self-ruling
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was not sure whether he would discuss the sensitive topic of self-ruling Taiwan during his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea.
From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025
Greenland is an Alaska-sized, self-ruling Danish territory off North America, between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2024
Taiwan is a self-ruling island of 24 million people that is officially known as the Republic of China.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2023
The self-ruling island has a strict two-week quarantine on arrival and has sealed its borders off to all but residents and citizens, with few exceptions.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2021
Free, rational and self-ruling personality would then take the place of self-made slaves, who are the victims both of external constraints and the playthings of the uncontrolled forces of their own instincts.
From The Pivot of Civilization by Sanger, Margaret
