World: 196 countries

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• Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Serbia still considers Kosovo to be one of its regions. As of 11 June 2013, the Republic of Kosovo has received 103 diplomatic recognitions as an independent state. 101 out of 193 (52.3%) United Nations (UN) member states, 22 out of 27 (81%) European Union (EU) member states, 24 out of 28 (86%) NATO member states, and 33 out of 57 (58%) Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have recognised Kosovo. Serbia does not recognise it.
  
  Source: Wikipedia article International recognition of Kosovo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo) which contains a full list of countries which do and do not recognize Kosovo's independence.
• The Republic of Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) is engaged with Greece in a dispute over the former's name. International organizations and states which do not recognize the name Republic of Macedonia use the name the former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, abbreviated as F.Y.R.O.M. There is a very detailed article on the dispute here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_naming_dispute . The article includes a map and detailed list of which countries recognize or refute the name.
• China is officially called the People's Republic of China (PRC).
  Taiwan is alternatively known as the Republic of China (ROC).
  The PRC considers Taiwan to be its 23rd province and claims to have sovereignty over it. Conversely, the ROC claims to have sovereignty over all of mainland China.