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[Diana]

lol! "then it was sold to the United States as “something useless.”

I bet the Russians were like we have enough snow already over here near Russia. Why do we want the snow over there too?

[Lemon Cheesecake]

Canada was slow to the ball.... although I guess they were still a newer nation at that time and didn't have the foresight or money to protect their borders at that time

[ShiroGEM]

rip Alaska...
Taiwan isn't really a country either but I wished it was recognised. Though doing so might piss China off... c':

[Gingerale]

Taiwan isn't a country? I always thought it was! why does stuff say "made in Taiwan" if its not a country?

[ShiroGEM]

It's not officially recognised I believe and it isn't in the United Nations either. As far as I know it's because China can veto if it chooses to join and since Taiwan used to be considered as part of China... yea. Endless struggles of recognition I guess. c': The government and currency are different though, and many Taiwanese people don't like being called "mainlanders" so they try hard to establish their independence.

[murmurlade]

Really? We tend to reserve the derogative term of mainlander for the actual chinaborn peeps. It's just offensive to label Taiwanese like that lol

[ShiroGEM]

Yea that's the thing, since Taiwanese migrated from China, they are Chinese. c': Yet they refuse to be part of or thought of as the same thing. OTL

[murmurlade]

I know but.. anybody who knows of the term mainlander properly would never call Taiwanese mainlander...

[Gingerale]

over here, mainlander usually refers to those that live on the mainland and islanders to those that live on an island near by. I had no clue about Taiwan not having its own independence though.

[ShiroGEM]

But we look the exact same c':
I've never heard of "islanders" but that's cool. What do you call Hong Kong citizens?

[Lemon Cheesecake]

I don't know - Hong Kongese? What do they call themselves?

[ShiroGEM]

In Chinese it's equivalent to "Hong Kong People" but that's a common prefix. I call myself a Hong Konger xD

[murmurlade]

Hongkonger or hongkee! We use the latter more often~

[ShiroGEM]

Hongkee...
sounds like donkey
pls

[Diana]

Ok but what do you call hong kong signature cusine?