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[CQ-Contest] Crimea, Taiwan and CQWW

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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Crimea, Taiwan and CQWW
From: Steve London <n2icarrl@gmail.com>
Reply-to: n2ic@arrl.net
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:19:00 -0600
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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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