How many of the world's capital cities have you been to?
Jul 28, 2019, 9:51 am
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Not many.
Colombo
Male'
New Delhi
Dacca
Islamabad
Singapore
Bangkok
KL
Manila
Canberra
Suva
Beijing
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Moscow
Sofia
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Bonn(before)
Paris
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Geneva
Rome
Cairo
Pretoria
Hague
Brussels
Luxembourg city
Monte Carlo
Ottawa
Washington DC
Havana
Dublin
Edinburgh
Seoul
Ulaanbaatar
Colombo
Male'
New Delhi
Dacca
Islamabad
Singapore
Bangkok
KL
Manila
Canberra
Suva
Beijing
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Moscow
Sofia
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Bonn(before)
Paris
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Geneva
Rome
Cairo
Pretoria
Hague
Brussels
Luxembourg city
Monte Carlo
Ottawa
Washington DC
Havana
Dublin
Edinburgh
Seoul
Ulaanbaatar
Jul 28, 2019, 10:46 am
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8, in order visited:
Washington, DC (US)
Tokyo (JP)
Taipei (TW)*
Seoul (KR)
London (UK)
Beijing (CN)*
Panama City (PA)
Santiago (CL)
* = Disputed
Now if we're including capitals of administrative divisions of countries, when we add:
Honolulu (State of Hawaii, US)
Sacramento (State of California, US)
Phoenix (State of Arizona, US)
Carson City (State of Nevada, US)
Denver (State of Colorado, US)
Atlanta (State of Georgia, US)
Des Moines (State of Iowa, US)
Boston (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, US)
Madison (State of Wisconsin, US)
San Juan (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, PR)**
Osaka (Osaka Prefecture, JP)
Kyoto (Kyoto Prefecture, JP)
Shíjiāzhuāng (Héběi Province, CN)****
Zhèngzhōu (Hénán Province, CN)****
Shànghǎi (Shànghǎi Municipality, CN)****
Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HK)***, ****
Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region, MO)***, ****
La Serena (Coquimbo Region, CL)
** = has own ccTLD. US responsible for defense.
*** = has own ccTLD. CN responsible for defense as per terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration (HK) or Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau (MO).
**** = Disputed. Also claimed by the ROC government on TW.
Washington, DC (US)
Tokyo (JP)
Taipei (TW)*
Seoul (KR)
London (UK)
Beijing (CN)*
Panama City (PA)
Santiago (CL)
* = Disputed
Now if we're including capitals of administrative divisions of countries, when we add:
Honolulu (State of Hawaii, US)
Sacramento (State of California, US)
Phoenix (State of Arizona, US)
Carson City (State of Nevada, US)
Denver (State of Colorado, US)
Atlanta (State of Georgia, US)
Des Moines (State of Iowa, US)
Boston (Commonwealth of Massachusetts, US)
Madison (State of Wisconsin, US)
San Juan (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, PR)**
Osaka (Osaka Prefecture, JP)
Kyoto (Kyoto Prefecture, JP)
Shíjiāzhuāng (Héběi Province, CN)****
Zhèngzhōu (Hénán Province, CN)****
Shànghǎi (Shànghǎi Municipality, CN)****
Hong Kong (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, HK)***, ****
Macau (Macau Special Administrative Region, MO)***, ****
La Serena (Coquimbo Region, CL)
** = has own ccTLD. US responsible for defense.
*** = has own ccTLD. CN responsible for defense as per terms of the Sino-British Joint Declaration (HK) or Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau (MO).
**** = Disputed. Also claimed by the ROC government on TW.
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Jul 28, 2019, 11:22 am
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Taiwan IS the Republic of China. But you're right. It's very complicated and the US news media doesn't understand it themselves, much less can explain it. The People's Republic of China has been fairly successful strong arming the media to reporting things its way as far as the word "China".
Jul 28, 2019, 11:44 am
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Taiwan IS the Republic of China. But you're right. It's very complicated and the US news media doesn't understand it themselves, much less can explain it. The People's Republic of China has been fairly successful strong arming the media to reporting things its way as far as the word "China".
