Daiwanlang msi Dionggoklang. Daiwan doklib mbansuei.
I am from Hong Kong and I would like to ask that Ameribro PhD classmates
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I mean you surely actually know this, are you trolling?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_ChineseThere's a good chance OP is trolling, but if he's not, the problem may be that "Chinese" in English could refer to
-nationality (中国人)
-ethnicity (华人, 唐人)
-culture (中华)If OP wants to pretend to be British and claim not to be Chinese (nationality), it's dumb, but whatever. It doesn't change that he's Chinese (ethnicity and culture).
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OP, I'm afraid my government does not agree.
https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2747.htm
"In 1997, China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial rule. Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China."
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This seems rather odd to me. First, the official name of Taiwan is the "Republic of China". Second, the official language in Taiwan is Mandarin. Seems odd to name your country Republic of China and object to being called Chinese? Perhaps if one is Amis or Paiwan one might object to being called Chinese. However, I have never met one in academia.
Hong Kong is administrative region of China. The government has 3 branches (Chief Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary). The Chief executive has the power to dissolve the legislature and he/she is appointed by the Premier of China. The chief executive also appoints the judges to the judiciary. HK is politically part of china. The main languages taught in public schools are Cantonese and Mandarin.
Anyway that you want to define Chinese, both Taiwan and HK would seem to fit the bill. Even in Singapore, which is only about 3/4 Chinese most of the ethnically Chinese people would say they are Chinese.
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I am a Chinese living in Taiwan. What do you have to say about that, huh?
This seems rather odd to me. First, the official name of Taiwan is the "Republic of China". Second, the official language in Taiwan is Mandarin. Seems odd to name your country Republic of China and object to being called Chinese? Perhaps if one is Amis or Paiwan one might object to being called Chinese. However, I have never met one in academia.
Hong Kong is administrative region of China. The government has 3 branches (Chief Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary). The Chief executive has the power to dissolve the legislature and he/she is appointed by the Premier of China. The chief executive also appoints the judges to the judiciary. HK is politically part of china. The main languages taught in public schools are Cantonese and Mandarin.
Anyway that you want to define Chinese, both Taiwan and HK would seem to fit the bill. Even in Singapore, which is only about 3/4 Chinese most of the ethnically Chinese people would say they are Chinese. -
You ever heard of regression discontinuity?
By your logic, you should be culturally distinct from Chinese people living in Guangzhou who speak Cantonese. Yet, you are not and the only boundary that separates you is a political boundary. Hence, you can consider it an arbitrary cutoff point in a relatively homogenous local population.