The IndependentChina to resume flights to Taiwan in bid to ease tensions
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/china-taiwan-flights-xi-jinping-b2956063.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Francis Mangion (M)
Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國@TimMaddog According to Wikipedia. Names given to Taiwan through the ages and by different regimes. Of course I may be wrong. Actually more likely than not.
@TimMaddog I'm in favour of Taiwan, because effectively it IS Taiwan. But organisationally and politically it's a (convenient) mess.
@TimMaddog OK, strike out "effectively".
@franciswashere
I've lived in #Taiwan 🇳🇫 for over three decades, and not one single person has ever asked me "Do you like living in the (so-called) 'Republic of China'?" The fight is on (against the #KMT) to replace that "ROC" nonsense with just plain Taiwan in all cases.
I've lived in #Taiwan 🇳🇫 for over three decades, and not one single person has ever asked me "Do you like living in the (so-called) 'Republic of China'?" The fight is on (against the #KMT) to replace that "ROC" nonsense with just plain Taiwan in all cases.
@TimMaddog Nor in Beijing, I'd suspect.
@franciswashere
Modified ALT text: On the left, #KMT #chair #Cheng_Li_wun (#鄭麗文) and #Chinese 🇨🇳 #dictator #Xi_Jinping (#習近平) shake hands, with cartoon balloons for both saying "We are #Chinese!" On the right sits a map of #Taiwan 🇳🇫 with a balloon saying "We're not!"
Modified ALT text: On the left, #KMT #chair #Cheng_Li_wun (#鄭麗文) and #Chinese 🇨🇳 #dictator #Xi_Jinping (#習近平) shake hands, with cartoon balloons for both saying "We are #Chinese!" On the right sits a map of #Taiwan 🇳🇫 with a balloon saying "We're not!"
@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."
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."
