Possible fix
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* Fix iso-codes package to change the offending and incorrect "Taiwan, Province
of China" to something more neutral like "Taiwan"
* Don't stick to the upstream's(ISO 3166-1) version, the country name(which
is from UN) is not part of the standard(country code) and is not correct, and
is also not easy to fix from the real upstream(UN).
* Same as #614236's fix, use "common name" of iso-codes ("Taiwan") instead.
** Description changed:
You may remove the zh_TW translation part if you can't handle that when
modifying the title ;)
How to reproduce
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1.Open "Software Sources" in en_US.UTF-8 locale
2.(Pretend) you are a Taiwanese.
3.Try to choose a mirror in **your country**
Should see
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* Taiwan, Republic of China(which is the official name of the **country**)
* Taiwan(If we want to be less China)
But see instead
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Taiwan, Province of China
Reasons and **current FACTS**
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* You need a Taiwan Visa instead of China Visa to travel to Taiwan
* We can't travel to China without a China Visa, so sad :P
* We have **working** **own** government, and is currently in any way not
controlled by any organization outside the Taiwan island
* Although we know that ISO 3166 "so called standard" states "Taiwan,
Province of China", a **buggy standard** is **buggy**, and definitely need to
be patched before use.
* Almost every Taiwanese will be irritated if such bug crawling on their
screen ;)
* And the real "Chinese by country" won't be happy either if they tried to
use Ubuntu mirror located outside their country and (may or may not) be blocked
by the great GFW of China.
* (Just a joke) If we really a province of <country>, why shouldn't the
mirror list just show <country> instead?
+ Possible fix
+ ---------------------------------------------------
+ * Fix iso-codes package to change the offending and incorrect "Taiwan,
Province of China" to something more neutral like "Taiwan"
+ * Don't stick to the upstream's(ISO 3166-1) version, the country
name(which is from UN) is not part of the standard and is also not correct.
+ * Same as #614236's fix, use "common name" of iso-codes ("Taiwan") instead.
+
Reference Data
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* Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
"Constitutionally, the ROC government has claimed sovereignty over all of
"China", in a definition that includes mainland China and Outer Mongolia, as
well as Taiwan,[14] but has not made retaking mainland China a political goal
since 1992.[15] However, the government's stance on defining its political
position largely depends on which political coalition is in charge (See
Politics below). Meanwhile, the PRC also asserts itself to be the sole legal
representation of China and claims Taiwan to be under its sovereignty, denying
the status and existence of ROC as a sovereign state. The PRC has threatened
the use of military force as a response to any formal declaration of Taiwanese
independence, or if it deems peaceful reunification no longer possible.[16]
Relations between Taiwan and China as well as issues of national identity
within the country are important factors in Taiwanese politics and a cause of
social and political division among political parties and their respective
supporters."
Related bug reports
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Bug #614236 “Wrong Country Name. (Taiwan)” : Bugs : LoCo Team Portal
https://bugs.launchpad.net/loco-team-portal/+bug/614236
FS#30444 : Download Page uses Taiwan's name as “Taiwan, Province of China”
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/30444
Please consider, and please don't be evil as the "so called standard"
do.
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"Taiwan" is practically a <country>, but not "Province of <country>" |
（zh_TW: 「台灣」實際上是一個「國家」，而非「『國家』的一省」）
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