Re: RECOMMENDATIONs( Term Asian is not used properly on Computers and NET)

From: John Cowan (cowan@mercury.ccil.org)
Date: Wed Jun 06 2001 - 07:11:32 EDT

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Marco Cimarosti scripsit:

> Or "Hanyu", in fact, which is the normal name for "Mandarin" in Mandarin.

I believe, however, that this term is relatively recent in its current
sense, and is part of the effort the PRC government makes to distinguish
between "zhongguo" as a political term and "han" as an ethnic one.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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