self-governed

Example Sentences

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China is especially touchy about Taiwan, the self-governed island that Beijing claims as part of its territory.

From BBC

Chinese customs officers in eastern Shandong province have seized 60,000 maps that "mislabelled" the self-governed island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as part of its territory.

From BBC

Chinese state media reported that Xi warned Washington that it should handle Taiwan "with caution" to avoid conflict, just days after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said China posed an "imminent" threat to the self-governed island.

From BBC

The title of “happiest place in Asia,” also coincides with increasing military threats from China, which claims the self-governed island as a part of its territory.

From Los Angeles Times

And as a self-governed group breaking into two opposing sides: the very savage and the not so savage . . . yet, the boys were mostly numb to the death of Piggy, until they were rescued or, in other words, "caught."

From Salon