Bug 52205

Summary:	Tibet as country name
Product:	[Applications] kstars	Reporter:	Funda Wang <fundawang>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kstars
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	binner
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandrake RPMs
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Funda Wang 2002-12-23 00:31:48 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.0.3)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
OS:          Linux

In Country select, there is an option named "Tibet". That hurts we Chinese very much.
As all we know, Tibet is a province of China. It CANNOT be singled out as an individual COUNTRY.
The situation is not the same as Taiwan.

Tibet must be removed from the list.

Comment 1 kstars 2002-12-27 18:32:05 UTC

Lhasa is now listed as Country=China, Province=Tibet in Cities.dat.

Comment 2 Funda Wang 2002-12-29 10:09:55 UTC

The same rule might be appied on KDE_3_1_BRANCH, please.

Comment 3 kstars 2002-12-29 17:46:19 UTC

Subject: Re:  Tibet as country name

Change made on KDE_3_1>BRANCH also.

Comment 4 Flavio Stanchina 2003-03-22 18:01:05 UTC

I guess this hurts Tibetan people just as much, but probably there are too few
left to complain.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Comment 5 kstars 2003-03-23 06:11:17 UTC

Subject: Re:  Tibet as country name

Kstars is not a vehicle for political expression, it is an astronomy 
program.  Currently, there is no country called Tibet.  Tibet is a 
province of China, so calling Lhasa's country "Tibet" was indeed a 
factual error; i.e., a bug.  The day Tibet wins independence from 
China, we will change our geographic database to reflect the new 
reality.  

Anyway, this is not a KStars-specific issue; check the list of countries 
available in the "Country/Region & Language" KControl module.  China is 
listed.  Taiwan is listed.  Tibet is not.  As a KDE app, it is only 
right that we remain consistent with other core KDE apps.

> Sorry, couldn't resist.
I rather doubt it.

Jason

Comment 6 Funda Wang 2003-03-23 06:38:13 UTC

Tibet will not be separated from China, from past to the future.
And, it's better that we only discuss technical problems here. No political 
issues, please.

Comment 7 Chris Fynn 2007-09-09 09:14:55 UTC

"Tibet" is at least the proper name of a former (and hopefully future) country.

The official Chinese name in English of the current province is "Tibetan Autonomous Region" - abbreviated to TAR. 

So, if there is so much concern to make KStars Cities.dat "correct" in, it should be:
Country=China
and 
Province=TAR or Province=Tibetan Autonomous Region

Comment 8 Jason Harris 2007-09-09 15:26:32 UTC

When we have Province names for all the Chinese cities in our database, we'll 
add them.

On Sunday 09 September 2007 12:14:55 am Chris Fynn wrote:
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