Talk:武漢肺炎

Taiwan and Hong Kong
Since you removed the note, as you know, the current ruling party in Taiwan is the pro-independence DPP, so it comes as no surprise that this term would appear in government documents even if it is a term only used by independence supporters, given who is in power now. If it were the KMT in power, it's certainly plausible that they would use a more neutral term. And as for HK, isn't it the case that Apple Daily and Stand News have pro-independence editorial stances? If so, it's no surprise that this term would be widely used in these publications. My understanding is that young people in HK are overwhelmingly pro-independence, so I won't be surprised if the term is widely used among young people, but since the older generation is quite evenly split between pro-China and pro-independence, I won't be surprised if this term would be offensive to some older people.

(P.S. I am not taking a stand for any political position here. This is just a discussion on the demographics of this term's usage patterns.) The dog2 (talk) 19:03, 18 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The wording of "pro-independence" or "independence supporters" is kind of ambiguous. The DPP seems to see Taiwan (ROC) as being independent already, thus there is no "pro-independence" in the sense of having something like a "Republic of Taiwan". In Hong Kong, I am seeing that it's not a term that is used by the government for sure, but I see the word being used in some notices issued by schools. Of course, I cannot claim to be an expert on the details, but the usage notes seems to restrict it to a particular group that may not reflect the reality of usage. — justin(r)leung { (t...) 19:22, 18 June 2021 (UTC)