@franciswashere
When #Taiwan 🇳🇫 is included in the context, people in #China 🇨🇳 like to use the inaccurate term "the #mainland." Otherwise, they accurately call their country "China."
Arnhem Land rock art raises questions about mainland Tasmanian tigers

Newly documented rock art in Arnhem Land has raised questions about how long Tasmanian tigers lived on the mainland before they were wiped out.

Today's Flickr photo is actually a short video of the Calmac ferry berthing at Houton, having sailed from Lyness (2009)

#houton #Calmac #ferry #lyness #orkney
#mainland #hoy

B.C. Ferries cancels sailings between Vancouver Island and mainland heading into long weekend
Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog describes frequent ferry cancellations as "some kind of horrible holiday weekend ritual."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ferries-cancellations-april-2026-easter-long-weekend-9.7150223?cmp=rss
New publication: Comparing #treeswallow #dispersal #strategies in a continuous #mainland environment.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

Something I still get really mad when I hear, is when #mainland #Chines who only speaks #mandarin think they are offended when they visit #Hongkong and people there don't speak a forging language.

If you visit Hong Kong, you either speak the #Cantonese language or #English as both are official languages in the #ccp colony.

@LoneLocust
It's taken many years, but I've gotten my wife to use the word "#Mandarin" (#華語) in place of "#Chinese" (#中文) and to stop saying "#mainland" (#大陸)… most of the time. Teach by example. 😄
#WordsDoMeanThings
@tootbrute
The #KMT killed the elites. They got many #Taiwanese 🇳🇫 to go "#Vichy" by giving them cushy jobs with good pay and status. #Indigenous Taiwanese were also co-opted and strongly support the KMT to this day. The KMT also #brainwashed Taiwanese into believing that they were protecting them from the #Commies 🇨🇳 and that they were "#Chinese" and the "#one_China" that would retake the (so-called) "#mainland."

#Groundbreaking | Starry Lee heads Legco with NPC hat | Chris Yeung | At Large

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One thing is certain. Led by Starry Lee who sits on the NPC’s decision-making body, the new legislature saw a greater presence of members with affiliations with the nation’s legislative...
#politics #legislation #mainland #HongKong
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