Comment by lossolo
3 months ago
You pasted some links and interpreted them in a way that fits your thesis, but they do not actually support it.
> Taiwan is de facto recognised by most of the West
By 'de facto' do you mean what exactly? That they sell them goods? Is this what you call 'recognition'? They also sell weapons to 'freedom fighters' in Africa, the Middle East, and South America.
Officially, Taiwan is not a UN member and is not formally recognized as a state by any Western country.
Countries that recognize Taiwan officially are: Belize, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Marshall Islands, Palau, Paraguay, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Eswatini and Tuvalu.
And the list is shrinking every year[1][2], and it will shrink even more as China becomes economically stronger.
> and--I suspect soon--India
You suspect wrong. That article about India is from 2022. It didn't happen in 3 years and it will not happen for obvious geopolitical reasons.
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/29/honduras-tai...
As a Taiwanese citizen, with only a Taiwanese passport, you can move pretty freely throughout the world.
If most countries didn't recognize Taiwan as a country, they wouldn't consider these passports valid, no?