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asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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Please stop saying “China mainland”. It implies Taiwan is part of China, at least to some.
The official name of Taiwan’s government is Republic of China, and it’s the continuation of the government that controlled all of China before Mao’s uprising.
So I’m not sure your argument makes sense. They claim to be the legitimaye Chinese government in their own name.
Outside of that very specific context, China == PRC. I understand the history of Taiwan very well, and it’s important for people to understand that they are two different countries.
Yeah, in colloquial usage, most people understand that China and Taiwan are two different countries and there’s no confusion over which one is which.
They claim to be independent, the name is something given to them by (you guessed it) China.
No, that’s just completely wrong. Taiwan’s government was created when Chiang Kai-Shek fled mainland China in the 1950s. It’s the continuation of the Republic of China that governed the entire country of China before the PRC government took over.
Saying that the PRC created the ROC name is ridiculous. The ROC predates the creation of the PRC and is the older name. The PRC didn’t even exist when it was created. Also suggesting that the PRC would ever endorse the ROC in any format is silly. Their entire position is that the ROC doesn’t exist.
You should go read a Wikipedia article on the history of Taiwan as your grasp of the history here is not strong.
They claim to be independent
They actually don’t.
Show me where. Taiwan claims to BE China, not part of China. That’s a big difference.
Also, they don’t need to claim independence since Taiwan has never been part of PRC. That would make as much sense as France never claims independence from the USA.
And yet there’s a whole wikipedia page saying the opposite?
Sorry I only copied the title
You can still edit it.
Okay I edit it
I also read it to mean not HK. Is that not right?
Not HK and Hong Kong.
Also some people in Hainan will refer to the “mainland” as opposed to Hainan island.
It turns out words can be used in multiple ways. It’s not all about Taiwan.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It means without Hong Kong.
ttmrichter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Mainland China refers to China sans Hong Kong and Macao, yes. Because you have to distinguish and “Mainland China” is a whole lot less typing than “China but with out Hong Kong and, oh yeah, Macao too”.