I'm IrishAnd consequently am wary of sticking my nose into other country's political affairs. I can only say that most of my Taiwanese colleagues would be aghast at the suggestion of being part of China. Although many of them consider themselves Chinese...
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Sun 10 Apr 2005, 19:04,
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Yeah,but the thing that causes the confusion is that Chinese can be both a nationality AND an ethnicity. Most of the people I know here would call themselves ethnic Chinese of Taiwanese nationality.
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Sun 10 Apr 2005, 19:05,
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YepMy students are really confused about it, though most of them (elementary school age) very definitely consider themselves Taiwanese, which probably tells you something about the future of the country. So you here long term then?
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Sun 10 Apr 2005, 19:08,
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Yeah,pretty much. Considering at least another couple of years, partly 'cause I like it here, partly 'cause it's a good business decision. (Working as a Chinese-to-English translator, more business working from here.)
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Sun 10 Apr 2005, 19:13,
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Good luck with it allSounds like you're onto a good one. If you fancy a beer sometime, my email is in profile.
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