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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
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[โ€“] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's still a nation-state. It's fully independent and autonomous from China in every sense of the meaning.

Whether other countries recognize your seat at the UN is functionally irrelevant.

[โ€“] randint@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah! Whether other countries let you have a seat in the UN or not is not relevant to sovereignty.