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Mainland China (中国大陆 or 中國大陸, pinyin: Zhonggúo Dàlù, lit. "The Chinese Massive Landmass" or "Continental China"), is an informal geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area currently administered by the People's Republic of China (PRC) which excludes the area controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), namely Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, and Matsu islands. It also usually excludes the two Special Administrative Regions administered by the People's Republic of China: Hong Kong and Macau. In contrast to the term China proper, the term usually also includes Tibet, Xinjiang, and Inner MongoliaInner Mongolia ( Mongolian: Obur Mongghul-un Obertegen Jasaqu Orun; Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: Nei Mengg Zizhiqu) is an Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Inner Mongolia is contrasted with Outer Mongolia, which was used by the Republic of.
Curiously, the term usually includes offshore islands administered by the PRC such as Hainan. The term Zhongguo dalu is commonly used on Taiwan because it is a neutral term and does not contain implications about the political status of TaiwanTaiwan cession The political status of Taiwan is controversial due to questions about whether Taiwan should remain part of the Republic of China, become part of the People's Republic of China, or become an independent Republic of Taiwan. Different groups.
More recently, the term Zhongguo neidi (內地 "the inner regions of China") has become the most common term within Mainland China to refer to Mainland China, although the term is infrequently used outside of Mainland China.
In Taiwan, the term MainlanderMainlander s are those humans who live, or were born, in a mainland. Implicit in the term, needless to say, is its defining opposite, islanders''. There are no "mainlanders" in Utah. Around the globe "mainlander' has many connotations. Chinese mainlanders can refer to wai sheng ren (外省人, literal meaning: "external province person(s)"), who are the people who emigrated to Taiwan from Mainland China near end of the Chinese Civil WarThe Chinese Civil War ( 1926- 1949) was a conflict in China between the Kuomintang (the Nationalist Party; KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC). It began with the takeover of the KMT by the right-wing General Chiang Kai-shek as well as purges of le. Or the term can refer to da lu ren (大陸人, literal meaning: "Mainland person(s)"), meaning the people who live on the Mainland now and the very small number of people who have emigrated from the Mainland to Taiwan recently.
Relations between Mainland China and Taiwan are typically known in Chinese as liang'an guanxi (兩岸關係), which literally means "relations between the two sides/seashores (of the Strait of Taiwan)". The term liang'an (two shores) is often used when describing Mainland China and Taiwan collectively. Again these terms are commonly found because they are politically-neutral and do not contain implications about the nature of the relationship between Mainland China and Taiwan.
See also: MainlandMainland is a product name belonging to Fonterra. Mainland is usually the continental part of a region, as opposed to the islands nearby. Sometimes the residents are called "the Mainlanders". As a result of the usually larger area of mainland, there are s