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Wikipedia seems to treat "Municipality" in the context of China as the standard translation for Zhixiashi (lit. "Direct-control city"). Where does this usage originate? Normally, the word "municipality" just means a city or a city government. So, "Municipality of China" could be any city in China. Using it to specifically mean Zhixiashi seems confusing. - Nat Krause( Talk!) 20:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Please, somebody, add an explanation of these (to an outsider) strange and unmotivated changes of status. There must have been political reasons. What were they? That would make the article more interesting. Zaslav 00:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the statement "China's Taiwan municipalities are smaller than their urban areas" can be interpreted as implying that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China. Technically speaking China merely refers to the geographical area, not the political, but it's a distinction not made in popular usage: China typically means the People's Republic of China. I think that this sentence should be changed to simply say, "Taiwanese municipalities...". Comments? kabl00ey 15:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Done. Readin ( talk) 21:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
What is the reason for lumping cities under the direct control of PRC in the same article with cities under the direct control of ROC? Are ROC and PRC the only states that have such cities? Why not include other countries that do the same thing? Or split into separate articles? Readin ( talk) 21:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Don't Washington, D.C., Districto Federal in Mexico, Canberra, and other such federal cities qualify as dir. controlled mun.? -- Mistakefinder ( talk) 17:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Under the definition in this page, I think the two federal cities in Russian Federation, i.e Moscow and Saint Petersberg, meet the requirement of direct-controlled municipality. They are two of 83 federal subjects(субъект) in RF, and have equal status to other provinces(Область) of Russia. See Federation Council of Russia, ".....Each of the 84 federal subjects of Russia, consisting of 21 republics, 47 oblasts, eight krais, two federal cities, five autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast send two senators to the Council. As of January 2008, the total body of the Federation Council is 168 seats.......". So I think we can add Moscow and Saint petersberg to this page. Energiya ( talk) 12:25, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
How about Tokyo?? Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to) is one of 47 prefectures under the central government of Japan. In the dictionary Metropolis is a synonym of municipality. Should we add that to this article? Energiya ( talk)
I have some cases probably need to add to this article
These will all do. The Tokyo one may be a bit tricky, but we might be able to just barely pull it off. Liu Tao ( talk) 13:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
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Wikipedia seems to treat "Municipality" in the context of China as the standard translation for Zhixiashi (lit. "Direct-control city"). Where does this usage originate? Normally, the word "municipality" just means a city or a city government. So, "Municipality of China" could be any city in China. Using it to specifically mean Zhixiashi seems confusing. - Nat Krause( Talk!) 20:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Please, somebody, add an explanation of these (to an outsider) strange and unmotivated changes of status. There must have been political reasons. What were they? That would make the article more interesting. Zaslav 00:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
I think the statement "China's Taiwan municipalities are smaller than their urban areas" can be interpreted as implying that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China. Technically speaking China merely refers to the geographical area, not the political, but it's a distinction not made in popular usage: China typically means the People's Republic of China. I think that this sentence should be changed to simply say, "Taiwanese municipalities...". Comments? kabl00ey 15:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Done. Readin ( talk) 21:40, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
What is the reason for lumping cities under the direct control of PRC in the same article with cities under the direct control of ROC? Are ROC and PRC the only states that have such cities? Why not include other countries that do the same thing? Or split into separate articles? Readin ( talk) 21:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
Don't Washington, D.C., Districto Federal in Mexico, Canberra, and other such federal cities qualify as dir. controlled mun.? -- Mistakefinder ( talk) 17:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
Under the definition in this page, I think the two federal cities in Russian Federation, i.e Moscow and Saint Petersberg, meet the requirement of direct-controlled municipality. They are two of 83 federal subjects(субъект) in RF, and have equal status to other provinces(Область) of Russia. See Federation Council of Russia, ".....Each of the 84 federal subjects of Russia, consisting of 21 republics, 47 oblasts, eight krais, two federal cities, five autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast send two senators to the Council. As of January 2008, the total body of the Federation Council is 168 seats.......". So I think we can add Moscow and Saint petersberg to this page. Energiya ( talk) 12:25, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
How about Tokyo?? Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to) is one of 47 prefectures under the central government of Japan. In the dictionary Metropolis is a synonym of municipality. Should we add that to this article? Energiya ( talk)
I have some cases probably need to add to this article
These will all do. The Tokyo one may be a bit tricky, but we might be able to just barely pull it off. Liu Tao ( talk) 13:57, 12 August 2010 (UTC)