What is the politically correct name for Taiwan?

Although Taiwan’s official name is “Republic of China” (中華民國, ROC for short), because of the one China policy, both mainland China (the “People’s Republic of China”, 中华人民共和国 or PRC) and the ROC are adamant about the nomenclature used to represent Taiwan.

How do you refer to Taiwan from China?

The World Trade Organization officially uses “Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu” for Taiwan, but frequently also uses the shorter name “Chinese Taipei” in official documents. As with “Chinese Taipei”, the ROC and PRC also disagree on the Chinese translation of this name.

Who are the mainlanders in Taiwan?

About four-fifths of the inhabitants are Taiwan-born Chinese, usually called Taiwanese. Except for a small group of aborigines, estimated at 200,000 and the only ethnic minority in Taiwan, the rest are mainland-born Chinese (and their locally born children), who are commonly called mainlanders.

How many Taiwanese are mainlanders?

Mainlander identity in the 2000s

What does Benshengren mean?

By contrast, a benshengren (Chinese: 本省人; pinyin: bénshěngrén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pún-séng-lâng) was someone whose ancestral home was Taiwan. By this formal definition, a person born in Taiwan whose father’s ancestral home is not in Taiwan is considered a waishengren.

What do the speak in Taiwan?

Mandarin Chinese
Taiwan/Official languages

Mandarin is commonly known and officially referred to as the national language (國語; Guóyǔ) in Taiwan. In 1945, following the end of World War II, Mandarin was introduced as the de facto official language and made compulsory in schools. Before 1945, Japanese was the official language and taught in schools.