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Well, I hear people say that their Chinese and some say that their Taiwanese. xd Personally, I think that their the same. 3nodding But, shouldn't it be Chinese because Taiwan isn't it's own country yet so, you can't really be Taiwanese can you? whee I know Chinese who consider themselves Chinese and some that consider themselves Taiwanese. I even know some Chinese that consider themseleves Chinese saying that they think who ever calls themselves Taiwanese is stupid. But, once again I don't really care what people think of themselves.

So! Do you consider yourself Chinese or Taiwanese? question ninja

I consider myself chinese. 3nodding

i'm as much chinese as i am taiwanese... so i don't know which one i am... sweatdrop

but if being one means i have to speak the language... then i guess i'm neither redface

i am 1/4 japanese... sweatdrop
but since i was born and raised in japan.. culturally, i consider myself japanese.

.. umu~ this is confusing ／(-_-)＼

anyhow... japanese is my main language, and most of my friends (in real) are japanese

I consider myself Chinese!!

*reads previous comments* I wish people would read the first post before posting. A lot of these comments don't have anything to do with the actual topic.

I consider myself Taiwanese. Despite the fact that Taiwan is technically owned by China:
-It it still regarded by the majority of persons in the world as its own country
-Its government is not in accordance with China's
-If China ever decides to "take back" Taiwan, the U.S. has an obligation to defend Taiwan. This means that Taiwan is currently regarded as its own body.

Simply put, China is only the titular "owner" of Taiwan.

*Blinks*
I'm not fully understanding what the first poster was getting at.
But I consider Taiwanese as part of the puzzle that makes up Chinese, since Chinese aren't all the same. China is a diverse country, whether people can see it or not, each reigion of the country has it's own traditions and celebrations. Since we have people that consider themself Shanghai-nese, Han, Hakka, Cantonese, Tibetan, etc..

So Taiwanese is overall Chinese..

True. People just want to be different. maybe.