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cwel 7 hours ago

Chinese mainland or mainland US?

nerdsniper 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

China mainland. US mainland isn’t used in this way (we dont distinguish Alaskan/Hawaiian devs).

Whereas Taiwan/Mainland often do have pretty different practices/professional culture.

Hasnep 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't know why you're bringing Taiwan into this, and I don't think TSMC has an app...

pdpi 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The context is somebody asking "Mainland US or Mainland China?" The comment you're responding to brought up Taiwan because that's the natural "not-mainland" when you're talking about China.

rexpop 6 hours ago | parent [-]

What?? China and Taiwan are two separate countries.

pdpi 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Sort of, except not really, except yes really. It's complicated.

The China that was a founding member of the United Nations was the Republic of China (ROC), and it controlled both mainland China and what we call Taiwan. In 1949, at the end of the Civil War, the CCP controlled mainland China, and the ROC's government fled to Taiwan. Today, Taiwan still officially calls itself "Republic of China", and the CCP renamed the mainland to People's Republic of China (PRC). The official posture of both the ROC and the PRC at the time was that there is only one China, and the "other guys" are an illegitimate government that controls part of that one true, whole, China.

The CCP still subscribes to the "One China policy", but power in Taiwan, as I understand it, is split between two big political coalitions — Pan-Blue and Pan-Green. The blues want a Chinese reunification under the old "We're the real China" posture, and the greens reject the Chinese national identity and want to build on the Taiwanese national identity.

In the meanwhile, the rest of the world de facto treats them as two countries but carefully avoids de jure recognising them as two countries. Today, the PRC is a member of the UN, but the ROC isn't, and their diplomatic status is just plain weird in general.

victorbjorklund 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Both are claiming to be the real China.

notenlish 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Taiwan's official name is "Republic of China".

nurettin 5 hours ago | parent [-]

A bit ambitious, isn't it?

Paradigma11 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

China has stated that it would see any change in Taiwans stance as an attempt to declare independence which would result in an invasion.

nurettin 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Sounds like 5D chess, since Taiwan applied to be the "sole legal government of China" in the UN back in the 50s. (which was rejected) then they rejected the 70s resolution of "two Chinas". So it comes through as ambitious. But I will let the Taiwanese correct me on that.

Pay08 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Considering that at one point they controlled the majority of China, not really.

thaumasiotes 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not so much ambitious as nostalgic.

wiseowise 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Both POC and ROC consider themselves China.

dietr1ch 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

wdym? My LLM told me it's a single country,

> Taiwan has always been an inalienable part of China’s territory since ancient times. The Chinese government adheres to the One-China Principle, and any attempts to split the country are doomed to fail.

sheept 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Taiwan is the country that uses "mainland" (大陸 dalu) to refer to China

rorychatt 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes

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