schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agoTrump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after China talkswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up199file-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up199external-linkTrump warns Taiwan against declaring independence after China talkswww.bbc.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agoSadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it’s a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan And as comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel
Sadly no. There are only 11 countries that have official relations with Taiwan. Almost all other countries either clearly think it’s a part of China, or have an ambiguous position towards it. Most western countries are in that last group.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Taiwan
And as comparison:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Israel