OK, let's examine the Taiwan situation.
Originally there was simply China. The island of Taiwan was considered part
of China. China was part of the United Nations.
Then the country underwent a political upheaval. Without going into all of
the details... the result of this political upheaval was that in 1949, the
original government of China was forced to leave the country, and fled to
Taiwan. This created two China's as a practical matter, regardless of the
political demagoguery.
The original government, known as The Republic of China, now ruling only the
island of Taiwan, was recognized by the United Nations as the only
"legitimate" representative of China until 1971.
Over time, since 1949 but especially since 1971, most nations of the world
have recognized the People's Republic of China as the "legitimate"
government... of China. But not of Taiwan. That is at best ambiguous.
Therefore, it is clear that the Republic of China, aka Taiwan, was at one
time recognized by the UN.
Further, it is clear that the diplomatic status of Taiwan regarding it's
being part of the PRC is also at best ambiguous.
However, it is also clear that this is a different political situation than
that of Crimea. This is due to a civil war within the original entity,
technically one of which still exists, despite the status quo & de-facto
peace being maintained for decades.
Regarding the prefixes... the prefixes currently used by Taiwan were
assigned to China by the ITU. They were, if I'm not mistaken, assigned
internally to Taiwan by the ROC government, when it was the only government
(akin to the FCC allocating various states to various call districts and/or
distinct prefixes).
Since the ROC still maintains that it is the legitimate government of all of
China, and it is the governmental entity that the ITU assigned the B block
of prefixes to back in the day, its allocation of calls using the BV and
other prefixes can not be considered illegitimate. At most, the allocation
of calls within the two countries can be considered an internal matter
between the two governments... but each has a legitimate claim regarding who
is and who is not authorized to issue calls.
So: IMHO, comparing the Taiwan situation to the unfortunate recent events
(to put it mildly) in the Crimea, specifically in regards to UN or ITU
recognition, is incorrect. The two situations are not actually in any way
analogous.
73, ron w3wn
-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Steve London
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2014 11:19 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Crimea, Taiwan and CQWW
This may come as a surprise to some of you, but the USA and the UN do
not recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a country.
Diplomatically, Taiwan (BV) is part of the Peoples Republic of China
(BY). 172 of the 193 UN member countries (including the USA) agree with
this position on Taiwan.
So, applying the same logic that CQ magazine management has applied to
Crimea, QSO's with Taiwan should only be counted if they are made by
licensees of the Peoples Republic of China (BY). A BV-issued license is
not legitimate. A BV-issued license is no different than the 1B1
licenses issued by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (which also
does not count for DXCC).
I am not saying that I agree with the position CQ has taken on
Russian-licensed Crimeans, nor that BV-licensees should not be counted,
just the inconsistency in CQ magazine policies.
73,
Steve, N2IC
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