'Re: KDE, province of china?'

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List:       kde-www
Subject:    Re: KDE, province of china?
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () knewton ! biz>
Date:       2007-03-03 19:47:13
Message-ID: 516604.50601.qm () web54105 ! mail ! yahoo ! com
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Thanks for your concern.  KDE does not wish to get involved in politics.  KDE bases \
its country classifications on international standards.  With respect to Taiwan, it \
is listed as KDE does by the ISO \
(http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html).

Note that it does not say "province of People's Republic of China" or "province of \
Republic of China", which is commonly known as "Taiwan" (see e.g. \
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China and \
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Province).  I suppose this is a clever compromise \
(i.e., ambiguity on whether there is "one" China or "two" Chinas) so that we don't \
have to get into the middle of this dispute.

Best regards,

Andreas Pour

----- Original Message ----
From: chuangwenruey <chuangwenruey@pchome.com.tw>
Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2007 1:05:03 AM
Subject: KDE, province of china?

Dear Sir,
There's a mistake in your web site here
http://download.kde.org/mirrorstatus.html#tw
My country Taiwan, is NOT a province of China, please correct this mistake.
Thanks

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--></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new \
york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new \
york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><span>Thanks for your concern.&nbsp; KDE does \
not wish to get involved in politics.&nbsp; KDE bases its country classifications on \
international standards.&nbsp; With respect to Taiwan, it is listed as KDE does by \
the ISO (<a target="_blank" \
href="http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en \
1.html">http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html</a>).</span><br><br><span>Note \
that it does not say "province of People's Republic of China" or "province of \
Republic of China", which is commonly known as "Taiwan" (see e.g. <a target="_blank" \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China</a> \
and <a target="_blank"  \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Province">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Province</a>).&nbsp; \
I suppose this is a clever compromise (i.e., ambiguity on whether there is "one" \
China or "two" Chinas) so that we don't have to get into the middle of this \
dispute.</span><br><br>Best regards,<br><br>Andreas Pour<br><br><div \
style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- \
Original Message ----<br>From: chuangwenruey \
&lt;chuangwenruey@pchome.com.tw&gt;<br>Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2007 1:05:03 \
AM<br>Subject: KDE, province of china?<br><br><div>Dear Sir,<br>There's a mistake in \
your web site here<br><a target="_blank" \
href="http://download.kde.org/mirrorstatus.html#tw">http://download.kde.org/mirrorstatus.html#tw</a><br>My \
country Taiwan, is NOT a province of China, please correct this \
mistake.<br>Thanks<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kde-www \
mailing list<br>kde-www@kde.org<br><a target="_blank"  \
href="https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-www">https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-www</a><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>

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