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Just curious: why writing "Chinese people" and not "Taiwanese people" ?
by homarp 8y ago
Just curious: why writing "Chinese people" and not "Taiwanese people" ?
- throwawww1231 8y agoI think he/she was pointing to their ethnicity, not so much about nationality.
- homarp 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Taiwan#Ethnicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Taiwan#Ethnici... says "The ethnic groups of Taiwan may be roughly divided among Taiwanese (84%), mainland Chinese (14%), and indigenous peoples (2%). The ROC government reports that over 95% of the population is Han Chinese, which includes Hoklo, Hakka and other groups from mainland China." So I guess "Chinese" is a shortcut for "Han Chinese"
- ardy42 8y ago> Just curious: why writing "Chinese people" and not "Taiwanese people" ? IIRC, it's because the mainland Communist Party's domestic propaganda pushes the line that the Chinese people aren't ready for democracy, in order to legitimize its authoritarian rule. The fact of Taiwanese democracy directly disproves that. They're a very similar population separated by only 70 years of political independence (and the democratic changes were only in the last 30 years, IIRC).