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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 46 points 5 months ago

Surprised he didn’t just send the kid to Taiwan.

[-] PosadistInevitablity@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago

In Western minds, Taiwan is not Chinese. It’s a place the evil Chinese want to take over.

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I live in Taiwan and did study Chinese here for 2 years. Lots of people come here to learn Chinese including anglos and yes I've heard the "china bad" reason for not studying chinese in china instead. or some people like traditional chinese (written script) more than simplified.

[-] Chapo_is_Red@hexbear.net 29 points 5 months ago

He's probably drunk the Kool aid and thinks Taiwan people don't speak Chinese but a totally different indigenous language

[-] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 26 points 5 months ago

Mandela effect from a universe where the Taiwanese Indigenous languages did not all become extinct, moribund, or endangered

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

I wonder who did all that. blob-no-thoughts

[-] coolusername@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

nah, most americans can't differentiate taiwan from thailand and wouldn't be able to guess what language(s) are spoken in taiwan at all. OR they might have a vague idea of taiwan when it was sort of the world's factory pre-80's.

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