This can be diplomatically difficult.
The linked implementation only lists Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". I could see this being interpreted in many different ways, with either side being insulted. (Maybe that's best.)
The linked implementation only lists Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". I could see this being interpreted in many different ways, with either side being insulted. (Maybe that's best.)
It seems the dropdown here is just a harmless tech demo based on ISO, but this is such a common mistake. Even the rails/country_select thingie on GitHub has the same trap included. Use it and you are bound to make Taiwanese users unhappy, which already happened to Facebook, Twitter, Google Maps, ...