He said 本土
Isn’t that just like 本地？ Means local, rather than ‘mainland’?
I didn’t invent the word, I’m just saying that’s what they call it.
In Kinmen, they also call the Main Island of Taiwan, “Taiwan”, as in “oh, you’re going to Taiwan this weekend?” wherein you then hop on an airplane without your passport and travel to Taipei, Chayi, Taichung, Kaoshuing, etc.
Further investigation reminded me that Kinmen is part of Fujian Province (they have a Fujian Province government office there!) and Taiwan is “Taiwan Province”, so, back to the whole 大陸 thing…
No it has a different meaning. 本地 is local local (Kaohsiung, Tainan, California, etc.), whereas 本土 is the whole of the land.
Its interesting to google and baidu image search to get an insta impression. Google is pulling up images of Taiwan, Covid, Classrooms etc for 本土. Baidu is pulling up remote places and local produce.
What’s that? Are you making up new concepts?
As in, not just one locale/city.
Hmm, how is that different to 本地 then though? That would also refer to like all of Taiwan in a Taiwan context. Or like a full province in a Chinese context
So in the context of Taiwan, if I said I’m a 本地人 that would usually mean I was born and raised in Kaohsiung. 外地觀光客 would mean a tourist visiting Kaohsiung from another city in Taiwan.
I don’t know if 本土人 is used here, but if someone said it, I would assume they meant an indigenous person in the context of Taiwan specifically, as opposed to a Han Chinese.
本島人 would more likely be used here (as this land is an island). It would mean a Taiwanese from the island of Taiwan rather than an outlying island.
You can think of it as:
我是本地人 = I am local
我是本土人 = I am a native of this land
In the context of LA, for example, the first phrase has the connotation that the person is talking about being born and raised in LA. The second phrase has the connotation that either they are an indigenous person, or that they mean they are American.
I was swallowing all of that hook, line and sinker until I reached this line, lol.
Funnily enough, I am picking up pictures of native Americans on google search for that one alright. They are not very well adapted to hand sanitiser, but are naturals with horses, I am told, so this is looking good for the venn diagram
I won’t go so far as to call it a onspiracy. But influence matters. It does and has in many other areas as well. It’s a constant norm, and they (China) say it on record in other areas.
It could just be Google is auto following numbers and clicks. Of which surely is not being influenced in any way shape or form. I am only noticing the end result, which at the very least should raise eyebrows.
Former Hualien mayor Fu Qunqi, and current Hualien legislator took a trip to China immediately following a series of devastating earthquakes that hit Hualien in April. His first proposal in the legislator after returning to Taiwan is for the government to stop referring to China as China, and only refer to it as Dalu.
That’s really better with a citation 
especially one in Mandarin that isn’t a bias media source.
Which media do you consider as without bias? I’ll find you the link.
That’s surprising, when I lived in the mainland, people there hated the term 大陸 and thought 大陸人 was derogatory.
Not sure if there is one to be honest. But an article without massive bias would be spectacular. Usually more scientific rather than advertising media’s are best. But something in Mandarin. If a Chinese bias person in Taiwan gets a hint of DPP stank on an article, it’s game over. Same other way around. Even if it’s just their company name, logo etc that sets the bias. It’s bad here in this regard.
Either way, a good article in Mandarin I would love to have. As I really enjoy having these types of conversations with my inlaws. But English is a no go. As is to be expected in Taiwan. This is one of those topics that really needs to be discussed with the masses, sans bias, and in local language. That’s my aim, if you happen to have a source, I would be grateful
Which island do you live on now? I havent experienced actually living on any of the islands. Jsut traveling. I have only lived on the mainland myself, which I find relatively homogenous. But when traveling, some islands (especially Kinmen, Matsu and Lanyu) really have their own vibe that is different from the mainland in both culture and structures.
Taiwan Island
But isn’t it usually used derogatorily, like when one of them goes to Hong Kong and takes a dump on the MRT?