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> The only reason Taiwan is not considered sovereign under international law is because China has prevented it. Same question as here: https://news.ycombinator
by CogitoCogito 5y ago
> The only reason Taiwan is not considered sovereign under international law is because China has prevented it.
Same question as here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29677548 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29677548
Which "international law" are you referring to that doesn't consider Taiwan sovereign? Maybe you mean to say that Taiwan/ROC is not a member of the UN? That is true, but it doesn't mean that Taiwan isn't a sovereign country. Switzerland didn't become a sovereign country only in 2002.
- zepto 5y agoYes, this is a fair point. I was referring primarily to the fact that the UN doesn’t recognize Taiwan as a separate entity and doesn’t give it a seat independently from the mainland - e.g. The WHO has been blocked from doing so by the CCP. But, you are right, this is not the same at all as an ‘international law’ establishing that Taiwan is not a sovereign country.