self-governed

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He also told Trump that Washington should be "prudent" when supplying weapons to the self-governed island which China has long claimed.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Taiwan, a self-governed island claimed by China, had been pushing to reach an agreement with the Trump administration over the duties faced by its exports entering the US, set at 20% last year.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Taiwan’s religious diversity and vitality forms a kind of subsoil of the self-governed island’s identity and values.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

Taiwan’s Taiex declined 0.2% to 17,512.83 on the eve of presidential and legislative elections that will test the self-governed island’s relations both with Beijing and with Washington.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Thus it will be seen that although nominally under monarchial rule, Norway is in reality self-governed.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray