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Not all countries are members of the UN. The UN doesn't define a country, otherwise countries couldn't have existed before the year 1945. Even then, Taiwan is r
by nomel 3y ago
Not all countries are members of the UN. The UN doesn't define a country, otherwise countries couldn't have existed before the year 1945. Even then, Taiwan is recognized by 22 members.
- lossolo 3y agoBut is not recognized by General Assembly, which means it's not recognized by UN. EU and US do not recognize Taiwan or Honk Kong as separate countries also but as part of China. That's not an opinion but a legal fact. > Even then, Taiwan is recognized by 22 members. Not anymore. "Taiwan currently has formal diplomatic relations with 11 of the 193 United Nations member states.[1]" Mostly small islands like Belize, Guatemala, Haiti etc. And that number is shrinking every year. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan