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Old Apr 12, 2015, 11:45 pm
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Originally Posted by relangford
More serious: stating Taiwan and China as different countries really upsets the Chinese (PRC folks) as much as a criminal record . Or, maybe, it is criminal to them . BTW, when I am asked how many countries I have lived in or visited, I list China and Taiwan as separate, but have gotten grief in China over my "ignorance" in not knowing that Taiwan is a province just like Hunan.
Just ignore them...the communist Chinese like to believe in fairy tales and expect others to go along with their nonsense. Taiwan is a completely separate, sovereign, independent nation and should be considered as such.
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