Interesting threadhttps://twitter.com/tanchunkiet/status/1332566007995535361 …
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It is a very *difficult* topic, especially for a foreigner and cultural outsider The question of whether the different "dialects" of Chinese are different languages and whether freely "translating" them into Mandarin is offensive or is a cultural necessity is political
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And you're likely to find many different opinions about it within a community or within a family The question of whether it's imperialism for Mandarin to be the official language of Taiwan (or what to even call Taiwan as a political entity) is a live wire among my relatives
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i also remember reading about some Mandarin source insisting the city's name is actually pronounced Xianggang? >_<
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It's pronounced that way in Mandarin, yes
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