GEO 101 Lecture 8: Chapter 8 Political Geography
12 Oct 2016
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It tries to answer questions why wars and terrorists attacks occur. Where are they coming from in this regard are not particularly important. Defining states and development of the state concept: problems of defining states. North and south korea, one state or two: korea is a former colony of japan, was divided into two occupation zones (north-south) by the usa and soviet union after. Republic of korea: both governments are committed to reuniting a country into one sovereign state. China and taiwan: one state or two: according to the china"s government, taiwan is not an independent state, as a result of the civil war between the nationalists and the communists in late 1940s, Nationalists leaders fled to the island of taiwan: most other governments in the world consider taiwan as a sovereign state, taiwan is not in the united nations.
