Notice: This is the official website of the All Empires History Community (Reg. 10 Feb 2002)

  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Register Register  Login Login

Are people of Taiwan Chinese?
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
  Share Topic Share Topic  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
pekau View Drop Down
Caliph
Caliph
Avatar
Atlantean Prophet

Joined: 08-Oct-2006
Location: Korea, South
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3335 		  Quote pekau Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Topic: Are people of Taiwan Chinese?
    Posted: 24-Jan-2007 at 14:26
I know some people of Taiwan would be upset to hear this... but are not people of Taiwan really Chinese, technically speaking? They are, after all, originally from China. The only thing that separates them is political ideaologies... right?
     
   
Join us.
Back to Top
Xshayathiya View Drop Down
Pretorian
Pretorian
Avatar

Joined: 03-Nov-2006
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 188 		  Quote Xshayathiya Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Jan-2007 at 20:33
Well Taiwan's official name is "The Republic of China", so yes, they're chinese.
"I like rice. Rice is great if you are hungry and want 2000 of something." - Mitch Hedberg
Back to Top
xi_tujue View Drop Down
Arch Duke
Arch Duke
Avatar
Atabeg

Joined: 19-May-2006
Location: Belgium
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1919 		  Quote xi_tujue Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Jan-2007 at 03:26
I heard that they were chinese but not han-chineseConfused
I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage
Back to Top
Balaam View Drop Down
Housecarl
Housecarl

Suspended

Joined: 12-Oct-2005
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1286 		  Quote Balaam Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Jan-2007 at 03:46

Maybe the Chinese are Taiwanese.....
Back to Top
Spartakus View Drop Down
Tsar
Tsar
Avatar
terörist

Joined: 22-Nov-2004
Location: Greece/Hellas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4489 		  Quote Spartakus Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Jan-2007 at 17:26
Taiwanese are Chinese ,yes.
"There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. "
--- Joseph Alexandrovitch Brodsky, 1991, Russian-American poet, b. St. Petersburg and exiled 1972 (1940-1996)
Back to Top
Leonidas View Drop Down
Tsar
Tsar
Avatar

Joined: 01-Oct-2005
Location: Australia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 4613 		  Quote Leonidas Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Jan-2007 at 21:33
the aboriginal tribes are not Chinese, but they make up a very small percentage of the population.

The rest are Han chinese with most of them Min (hokkian?)speakers, like what is spoken in south Fujian across the tawain straights and the rest are  mandarin speakers that fled the mainland after losing the civil war with the communists. Not to forget the hakka which also live there in significant numbers.



Edited by Leonidas - 25-Jan-2007 at 21:36
Back to Top
pekau View Drop Down
Caliph
Caliph
Avatar
Atlantean Prophet

Joined: 08-Oct-2006
Location: Korea, South
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3335 		  Quote pekau Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-Jan-2007 at 22:54
True that. Thanks for info.
     
   
Join us.
Back to Top
Dilvish View Drop Down
Samurai
Samurai
Avatar

Joined: 16-Jan-2007
Location: United States
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 99 		  Quote Dilvish Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 18:10

What about the Japanese are the chineses to?
Back to Top
pekau View Drop Down
Caliph
Caliph
Avatar
Atlantean Prophet

Joined: 08-Oct-2006
Location: Korea, South
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 3335 		  Quote pekau Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-Jan-2007 at 19:05

Could be. The first known civilization in Far East were Chinese. It's possible that Chinese migrated to Korea and Japan... but I am not sure.
     
   
Join us.
Back to Top
Xshayathiya View Drop Down
Pretorian
Pretorian
Avatar

Joined: 03-Nov-2006
Location: Canada
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 188 		  Quote Xshayathiya Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29-Jan-2007 at 10:07
From what I understand, the Japanese are descended from the Koreans, who migrated to the Japanese Islands. Japanese and Korean are in a different language family than Chinese, so if they're related, it's from long ago. I do know that the Japanese alphabet is taken from chinese.
"I like rice. Rice is great if you are hungry and want 2000 of something." - Mitch Hedberg
Back to Top
Batu View Drop Down
Baron
Baron
Avatar

Joined: 31-Aug-2006
Location: Barad-dur
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 405 		  Quote Batu Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10-Feb-2007 at 07:35
no man.You are all wrong.They are all Turkic Big%20smile
A wizard is never late,nor he is early he arrives exactly when he means to :) ( Gandalf the White in the Third Age of History Empire Of Istari )
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down

Bulletin Board Software by Web Wiz Forums® version 9.56a [Free Express Edition]
Copyright ©2001-2009 Web Wiz

This page was generated in 0.078 seconds.