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Law proposed when writing sporting derby

I found some recent "derbies" are pretty absurd. So I have my proposal.

1. Derby will be applied when two rivalling forces share a similar ambition to win, and none wants the other to be better. It has to be hostile enough to make it important.
2. Derby must at least gain the importance with the two rivals must have at least achievements in the same kind of sports.
3. Derby must not be interrupted, which means it has continuously run and run for decades.

I will not hesitate to propose deletion for any "derbies" not qualifying for these quotas.

Territories claimed by the Republic of China

During the 20th century, the Republic of China claimed that numerous neighbouring countries and regions in Asia were lost territories of China.[1][2] Many of these lost territories were under the rule of Imperial Chinese dynasties or were tributary states.[1] Sun Yat-sen claimed that these territories were lost due to unequal treaties, forceful occupation and annexation, and foreign interference. Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, among others, were supportive of these claims.[3]

Name Hanzi Pinyin year of the cession Note
Nepal[1] 尼泊尔 Níbó'ěr 1816 Lost to the British Empire
Outer Manchuria (Left bank of the Amur River and East of the Ussuri River)[2] 外东北 Wài dōngběi 1858

1860

Lost to the Russian Empire
Sakhalin[2] 库页岛

萨哈林岛

Kù yè dǎo

Sà hā lín dǎo

1860 Lost to the Russian Empire and Empire of Japan
Ryukyu Islands[2] 琉球群岛 Liúqiú qúndǎo 1879 Lost to the Empire of Japan
Annam[2] 安南 Ānnán 1885 Lost to French Empire
Burma[2] 缅甸 Miǎndiàn 1886 Lost to the British Empire
Sikkim[2] 哲孟雄 / 锡金 Zhé mèng xióng / Xíjīn 1889 Lost to the British Empire
Malaya[2] 马来亚 Mǎ lái yà 1895 Lost to the British Empire
Taiwan and Penghu[1] 台湾 (Taiwan)/

澎湖县 (Penghu)

Táiwān (Taiwan)/

Pēnghú xiàn (Penghu)

1895 Lost to the Empire of Japan
South Tibet[2] (part of modern-day Arunachal Pradesh) 藏南 (South Tibet)/阿鲁纳恰尔邦 (Arunachal Pradesh) Zàng nán (South Tibet)/Ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng (Arunachal Pradesh) 1914 Lost to the British Empire
Andaman and Nicobar Islands[2] 安达曼群岛 Āndá màn qúndǎo — Lost to the British Empire
Ceylon[1] (Sri Lanka) 锡兰 Xī lán — Visited by Admiral Zheng He in the early 15th century. First colonised by the Portuguese Empire, the French empire then the Dutch Empire, and finally the British Empire.
Joseon[2] 朝鲜 Cháoxiǎn 1895 Lost to the Empire of Japan
Pamir Mountains/Ladakh area[2] 帕米尔 Pàmǐ'ěr 1895 Lost to the Russian Empire and the British Empire
Siam[1] 暹罗 Xiān luó 1904 Became independent between British and French territories
Sulu Archipelago[1] 苏禄群岛 Sū lù qúndǎo — Lost to the Spanish Empire and French Empire
Java[1] 爪哇岛 Zhǎowā dǎo — Lost to the Dutch Empire and French Empire
Borneo[1] (part of modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei) 婆罗洲 Póluó zhōu — Lost to the British Empire, the French Empire and the Dutch Empire
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Tseng, Hui-Yi (2017). Revolution, State Succession, International Treaties and the Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 66. ISBN 9781443893688.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kim, Samuel S. (1979). China, the United Nations, and World Order. Princeton University Press. p. 43. ISBN 9780691100760.
  3. ^ Tzou, Byron N. (1990). China and International Law: The Boundary Disputes. Praeger. p. 77. ISBN 9780275934620.
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