# China or 'mainland' China?

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971>\
**Category:** Greater Forumosa\
**Tags:** language\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971 "2021-03-13T09:19:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Not98\_6](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Not98\_6](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Not98_6)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971/21 "2021-03-13T19:45:00Z")

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I call it Red China… seriously. Love the reactions/looks I sometimes get.

(I don’t care what AP Style Guide says. 😉 )

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**Author:** ![jimipresley](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/jimipresley/32/102867_2.png) [@jimipresley](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/jimipresley)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971/22 "2021-03-13T20:05:04Z")

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> [@Explant](#):
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> mianland china

The paomian from Taiwan is better,

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**Author:** ![Rocket](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/rocket/32/160144_2.png) [@Rocket](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Rocket)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971/23 "2021-03-13T20:25:12Z")

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> [@jimipresley](#):
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> > [@Explant](#):
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> > mianland china
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> The paomian from **Tiawan** is better,

FIFY

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**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971/24 "2021-03-14T05:00:52Z")

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![EdqoudvUMAIGC40](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/0/0/002aff3e174bb02761fc8c7544ecac475902cb5c.jpeg)

Just remember. Taiwan is ‘legally’ a province of the People’s Republic of China.

To use force against Taiwan’s ‘separation’ from the rest of China is legal.

Taiwan’s use of ‘mainland’ is under duress.

Legal means squat.

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**Author:** ![Belgian\_Pie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8dc957/32.png) [@Belgian\_Pie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Belgian_Pie)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/china-or-mainland-china/203971/25 "2021-03-14T07:03:08Z")

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> [@tando](#):
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> legally, still ROC. There can be two independent chinas.

There were two countries named Germany, BRD and DDR. But it’s all about face for the Chinese commies, oh, and resources, power.

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