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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 5 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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thewholeview ◴[07 Oct 19 22:42 UTC] No.21186779[source]▶
It's not nonsense, and "everybody knows Taiwan is a distinct country" is a flawed statement. The UN does not recognize Taiwan. Taiwan is recognized as a sovereignty by 19 UN member states. It has formal diplomatic relationships with ~50 UN member states. UN has 193 member states in total. Please refrain from using subjective unprovable ideology to represent the mass.
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hawkice ◴[07 Oct 19 22:54 UTC] No.21186863[source]▶
I mean, you can take a plane to Taipei. It isn't subjective or unprovable: the ROC will check your passport. They issue the currency you will use to buy food. The police work for them. Taxes are collected, exclusively, by them.
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1. alasdair_ ◴[07 Oct 19 23:03 UTC] No.21186923[source]▶
>I mean, you can take a plane to Taipei. It isn't subjective or unprovable: the ROC will check your passport. They issue the currency you will use to buy food. The police work for them. Taxes are collected, exclusively, by them.

The question of whether or not ISIS is therefore a country is left as an exercise for the reader.

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2. gataca ◴[07 Oct 19 23:14 UTC] No.21186992[source]▶
They were a country for a period of time. They had passports and a currency. I don’t see how that disproves OP’s point
3. 1123581321 ◴[07 Oct 19 23:22 UTC] No.21187054[source]▶
It would be a better exercise to define a sovereign state first and then independently apply the test to Taiwan and IS. History is full of unpleasant governments.
4. Aeolun ◴[08 Oct 19 00:57 UTC] No.21187634[source]▶
I assume they were, but since most of the world was intent on squashing the country flat as a bug I doubt formal recognition would have done anything for them.
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5. qwerty456127 ◴[08 Oct 19 19:04 UTC] No.21195866[source]▶
Why wouldn't everybody recognize it as a country and declare it a war?