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Indeed, it is not off topic when the topic is "Mapping Coronavirus, Responsibly."

One practical implication of grouping Taiwan with China is that Italy banned travel from Taiwan along with China, even though the situation in Taiwan is basically fine.

It's also not plausible that the author, a professional cartographer, just made a mistake about Taiwan.

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> One practical implication of grouping Taiwan with China is that Italy banned travel from Taiwan along with China, even though the situation in Taiwan is basically fine.

It is interesting that Russia acted differently from Italy: to ban travel from China but not from Taiwan.