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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Fact of the Day: A Tale of Two Chinas
While known in the Western world as Taiwan, the official name of the country is the Republic of China. The island nation split from the mainland after communist forces took over the government in 1949.
Taiwanese is a real language along with a few other native ones. The government that once ruled an early 20th century china just "borrowed" the island so to speak.
I consider it a Chinese territory.
ReplyDeletethat is quite a history
ReplyDeleteStill like calling it Taiwan better.
ReplyDeleteSo they don't speak Taiwanese?
ReplyDeleteThey speak the same language, but write differently.
DeleteTaiwanese is a real language along with a few other native ones. The government that once ruled an early 20th century china just "borrowed" the island so to speak.
DeleteDo they still all look the same?
ReplyDeleteMade in Taiwan sounds better than Made in the Republic of China.
ReplyDeleteThey both also consider themselves the "real" China and when they make "passports" they consider the other a territory instead of another country.
ReplyDeletegreat post!! :)
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Nice knowing the history of this land:)
ReplyDeleteI never knew the details of that split, or it's original name!
ReplyDeleteFascinating history which I was not aware of :)
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