1.   Disputes over legitimate rulers are a second underlying problem with claims that territorial integrity has been violated.

2.   Of particular importance among Muslim nations are the three that have recognized the Taliban as legitimate rulers, the only countries in the world to do so.

3.   The two rival governments insulted each other while each insisting that it was the legitimate ruler of all China.

4.   Pakistan last year became one of the first and remains one of the few countries to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan.

5.   Beijing insists that its communist government is the legitimate ruler of Taiwan.

6.   Both claim to be the legitimate rulers of both the Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan.

7.   Both the Communists in Beijing and the Nationalists in Taipei claim to be the legitimate rulers of all China.

8.   Both the Communists and the Nationalists claim to be the sole legitimate rulers of all of China.

9.   Chiang portrayed himself as the sole legitimate ruler of all China, and ruthlessly suppressed opinions to the contrary.

10.   China claims to be its legitimate ruler and has threatened to use force to reunify if necessary.