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I presume that might be rejected on the grounds that it is a completely different writing system. But my point is that even if it was accepted, the true common

I presume that might be rejected on the grounds that it is a completely different writing system. But my point is that even if it was accepted, the true common name of China in practical English would still not change. Or did you know there already officially exists countries such as Czechia and The Holy See - much better known in English as The Czech Republic and The Vatican respectively?

jasomill 4y ago
Pedantically, the Holy See[1] is the Pope's jurisdiction, which includes his universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction in addition to territorial control of a sovereign state. This state[2], per the treaty establishing it[3], is properly referred to as "Vatican City State" (Stato della Città del Vaticano). This is understandably confused by the fact that it is the Holy See, not Vatican City State, that maintains foreign relations and participates in international organizations like the UN. This, I assume, is why the official ISO name associated with country code VA was at some point changed from "Vatican City State (Holy See)" to "Holy See (the)"[4]. Interestingly, both entities issue passports[5]. [1] https://www.vatican.va/ https://www.vatican.va/ [2] https://www.vaticanstate.va/ https://www.vaticanstate.va/ [3] https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivi... [4] https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VA https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VA [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_and_Holy_See_passports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_and_Holy_See_passports