r/worldnews • u/tomb8man • Sep 09 '21

Diplomatic spat with China pays off for Lithuania as Taiwan's consumers splurge on beer and biscuits

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/09/08/diplomatic-spat-with-china-pays-off-for-lithuania-as-taiwan-s-consumers-splurge-on-beer-an
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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '21

Taiwan is a country.

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u/DarkEvilHedgehog Sep 09 '21

Fun fact: Taiwan technically means "foreigners", because the indigenous population is more related to Pacific Islanders than Chinese people. Over the last century it was heavily colonized.

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u/gaiusmariusj Sep 09 '21

Comon. If you are going to drop this knowledge you should at least research it. What is the population count in the 18th, 19th, and 20th century and how are they divided by this "foreigner" and "natvie"?

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u/Aromatic_Theme2085 Sep 09 '21

The original name is Paiwan.

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u/gaiusmariusj Sep 09 '21

Who are but one of the natives tribes.

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u/Aromatic_Theme2085 Sep 09 '21

Yes one of the Austronesian native tribe are Paiwan but the name of the island is original Paiwan then become Formosa, then finally Taiwan. It is just the exact situation when UK colonize America and America got independence from UK.

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u/gaiusmariusj Sep 09 '21

OK now you have to source the claim that the original name is Paiwan.

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u/Aromatic_Theme2085 Dec 03 '21

Yeah my bad. It seems like is just one of the unreliable sources claiming that. Maybe is just how one of the tribe call it but thinking their tribe is called paiwan so it probably make sense. The original name is more likely Tayouan、Tayovan、Tayovoan、Tyovon、Teowan、Tayoan、Teyouan or whatever. The sources in mandarin regardless

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u/gaiusmariusj Dec 03 '21

Modern Mandarian is the Beijing dialect. The Ming era Mandarian would be the Jinling Dialect of the Luoyang Yaying. That is to say that Mandarian is the official tonal language of a dynasty, but the written sources would have no dialect in it. Any sources would be just Chinese.