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Federal_Bedroom_5743 t1_iryb9bf wrote

Reply to comment by AmishRocket in Museum shows off Taiwan flag which went to the moon on Apollo 11 by Pure_Candidate_3831

btw, Taiwan was not and is not part of the United Nations.

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AmishRocket t1_iryiusu wrote

Taiwan, as the Republic of China, was a founding member of the UN in 1945. Like everything else between Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of China, things got complicated over the ensuring years.

Edit to add: the US didn’t have formal relations with PRC in 1969. Nixon reestablished formal relations in 1972.

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ordenstaat_burgund t1_is0u78j wrote

So it was the flag of China, not Taiwan. Which back then was a one party dictatorship ruled by the Chiang family.

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TheKingPotat t1_iryhlbm wrote

The republic of china (now entirely in taiwan) was one of the founding members and used to hold the seat on the security council today held by the people’s republic of china

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ordenstaat_burgund t1_is0x0pd wrote

It’s not though. Kinmen, Matsu, and Taiping islands are not near Taiwan but still occupied by it.

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TheKingPotat t1_is1ljg5 wrote

Ive never actually heard of those islands before. I just knew taiwan cus thats the big population area

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ordenstaat_burgund t1_is23it7 wrote

The ROC government held onto many islands including Hainan and Zhoushan which they lost in late 50s to the PRC.

That’s why the ROC still has 2 provinces today, Province of Taiwan and Province of Fujian. If they had kept Hainan and Zhoushan too, ROC today would have had 4 provinces.

The recent news about “Chinese drones invading Taiwanese airspace” was actually a civilian DJI flown from Xiamen to Kinmen (which are 1.5km apart). In fact any time a commercial airline flies out from Xiamen, it’s “violating Taiwanese air space.” Kinmen is 150km away from the island of Taiwan.

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Federal_Bedroom_5743 t1_iryiu5y wrote

I assume the US took the wrong/old flag since they never recognized the PRC at the time.

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Neganova t1_iryso3l wrote

Both the article and even the thumbnail on Reddit show the correct flag of Taiwan, used then and used today: white sun on blue background and a field of red.

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