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barsoap@lemm.ee 1 month agoTaiwan is the island, also known as Formosa, and it is ruled by the Republic of China. Separately, but still part of that state, there’s the autonomous mainland provinces, calling themselves the People’s Republic of China, which somehow steadfastly refuse to declare independence.
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Looking at it this way, I’d call the “mainland” part West Taiwan
barsoap@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Nah West Taiwan is the western half of Taiwan. It’s an island, not a state, just as Denmark is not Jutland, or Spain, or Portugal (fight!) Iberia.