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[–] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

wait Taiwan is a UN member state?

[–] TheGamingLuddite@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Taiwan has a limited status in some international organizations under the name "Chinese Taipei" (this name greatly angers Taiwanese ultranationalists so I use it whenever possible), but the UN recognizes it as part of China.

There's a video of the UN voting on the PRC's membership to the exclusion of Taiwan, the entire room laughs when America casts its vote and there's an interview somewhere with a RoC diplomat whining about their "true democracy and freedom" despite the RoC being a one-party white terror regime.

[–] ComradeEd@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There’s a video of the UN voting on the PRC’s membership to the exclusion of Taiwan, the entire room laughs when America casts its vote

unmultimedia.org; "1976th Plenary Meeting of General Assembly: 26th Session - Part 2" (skip to ~6:50)

[–] jack@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

this name greatly angers Taiwanese ultranationalists so I use it whenever possible

che-laugh

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The UN recognized the PRC as the only China in 1971. Before that they recognized the RoC as the only China.

Each gov't has a policy of not recognizing any state that recognizes the other gov't.