Comment on Satellite images reveal China built a replica of Taipei’s presidential district in remote Inner Mongolia, fuelling speculation that Beijing uses the site as training ground for an invasion of Taiwan

• HubertManne@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  thank you so much. Its confusing but I guess I do live in a place that have places like new england and new york.

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  • throw122@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Think Mongolia is to Inner Mongolia as Mexico is to New Mexico

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    • ayaya@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Or Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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      • throw122@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Even better example, although I was trying to use one in the American context based on the comment about new england and new york. California and Baja California would be another on the American continent where the name of a geographic region that encompasses a national boundary is used separately on both sides of that boundary, although it’s a little different because neither of those two is a country

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