self-governed
Example Sentences
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Returning from his Beijing summit with the Chinese leader, the president said that “nothing’s changed” in the U.S. policy toward the democratic, self-governed island.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
"We're very clear about where we cooperate, where we differ," he said, adding that Chinese claims over self-governed Taiwan and Hong Kong's jailed pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai came up in "broad discussions".
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Taiwan’s religious diversity and vitality forms a kind of subsoil of the self-governed island’s identity and values.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
Taiwan’s Taiex declined 0.2% to 17,512.83 on the eve of presidential and legislative elections that will test the self-governed island’s relations both with Beijing and with Washington.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Listen once more, “Man's right to be self-governed is, equally with his desire to be so, self-evident.”
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, March, 1880 by Walker, Aaron
