self-governed
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Taiwan, the US ally and self-governed island that Beijing claims, produces the majority of the world's most advanced chips, the tiny processors that sit inside smartphones, laptops and AI data centres.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Returning from his Beijing summit with the Chinese leader, the president said that “nothing’s changed” in the U.S. policy toward the democratic, self-governed island.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
He said Japan was closely monitoring developments on self-governed Taiwan as well.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
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
The foundations of a self-governed society on a great scale are laid in leading instincts.
From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson by Morley, John
