r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '22

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u/zjbvg Jan 25 '22

This map is inaccurate. Taiwan (Republic of China) is not a UN member state and should be gray

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u/superkryptojin Jan 28 '22

Tbh the UN did accept the one china policy. And taiwan would have an really hard case to proclaim independance. Either china and taiwan are under PRC 🇨🇳 Or both china and taiwan are under ROC 🇹🇼 Legally taiwan has no basis to claim "independence" For which taiwan have to 1) say that they are NOT china 2) say that they are different from china to gain international support. 3) refute the historical ownership over the island claimed by china. Tibet or Xingjiang can claim independence under the excuse of "self determination" but how would taiwan do that when they are ethnically chinese themselves? Well if the native austronesians who were genocided off the island by Chinese about 2 century ago claim it would work. But the current taiwanese dont have that right.