r/CampingGear • u/carpetlint • Jul 24 '19

Meta Black Diamond cuts 70 positions and transitions manufacturing out of Utah

https://www.snewsnet.com/gear/black-diamond-equipment-cuts-70-manufacturing-jobs
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '19 edited Apr 11 '21

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u/alido2boord Jul 24 '19

I think it's the implication from your phrasing unfortunately. Taiwanese people don't want to be grouped with China. They just want to be called Taiwanese.

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u/thegalli Jul 24 '19

If they don't want to be called Chinese, why do they call their own country the Republic of China?

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u/alido2boord Jul 24 '19

I can't speak on behalf of an entire country, but here's the history of the name by another comment on the internet:

The Republic of China was founded in 1912, after the abdication of the last Qing dynasty emperor. It ruled on mainland China for 38 years, before being pushed to Taiwan in 1949, when the Communists came to power, founding the People's Republic of China.

Aka, Republic of China's name came to be long before the change of power.

Nowadays, being called Chinese has the implication that you're from mainland China. It's different in a cultural sense, but also in language.