Isn't Taiwan the biggest island? I believe the Taiwanese and PRC governments both claim legitimacy over both the mainland and the island. The question isn't whether Taiwan is part of China, but which government should rule.
From Wikipedia: "Constitutionally, there is dispute over whether the government [of Taiwan] claims sovereignty over all of 'China,' in a definition that includes mainland China and Outer Mongolia, but the ROC has not made retaking mainland China a political goal since 1992. However, the government's stance on defining its political position of relation with China largely depends on which political coalition is in charge. Meanwhile, the PRC also asserts itself to be the sole legal representation of China and claims Taiwan as its 23rd province to be under its sovereignty, denying the status and existence of ROC as a sovereign state."
I am hardly an expert on such things, though, and defer to the group mind.
Most people in Taiwan these days consider themselves to be a separate country from China and are not interested in retaking the mainland. Frankly, I don't think they'll ever be part of the same country again and we should all start thinking of them as separate nations.
As for a Chinese,I think Taiwan is a part of China,BUT for a Jetpunk user,Taiwan is a ‘country’(Jetpunk tradition).Both the government in Mainland and Taiwan agrees one China policy,but one say CCP rules,and another say it’s the GMD in charge.
In China, the term Gobi only refers to the desert in Inner Mongolia, not the vast desert in Inner Asia. In this case the largest desert in China should be Taklamakan in the Tarim Basin.
absolutely! china has been a part of china since ancient times. So has antarctica, you can argue that the americas were also historically part of the chinese empire and so was europe
Didn't get any historical things lol, but geography and currency was awesome! glad to get the 4 inventions. Also, I think shanghainese is a more common form of saying "Wu", but it is also longer :P
I live in Suzhou, a city close to Shanghai, where the Suzhou dialect (aka 'Suzhounese'), a sub-dialect of Wu, is locally spoken. Many locals speak it amongst themselves, especially if they know each other quite well, but if you go to a shop or speak to a stranger, you would converse in Mandarin.
Although Wu is a dialect, it contains a huge number of sub-dialects, which may vary from town to town; a native speaker of one of these sub-dialects might not readily understand another sub-dialect, or even find it incomprehensible/unintelligible.
“In America, protestors are not shot” so we’re just forgetting Kent State happened then? And the fact that rubber bullets (which are usually just regular bullets coated with rubber) are very much used today?
This series will end in January 2021 and I really hope things aren't going down the same way the population of the featured countries will go down by the end of it...
As a Chinese who has been living in China for 20 years, I can't get 100%, things are different here from what we have been taught in Chinese schools. The most obvious difference would be the largest island, in mainland Chinese textbook, Taiwan is the largest island of China. Another difference would be the first leader of Communist China, according to our history textbook, the Communist China was already separated from ROC in 1927 and the first leader is Chen Duxiu. also, in Chinese textbook, Tibet was annexed a long time ago during Tang Dynasty, but under control by the communist party since 1950.
China AKA the evil empire. Muslim Genocide in Tibet, Mass theft of intellectual property, Jailing of doctors, destroying evidence of Coronavirus, and falsifying every stat known to man, not to mention the bullying of African and other Asian countries smh.
Ultimate facepalm when I furiously typed March of the Volunteers and Yiyongjun jixingqu and getting mad when neither were accepted. Reread the question and saw national ANIMAL, not anthem 🤦♂️
As a native Chinese, I don't think "gobi" is the biggest desert in China, while Taklamakan (or Taklimakan, Teklimakan) Desert is. In fact, gobi is even not a name of any single desert; it's totally just a kind of desert, or somebody may agree that it's another name for desert.
Second, as a Chinese, I strongly hope you accept "Qomolangma" for "Mount Everest"
And most importantly, THE BIGGEST ISLAND OF CHINA IS TAIWAN. If you say you don't want to annoy some certain Taiwanese, well, you can also delete that question to avoid debate.
I didn't get the Year of the Rat, Compass, or Printing. The others I got though, wasn't too difficult. Although I thought printing was invented by Gutenberg who was Germany
It seems TTT (Taiwan,Tiananmen,Tibet) is an inescapable topic.
As a Chinese, I hope the mainstream view recognizes that
1.Taiwan is part of China without any doubt (there is a high probability that it will become a special administrative region like Hong Kong in the future), therefore the largest island is Taiwan
2.Tibet is always a sub-nation in China, not an independent country, we call "liberate" instead of "annex" (from the feudal slave-owning forces of the old society)
Other answers discrepant as what I know
1.It is commonly believed that the largest desert in China is the Taklamakan Desert, not Gobi (even though Gobi is larger)
2.As for the northeasternmost part of China, we usually just call it "Dong San Sheng" (the three northeast provinces of China). During World War II it once was the puppet state of Manchukuo (also add Manzhou/Manchu/Manju as alternate answer)
From Wikipedia: "Constitutionally, there is dispute over whether the government [of Taiwan] claims sovereignty over all of 'China,' in a definition that includes mainland China and Outer Mongolia, but the ROC has not made retaking mainland China a political goal since 1992. However, the government's stance on defining its political position of relation with China largely depends on which political coalition is in charge. Meanwhile, the PRC also asserts itself to be the sole legal representation of China and claims Taiwan as its 23rd province to be under its sovereignty, denying the status and existence of ROC as a sovereign state."
I am hardly an expert on such things, though, and defer to the group mind.
I mean, sometimes i see such a good or funny comment, that i wont to like it, but i cant :D
Although Wu is a dialect, it contains a huge number of sub-dialects, which may vary from town to town; a native speaker of one of these sub-dialects might not readily understand another sub-dialect, or even find it incomprehensible/unintelligible.
They may face arrest or something but not as serious in china...
In China, they aren't shot
they are blown to bits
between Nepal and China
duration: 2056-2078
Second, as a Chinese, I strongly hope you accept "Qomolangma" for "Mount Everest"
And most importantly, THE BIGGEST ISLAND OF CHINA IS TAIWAN. If you say you don't want to annoy some certain Taiwanese, well, you can also delete that question to avoid debate.
It seems TTT (Taiwan,Tiananmen,Tibet) is an inescapable topic.
As a Chinese, I hope the mainstream view recognizes that
1.Taiwan is part of China without any doubt (there is a high probability that it will become a special administrative region like Hong Kong in the future), therefore the largest island is Taiwan
2.Tibet is always a sub-nation in China, not an independent country, we call "liberate" instead of "annex" (from the feudal slave-owning forces of the old society)
Other answers discrepant as what I know
1.It is commonly believed that the largest desert in China is the Taklamakan Desert, not Gobi (even though Gobi is larger)
2.As for the northeasternmost part of China, we usually just call it "Dong San Sheng" (the three northeast provinces of China). During World War II it once was the puppet state of Manchukuo (also add Manzhou/Manchu/Manju as alternate answer)
3.Sometimes dragon and phoenix appear together