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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 3 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.79s | source
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qwerty456127 ◴[07 Oct 19 22:25 UTC] No.21186647[source]▶
The whole "unrecognised country" nonsense should begone. Everybody knows Taiwan is a distinct country (and does a reasonable job of being a decent country for the people living in it, it obviously is a better country than a number of completely recognized ones) yet it still has "limited recognition". How about recognizing the facts rather than virtual reality of politicians' imagination? Banning an entire country is bullshit.
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1. vkou ◴[07 Oct 19 22:47 UTC] No.21186811[source]▶
It took until 1979 for the United States to recognize that China was, in fact, governed from Beijing, not Taipei.

(Beijing won the civil war in 1950.)

Today, in 2019, Taiwan still does not recognize China.

Recognition is a chip in the game of geopolitics.

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2. taobility ◴[08 Oct 19 00:23 UTC] No.21187431[source]▶
You made few mistakes: 1. Beijing won the civil war at 1949. 2. UN has recognized PRC at 1971 and abandoned Taiwan or ROC. And till now, only very limited countries in the world (17) recognized Taiwan as independent state
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3. dlcmh ◴[08 Oct 19 06:32 UTC] No.21189378[source]▶
Down to 15 now, after Solomon Islands and Kiribati switched diplomatic ties in recent weeks https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3029626/ta...