But under the "One China" viewpoint, you're correct, Taiwan is part of the ROC and administered by the ROC, and nearly all of the land that is administered by the PRC is also claimed by the ROC. And of course all ROC territories are claimed by the PRC too.
Jul 28, 2019, 1:36 pm
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Jul 28, 2019, 3:59 pm
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30 and 1/3
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Hong Kong
Beijing
Tokyo
Seoul
Manila
Bangkok
New Delhi
London
Dublin
Rome
Vatican City
Paris
Prague
Budapest
Vienna
Bratislava
Lisbon
Madrid
Athens
Kiev
Zagreb
Helsinki
Doha
Cairo
Cape Town
Washington, D.C.
San Jose
Panama City
Tegucigalpa
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Hong Kong
Beijing
Tokyo
Seoul
Manila
Bangkok
New Delhi
London
Dublin
Rome
Vatican City
Paris
Prague
Budapest
Vienna
Bratislava
Lisbon
Madrid
Athens
Kiev
Zagreb
Helsinki
Doha
Cairo
Cape Town
Washington, D.C.
San Jose
Panama City
Tegucigalpa
Jul 28, 2019, 5:14 pm
#38
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Taiwan IS the Republic of China. But you're right. It's very complicated and the US news media doesn't understand it themselves, much less can explain it. The People's Republic of China has been fairly successful strong arming the media to reporting things its way as far as the word "China".
But then again, sometimes Taiwan tries hard to be the PRC (see the recent China Airlines cigarette smuggling scandal)...
Jul 28, 2019, 7:04 pm
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Oceania
1. Majuro (Marshall Islands)
2. Suva (Fiji)
Africa
3. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
4. Cairo (Egypt)
5. Cape Town, ish (South Africa)
6. Harare (Zimbabwe)
7. Tunis (Tunisia)
Europe
8. Athens (Greece)
9. Belgrade (Serbia)
10. Berlin (Germany)
11. Bratislava (Slovakia)
12. Bucharest (Romania)
13. Budapest (Hungary)
Brussels (Belgium)
14. Chisinau (Moldova)
15. Copenhagen (Denmark)
16. Dublin (Ireland)
17. Lisbon (Portugal)
18. Ljubljana (Slovenia)
19. London (UK)
20. Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
21. Madrid (Spain)
22. Minsk (Belarus)
23. Moscow (Russia)
24. Paris (France)
25. Podgorica (Montenegro)
26. Prague (Czech Republic)
27. Rome (Italy)
28. Sofia (Bulgaria)
29. Stockholm (Sweden)
30. Tirana (Albania)
31. Vienna (Austria)
South America
32. Bogota (Colombia)
33. Buenos Aires (Argentina)
34. Caracas (Venezuela)
35. La Paz, ish (Bolivia)
36. Lima (Peru)
37. Quito (Ecuador)
North America
38. Guatemala City (Guatemala)
39. Havana (Cuba)
40. Managua (Nicaragua)
41. Mexico City (Mexico)
42. Ottawa (Canada)
43. Panama City (Panama)
44. San Jose (Costa Rica)
45. San Salvador (El Salvador)
46. Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
47. Washington (USA)
Asia
48. Abu Dhabi (UAE)
49. Amman (Jordan)
50. Ankara (Turkey)
51. Baku (Azerbaijan)
52. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
53. Bangkok (Thailand)
54. Beijing (China)
55. Beirut (Lebanon)
56. Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
57. Dhaka (Bangladesh)
58. Dili (East Timor)
59. Doha (Qatar)
60. Jakarta (Indonesia)
61. Kathmandu (Nepal)
62. Kuala Lumpur, ish (Malaysia)
63. Kuwait City (Kuwait)
64. Male (Maldives)
65. Manama (Bahrain)
67. Manila (Philippines)
67. Muscat (Oman)
68. New Delhi (India)
69. Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan)
70. Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
71. Pyongyang (DPRK)
72. Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
73. Seoul (ROK)
74. Singapore (Singapore)
75. Taipei/New Taipei City (Taiwan)
76. Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
77. Tbilisi (Georgia)
78. Tokyo (Japan)
79. Ulaan Baator (Mongolia)
81. Yerevan (Armenia)
1. Majuro (Marshall Islands)
2. Suva (Fiji)
Africa
3. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
4. Cairo (Egypt)
5. Cape Town, ish (South Africa)
6. Harare (Zimbabwe)
7. Tunis (Tunisia)
Europe
8. Athens (Greece)
9. Belgrade (Serbia)
10. Berlin (Germany)
11. Bratislava (Slovakia)
12. Bucharest (Romania)
13. Budapest (Hungary)
Brussels (Belgium)
14. Chisinau (Moldova)
15. Copenhagen (Denmark)
16. Dublin (Ireland)
17. Lisbon (Portugal)
18. Ljubljana (Slovenia)
19. London (UK)
20. Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
21. Madrid (Spain)
22. Minsk (Belarus)
23. Moscow (Russia)
24. Paris (France)
25. Podgorica (Montenegro)
26. Prague (Czech Republic)
27. Rome (Italy)
28. Sofia (Bulgaria)
29. Stockholm (Sweden)
30. Tirana (Albania)
31. Vienna (Austria)
South America
32. Bogota (Colombia)
33. Buenos Aires (Argentina)
34. Caracas (Venezuela)
35. La Paz, ish (Bolivia)
36. Lima (Peru)
37. Quito (Ecuador)
North America
38. Guatemala City (Guatemala)
39. Havana (Cuba)
40. Managua (Nicaragua)
41. Mexico City (Mexico)
42. Ottawa (Canada)
43. Panama City (Panama)
44. San Jose (Costa Rica)
45. San Salvador (El Salvador)
46. Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
47. Washington (USA)
Asia
48. Abu Dhabi (UAE)
49. Amman (Jordan)
50. Ankara (Turkey)
51. Baku (Azerbaijan)
52. Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei)
53. Bangkok (Thailand)
54. Beijing (China)
55. Beirut (Lebanon)
56. Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
57. Dhaka (Bangladesh)
58. Dili (East Timor)
59. Doha (Qatar)
60. Jakarta (Indonesia)
61. Kathmandu (Nepal)
62. Kuala Lumpur, ish (Malaysia)
63. Kuwait City (Kuwait)
64. Male (Maldives)
65. Manama (Bahrain)
67. Manila (Philippines)
67. Muscat (Oman)
68. New Delhi (India)
69. Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan)
70. Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
71. Pyongyang (DPRK)
72. Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
73. Seoul (ROK)
74. Singapore (Singapore)
75. Taipei/New Taipei City (Taiwan)
76. Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
77. Tbilisi (Georgia)
78. Tokyo (Japan)
79. Ulaan Baator (Mongolia)
81. Yerevan (Armenia)
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Jul 28, 2019, 10:27 pm
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Jul 29, 2019, 6:31 am
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Europe
Berlin
Brussels
Copenhagen
Dublin
Helsinki
Stockholm
Oslo
Warsaw
Luxembourg
Paris
London
Vienna
Madrid
Rome
Zagreb
Athens
Kiev
Bratislava
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Sofia
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Skopje
Vaduz
Africa
Cairo
Gaborone
Victoria
Addis Ababa
Cape Town
Middle East
Kuwait City
Manama
Doha
Asia
Bangkok
Beijing
Singapore
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Hong Kong
Macau
Taipei
Male
Hanoi
Americas
Washington D.C.
Santo Domingo
Lima
Berlin
Brussels
Copenhagen
Dublin
Helsinki
Stockholm
Oslo
Warsaw
Luxembourg
Paris
London
Vienna
Madrid
Rome
Zagreb
Athens
Kiev
Bratislava
Prague
Budapest
Ljubljana
Sofia
Tallinn
Riga
Vilnius
Skopje
Vaduz
Africa
Cairo
Gaborone
Victoria
Addis Ababa
Cape Town
Middle East
Kuwait City
Manama
Doha
Asia
Bangkok
Beijing
Singapore
Seoul
Kuala Lumpur
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Hong Kong
Macau
Taipei
Male
Hanoi
Americas
Washington D.C.
Santo Domingo
Lima
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