Re:Western news about China depends on intrepid Chinese ‘new...
by kibwen on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @10:51PM
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That doesn't refute my point; most French Canadians can also speak English, and yet French Canadian retains its own distinct subculture, so distinct that Quebec has repeatedly voted to secede from Canada. Language is merely one very obvious indicator of cultural heterogeneity, and the point remains that China is not nearly as culturally unified as the typical Westerner understands (which should not be so hard to believe; it's a country with a freaking billion people!).
Re:Western news about China depends on intrepid Chinese ‘new...
by CoolGuySteve on Thursday October 12, 2017 @07:39AM
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> Quebec has repeatedly voted to secede from Canada.
I believe your point may be refuted by the fact that you state outright lies like this whopper here.
Re:Western news about China depends on intrepid Chinese ‘new...
by y4mi on Thursday October 12, 2017 @10:12AM
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seriously? it took me 1 second to google and confirm its truth. or is 1995 too long ago for kids these days?
also, refuting one argument does not shoot down unrelated arguments.
Re:Western news about China depends on intrepid Chinese ‘new...
by CoolGuySteve on Thursday October 12, 2017 @12:56PM
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They did not vote to succeed and there was only one referendum.
Re:Western news about China depends on intrepid Chinese ‘new...
by y4mi on Thursday October 12, 2017 @01:43PM
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I understood the GP argument as "having voted on the issue", not "having voted to leave". The former implies that a significant portion of the population want independence.
and i'm not sure i understand you correctly, but the very first sentence in the wikipedia link says that the 1995 referendum was the second one... this [1] was the first.
Most of cantonese speakers can speak mandarin as well.