Thread:Univero/@comment-24166893-20190726015356/@comment-24166893-20190726031215

Yes Cantonese sounds different from Mandarin, but that is language / dialect. Hong Kongers are ethnically Chinese and they are considered part of Chinese civilization. Taiwanese see themselves as a separate nation but it's still part of the Chinese civilization and they are ethnically Chinese (though not nationially Chinese). When scholars and law enforcement talk about Chinese organized crime, Chinese Triads, and so on they include the Triads of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore, the Tongs and gangs of Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Americans in the United States and Canada, the new Chinese ethnic mobs in Europe, the mainland syndicates and criminal networks in China, and so on. On top of that Cyberpunk 2020 (Pacific Rim) which is canon in the Cyberpunk universe lists the Triads of Taiwan, as Chinese itself. End of argument.