Flag of Taiwan
In the Canton is a solar disc with 12 rays
The Sun reflects the power of Day
There is a delicate balance in East Asia, where the ancient scars of the Cold War fester on beyond the shores of Pusan/
Busan. The
acrimonious-abortion like political issues rest firmly tied to the nations of Taiwan and Myanmar. Their flags are
vexillologically similar. Just as Israeli and
Palestinian issues
embroil West Asia, in East Asia, mainland China and
Burma rest at the tipping point
in between chaos and peace.
Only a certain percentage of nations recognize 'free market' China, aka Taiwan. The US used to recognize it as the real China, but then things went awry in the 1970s and the US flip flopped and decided to pull the carpet out from Taiwan and instead, warmed up to Communist China. Basically the US was taking advantage of a Russian-Chinese spat. It worked.
Myanmar used to be called
Burma, which used to be a part of India when it was in the British Empire. Myanmar made a big splash in American
Consciousness when Pepsi Co tried to open business in the 1990s, but a well
executed anti-
Myanmar protest blocked this corporation's right to free trade with a rather draconian nation.
As of now Taiwan and
Myanmar remain in the semi-nation category like
Puerto Rico, Palestine, and Greenland. At least Greenlanders will always have the comfort of
knowing Santa Clause will protect them from evil and jerks wads, so long are they are nice and don't pout.
