[quote=nla]Lin-sanity’s parents are ethnic Chinese that immigrated from Taiwan. But ocrenter is right, that not all Taiwanese are Chinese. But most Taiwanese are ethnic Chinese, mostly from South China. The indigenous people in Taiwan are Austranesians which are closely related to the indigenous population in the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Although in the Philippines (specially in the big cities), the modern Filipino is a mutt of Chinese/Spanish/Japanese/Indian/Malay among others.[/quote]
along the same vein, most Americans and Canadians are ethic Anglos. When an Anglo-American does well, how many Brits go around proclaiming that person is English?
No one dispute the fact that 98% of Taiwanese are ethnic Chinese. But their nationality is Taiwanese.
