the ROC nor the PRC’s claims

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        3 months ago

        <Thanks for the re-explanation! It’s interesting to see what does down to (and doesn’t) to a name!