self-governed

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He also told Trump that Washington should be "prudent" when supplying weapons to the self-governed island which China has long claimed.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Taiwan, a self-governed island claimed by China, had been pushing to reach an agreement with the Trump administration over the duties faced by its exports entering the US, set at 20% last year.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 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

The self-governed enclave had 10,000 fighters at its disposal according to Azerbaijan, whose own army - estimated at over 120,000-strong by Western experts - dwarfed it.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2023

But he had men to deal with who were accustomed to think and reason closely, as must ever be more or less the case with a self-governed people.

From Erling the Bold by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)