• woelkchen@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Please stop saying “mainland China”. It implies Taiwan is part of China, at least to some.

    It means without Hong Kong.

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      1 year ago

      Mainland China refers to China sans Hong Kong and Macao, yes. Because you have to distinguish and “Mainland China” is a whole lot less typing than “China but without Hong Kong and, oh yeah, Macao too”.