Is the phrase “我們中國人” common in Taiwan? One Taiwanese YouTuber I watch uses this phrase. The context was comparing Western world models with Eastern models.

Lol are they a chinese wife of a Taiwanese? Maybe if they use that phrase they don’t identify as a “Taiwanese” Youtuber…

[image] Hayashi: Is the phrase “我們中國人” common in Taiwan? My personal experience is that it was still fairly common prior to the 2000s, as in it was such a throw away thing to say, that even if you don’t agree with it, you’d keep quiet about it. After the 2000s however, using that phrase feel…

[image] hansioux: After the 2000s however, using that phrase feels deliberate and forced Let’s say for the sake of argument that the speaker was discussing Chinese calligraphy and how it is difficult for Westerners to relate to it, having not grown up with it. In this case, the speaker might …

[image] Hayashi: Would the phrase “我們中國人” still sound forced in this case? Is there an alternate expression that would more commonly be used in Taiwan? Still forced and political (leaning towards mainland china). Would be more appropriate to use 中華 / 華人. Even most Hong Kong people won’t use …

[image] Hayashi: Would the phrase “我們中國人” still sound forced in this case? People who grew up under the martial law period, when that phrase was drilled into kids and used in all sorts of TV shows, even in translations of Japanese manga, are at least over 40 by now. Those in their 40s would …

People still use 我國 which is an ethnocentric nonsense.

[image] the_bear: People still use 我國 which is an ethnocentric nonsense. Nothing wrong with this.

[image] hansioux: Anyway… maybe if the speaker is in their 70s The speaker is in their 70s and seems to have been born in Taiwan.

I heard that phrase said by a middle-aged minsu owner in Matsu; I can’t remember the exact context but I am certain he didn’t intend it to be explicitly political. It must be that he just considers himself to be a 中國人, which might mean something different (more about culture than politics?) to the …

[image] erui: Kinmen and Matsu as compared to Taiwan proper. Well they are in the Fuchien (Fujian) Province of the ROC and they have a different history to Taiwan proper.

The phrase "我們中國人"

Language Learning Chinese

hansioux June 30, 2026, 3:42pm 18

See how many time Lee Teng-hui said 我們中國人 or 我們中華民族 in this short clip of a speech he gave in the 80s.