▲ 297 ▼ In a Setback for Beijing, Taiwan Elects Lai Ching-te as President (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 37 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 child) over half a century of self-rule Seem like this is understating it a bit (even if technically true). It's been 75 years. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago It's always fun to go over lists of countries that are younger than Taiwan. Virtually all of Africa is younger, gaining independence from the various colonial powers in the 60s or so, Eastern Europe is younger thanks to the fall of communism in the 90s. The Caribbean states are younger, also after gaining independence from their colonial powers. Bangladesh is younger, Israel is younger, North and South Korea are younger, Qatar, Singapore, Syria, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Cyprus... There are currently 193 member states in the UN, and my guess is that about half of them are younger than Taiwan. (I haven't found a good sortable list of country age to check this over though). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago It's always fun to go over lists of countries that are younger than Taiwan. Virtually all of Africa is younger, gaining independence from the various colonial powers in the 60s or so, Eastern Europe is younger thanks to the fall of communism in the 90s. The Caribbean states are younger, also after gaining independence from their colonial powers. Bangladesh is younger, Israel is younger, North and South Korea are younger, Qatar, Singapore, Syria, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Cyprus... There are currently 193 member states in the UN, and my guess is that about half of them are younger than Taiwan. (I haven't found a good sortable list of country age to check this over though). permalink fedilink source parent