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"Bilateral relations" means the relations between two entities, not necessarely two (recognized) states. You can for instance have bilateral relations with the UN or the EU, while both are not states. So Taiwan should be in the East-Asia section. Sijo Ripa14:56, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Many nations also maintain "trade offices" in Taiwan. It stops just short of a "Consular" role... I believe the US does too. You will however notice the US-Palestinian relations are also missing from the list as Palestine is not really a country but the US is still practically at war with their leaders Hamas. CaribDigita (talk) 02:47, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I added Palestine to the list as we have unofficial relations with them as we do with Taiwan, and by the way, Hamas are not the leaders of Palestine, they are the de facto leaders of the Gaza Strip only. Charles Essie (talk) 19:16, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Flags seem to work best when the list is in a column rather than a row. Maybe the template should be converted to ((Navbox with columns)).... I could tinker with it, but not right away.--Old Hoss 15:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
((Navbox with columns)) is new to me but I see why you mention it, so I'll try experimenting with it and this template's content on my userpage and post some follow-up here if anything decent-looking results. Thanks for your message. Sardanaphalus16:11, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've toyed with ((Navbox with columns)) and found it can be embedded in a standard Navbox, so here's the current result:
I removed the highly-POV Tibet entry. United States government has since the ROC era(1912-1949) recognized Tibet as part of China.
"For its part, the Government of the United States has borne in mind the fact that the Chinese Government has long claimed suzerainty over Tibet and the Chinese Constitution lists Tibet among areas constituting the territory of the Republic of China. This Government has at no time raised a question regarding either of those claims" [State Department, FRUS 1943, p630]
* [[China–United States relations|China]]
** [[Hong Kong–United States relations|Hong Kong]]
* [[Japan–United States relations|Japan]]
* [[Macau–United States relations|Macau]]
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* [[China–United States relations|China]]
** [[Hong Kong–United States relations|Hong Kong]]
** [[Macau–United States relations|Macau]]
* [[Japan–United States relations|Japan]]
I currently have a draft waiting for review on the relations between Abkhazia and the United States. If it were to be accepted, on the foreign relations template for the United States, would a separate section have to be created in the bilateral section under the listing of former states? Or would it go under Asia Western where Georgia is listed under a double bullet point next to Georgia as the majority of countries view Abkhazia as part of Georgia? --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:39, 6 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious about why Mexico is in the Central America section. I do understand that some geographic criteria give room for Mexico to be considered a part of such a region, but as far as my knowledge goes, Mexico is considered North American by both Mexicans themselves and Central Americans.
On the other hand, however, I wonder if this distinction in this particular template is based on a cultural background, since Canada shares far more cultural traits with the United States than Mexico does, and as such some people conisder North America a direct equivalent of Anglo-America (sans Caribbean countries).