How to Use self-governing in a Sentence

self-governing

adjective
  • China claims the democratic self-governing island as its own, and Xi has not ruled out using force to take it.
    — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • Taiwan is a self-governing island that China claims as its own territory.
    — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • When those three things come together, patient safety stops being a values statement and becomes a self-governing system.
    — Joe Kiani, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • China claims the self-governing island as its territory and sanctioned four New Zealand lawmakers on Thursday to protest their recent visit.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • The final package fell far short of what President Lai Ching-te insisted was necessary to prepare the self-governing island for a potential Chinese attack.
    — Scott Tong, NPR, 11 June 2026
  • Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader headed to the US for meetings with lawmakers at a time when Washington’s commitment to the self-governing island has been cast in doubt.
    — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
  • Lawmakers want to see the weapons sales move as anxiety rises that Taiwan — home to a majority of the world’s most advanced computer chips — could face an attack from China, which considers the self-governing island its territory.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 22 May 2026
  • The collection of 18 islands between Scotland and Iceland is a self-governing region of Denmark, and the 54,000 people who live there have their own language, parliament, and culture distinct from the Danes.
    — Callie Radke Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2025
  • These comments came after recent talks between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about American support for the self-governing island.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026

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