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

[John Cowan]

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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