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"Taiwan" is not a sovereign political entity, the "Republic of China" is.

Compare "Ireland" Vs. the "Republic of Ireland", the Republic of Ireland article exist separately from the Ireland article despite "Ireland" being the WP:COMMONNAME for the country, I'm not suggesting changing other articles with "Taiwan" or "Taiwanese" in the name to "Republic of China", but this article clearly denotes a political state and the Republic of China is a sovereign state, before there used to be a "China" article explaining the situation, and for the same reason that "Korea" is the WP:COMMONNAME of the Republic of Korea doesn't mean that we would have to change it. In fact the current title gives WP:UNDUE weight to both Taiwanese independence, and the One-China policy and for this same reason we refrain from calling the Republic of Ireland simply "Ireland", or the Republic of Korea simply as "Korea" both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China are sovereign states called "China" no matter how often the media repeats that the ROC is called "Taiwan" doesn't make it true. The Tylenol page also directs users to the uncommonly used name (in the English-speaking world) "paracetamol" or qn obscure band, for some reason WP:COMMONNAME is never applied to any other political entity other than here. --42.112.158.223 (talk)

And yes, I'm quoting the Republic of Ireland article because it would be "controversial" to simply move it to "Ireland", and Taiwan has had a separate history from the Republic of China government that the article Geography of Taiwan could better cover as it too would be moved, but simply to Taiwan.
--42.112.158.223 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:04, 22 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Ireland" and "Korea" are ambiguous terms, "Taiwan" is not. Szqecs (talk) 22:10, 1 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Split proposal at Talk:Politics of the Republic of China

Splitting the article Politics of the Republic of China is proposed at Talk:Politics of the Republic of China#RfC, where I invite you to discuss. --George Ho (talk) 23:43, 23 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Threat of invasion

The major threat to the ROC is of course invasion from the Communist-controlled mainland. That could be simply stated. It is not the same as "constant threat of invasion by the PRC under the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China". It is not a threat of invasion by or under legislation, but military force.Royalcourtier (talk) 02:20, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The point is that that military force would be acting under the guidelines of that legislation. China has enacted this law as a standing notice that they will invade if they feel it necessary. This is an important point. This isn't some vague idea that Taiwan could be invaded at any time, this is like following someone around while constantly pointing a gun at their head. --Khajidha (talk) 00:57, 31 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Another RM at Talk:List of political parties in the Republic of China

The move request is made at Talk:List of political parties in the Republic of China#Requested move 24 May 2017, which is ongoing. --George Ho (talk) 19:41, 5 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help with nomenclature

Hi there. Over at Same-sex marriage in Taiwan, an anon user has gone through the article replacing references to Taiwan as a "country" with the word "province". As I'm sure you guys have debated this one to death, could someone clarify what the most accurate/consensus terminology would be in this case? I considered "island" as more neutral, but it doesn't work in the sentence "would become the first island in Asia to legalise...", among others. Thanks. Jdcooper (talk) 10:35, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Just restore the previous wording (I've done that), warn the user, and block them if they persist. --Khajidha (talk) 12:15, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Ok thanks! Jdcooper (talk) 21:54, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Whether we should call the PRC "Mainland China", or simply "China" When compared to the ROC in geography ? And should we take Taiping Islands and Diaoyutai Islands into consideration when we talk about the ROC?

I noticed that ROC may not be confined to Taiwan island when we talk about neighbors of ROC, islands like the Taiping Islands may be considerate so that the S.R.Vietnam and the R.O.Korea should also be regard as neighed states. Please check out the Wikipedia item of the Chinese version. When we talk about ROC and　PRC, Mainland China　may not be less offensive, since considerable Taiwanese regard themselves as Chinese at the same time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wkbreaker (talk • contribs) 15:16, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That would not be reasonable enough if you take Diaoyutai islands for example, anyway I agree that it is more suitable to express it this way. -Proletdictus 17:13, 10 June 2017(UTC) Proletdictus (talk) 17:13, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The country has sea borders with Japan to the northeast and the Philippines to the south, so they are neighbours. Vietnam and South Korea aren't, whether you include the disputed islands or not. The English Wikipedia is not bound by the Chinese one (or vice versa).
We've had many discussions on what to call the PRC, and there is general agreement to use the common name (China) unless special circumstances apply. Kanguole 17:31, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
But the sea borders given by the website of the Presidency of the ROC are confined to the border of Taiwan island, and if we refer to the eleven-dotted line that the ROC government formerly claims, the ROC should have common border with the R.O.Vietnam and then the S.R.Vietnam. Wkbreaker 18:11, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That claim is not recognised by anyone else, not even taken seriously by the Taiwanese govt., otherwise they would be enforcing it. More generally many countries have overseas territories and outposts, like Taiping, which are not geographically within that country. E.g. the UK has the Falkland Islands. But you would not say the UK is neighbours with Argentina because of this.--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 18:18, 10 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Former President Ma had restated the claim of the 11-dotted line everytime other states try to change the status quo. Though this border may by Only admitted by PRC or ROC. And it is under Gaoxiong City,like the Okinawa of Japan, rather than regard as a overseas island.So if you say Vietnam was not a neighbor,Japan neither.
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