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This is meaningless. Taiwanese can still access job posting sites or be contacted by recruiters from Mainland China. There's no language barrier and they can si

This is meaningless. Taiwanese can still access job posting sites or be contacted by recruiters from Mainland China. There's no language barrier and they can simply buy a flight ticket to Shanghai and start working wherever they want with full Chinese citizenship. The brain drain is serious and I don't see how it can be solved unless Taiwan can offer competitive salaries against first-tier cities in the mainland, 10% of Taiwanese population is now living and working in the mainland.

necrotic_comp 5y ago
Taiwan isn't part of China. Using the term "mainland" is extremely loaded.
- filoleg 5y ago
  I think they used "mainland" here, so that it is differentiated from something like Hong Kong. And in this case, that differentiation actually matters and helps the context. Tl;dr: the parent comment didn't use "mainland" to imply that Taiwan is a part of China. They used it to say "contacted by recruiters from Mainland China [as opposed to recruiters from HK]"
- Y_Y 5y ago
  Ya exactly, China is part of Taiwan! But seriously, this is a standard non-politicised term.
- hi5eyes 5y ago
  I think if you were to talk to hkers or taiwanese you would know that the term "mainland" is pretty well understood
- iso8859-1 5y ago
  Taiwan is an island in a country formally known as "Republic of China". So yes, it is China. The mainland is occupied by communist rebels, but it also belongs to the Republic of China. Happy to help!
- dathinab 5y ago
  Saying Taiwan isn't part of China isn't right, but neither is saying it is part of China. Similar the term mainland while maybe not liked by all Taiwan wouldn't necessary be that wrong either on technical terms. Because things are complicate ... Both Taiwan and China are "China". Basically China/CCP claims the Taiwanese government are rebels, and the Taiwanese land belongs to China. But Taiwan is also claiming that the CCP and co. are rebels and the Chinese/CCP land belongs to them. I.e. both claim to "be" China. So the reason Taiwan is called Taiwan and not China is because it's mainly limited to the island of Taiwan. But this also means that using e.g. China/Mainland and China/Taiwan isn't wrong either. In the end from a Taiwan historic point of few China/Mainland is the mainland they have lost. I myself found it annoying that many western countries don't officially recognize Taiwan. Until I learned about that fact, which explains a lot of things. The relevant part is that Taiwan officially kinda sees themself as part of the historic/demographic/non CCP defined China, but NOT as part of the "political" China controlled by the CCP. Naturally due to years separation both have developed in different directions and from a external point of few both China and Taiwan are separate countries with separate governments, land, politics etc. Anyway I'm not a China/Taiwan expert, I hope I got things more or less right. I guess the main takeaway is that the relationship between Taiwan and China is much more complicated than many people from the other side of the world believe it is. I personally thought for a long time it basically "just" Taiwan is a country split of from china which aims to be independent from China and go it's own way but is suppressed by China but also somewhat protected by external forces mainly the US. Well I was wrong and things are more complicated than that.
  - dumb1224 5y ago
    We were not educated enough about this particular history in China but when I grew up I read a bit to know most of it. But I'm shocked it wasn't well known internationally. I find the same situation in Ireland complicated as well after living there for 6 years. Before it was simply a naive 'why didn't NI unite with the republic of Ireland / why UK split Ireland up'. And being related to Britain and most events were in the press and it's english, there are still many people have no clue what happened. No wonder there could be so much misunderstanding and needless emotional arguments.
- imron 5y ago
  Taiwanese use the term mainland (大陸) to refer to China all the time.

necrotic_comp 5y ago

Taiwan isn't part of China. Using the term "mainland" is extremely loaded.

filoleg 5y ago
I think they used "mainland" here, so that it is differentiated from something like Hong Kong. And in this case, that differentiation actually matters and helps the context. Tl;dr: the parent comment didn't use "mainland" to imply that Taiwan is a part of China. They used it to say "contacted by recruiters from Mainland China [as opposed to recruiters from HK]"
Y_Y 5y ago
Ya exactly, China is part of Taiwan! But seriously, this is a standard non-politicised term.
hi5eyes 5y ago
I think if you were to talk to hkers or taiwanese you would know that the term "mainland" is pretty well understood
iso8859-1 5y ago
Taiwan is an island in a country formally known as "Republic of China". So yes, it is China. The mainland is occupied by communist rebels, but it also belongs to the Republic of China. Happy to help!
dathinab 5y ago
Saying Taiwan isn't part of China isn't right, but neither is saying it is part of China. Similar the term mainland while maybe not liked by all Taiwan wouldn't necessary be that wrong either on technical terms. Because things are complicate ... Both Taiwan and China are "China". Basically China/CCP claims the Taiwanese government are rebels, and the Taiwanese land belongs to China. But Taiwan is also claiming that the CCP and co. are rebels and the Chinese/CCP land belongs to them. I.e. both claim to "be" China. So the reason Taiwan is called Taiwan and not China is because it's mainly limited to the island of Taiwan. But this also means that using e.g. China/Mainland and China/Taiwan isn't wrong either. In the end from a Taiwan historic point of few China/Mainland is the mainland they have lost. I myself found it annoying that many western countries don't officially recognize Taiwan. Until I learned about that fact, which explains a lot of things. The relevant part is that Taiwan officially kinda sees themself as part of the historic/demographic/non CCP defined China, but NOT as part of the "political" China controlled by the CCP. Naturally due to years separation both have developed in different directions and from a external point of few both China and Taiwan are separate countries with separate governments, land, politics etc. Anyway I'm not a China/Taiwan expert, I hope I got things more or less right. I guess the main takeaway is that the relationship between Taiwan and China is much more complicated than many people from the other side of the world believe it is. I personally thought for a long time it basically "just" Taiwan is a country split of from china which aims to be independent from China and go it's own way but is suppressed by China but also somewhat protected by external forces mainly the US. Well I was wrong and things are more complicated than that.
- dumb1224 5y ago
  We were not educated enough about this particular history in China but when I grew up I read a bit to know most of it. But I'm shocked it wasn't well known internationally. I find the same situation in Ireland complicated as well after living there for 6 years. Before it was simply a naive 'why didn't NI unite with the republic of Ireland / why UK split Ireland up'. And being related to Britain and most events were in the press and it's english, there are still many people have no clue what happened. No wonder there could be so much misunderstanding and needless emotional arguments.
imron 5y ago
Taiwanese use the term mainland (大陸) to refer to China all the time.