schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 13 days agoTrump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after China talkswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down13file-text
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minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·12 days agoUnfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·12 days agoI think almost all countries recognize Taiwan including the US
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·12 days agoSadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it’s a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan And as comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel
Unfortunately not. More countries recognize Palestine than Taiwan, even though Taiwan more clearly is an actual country.
I think almost all countries recognize Taiwan including the US
Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it’s a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan
And as comparison:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel
Based on what