The Traveling CIO

摘要

This is not an easy question to answer because it's complicated by many shades of meaning. How do you define "country"? Do territories count? What about Hong Kong? Is an emirate a country? Is the U.K. a single country? And then, how do you define "been to"? When I was running our international division, we decided to establish some rules on how to count countries. Since I was in charge, I decided to make this the only dictatorial portion of my job. I would listen to any appeal, but my decision was final. Often, I was accused of making decisions based on my own experiences, but that is totally bogus. The first question that has to be considered is the definition of a country. The UN. lists 192 members, but it doesn't include Vatican City, Kosovo and Taiwan.