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This can be diplomatically difficult. The linked implementation only lists Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". I could see this being interpreted in many d
by troyjfarrell 15y ago
This can be diplomatically difficult.
The linked implementation only lists Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". I could see this being interpreted in many different ways, with either side being insulted. (Maybe that's best.)
- JoshTriplett 15y agoMost likely because they got the country information from the ISO standards (or from some other source rooted in those standards), which list the country name that way.
- gurkendoktor 15y agoIf 'Hong Kong' can stand on its own in the ISO list, I really can't see the PRC being insulted by calling 'Taiwan', well, 'Taiwan'. It seems the dropdown here is just a harmless tech demo based on ISO, but this is such a common mistake. Even the rails/country_select thingie on GitHub has the same trap included. Use it and you are bound to make Taiwanese users unhappy, which already happened to Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps, ...
- Gormo 15y agoThe PRC claims Taiwan as an integral part of China. But Hong Kong is a 'special administrative region', i.e. an autonomous jurisdiction for which China essentially took over as the colonial power.