Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "主权国家" in Chinese language version.
So far as States are concerned, the traditional definitions provided for in the Montevideo Convention remain generally accepted.
sovereign: adjective ... [ attrib. ] (of a nation or state) fully independent and determining its own affairs.
A sovereign state is generally defined to be any nation or people, whatever may be the form of its internal constitution, which governs itself independently of foreign powers.
The Committee considers [...] that the state is commonly defined as a community which consists of a territory and a population subject to an organized political authority; that such a state is characterized by sovereignty; [...]
A sovereign state is generally defined to be any nation or people, whatever may be the form of its internal constitution, which governs itself independently of foreign powers.
The Committee considers [...] that the state is commonly defined as a community which consists of a territory and a population subject to an organized political authority; that such a state is characterized by sovereignty; [...]
根據「宣示說」(declaratory theory),國家的存在是客觀的事實,並不需要他人的承認;……