Taiwan and China share the Same Language ...

... much like the UK and the USA. Examples below from a young Chinese lady of the differences between Taiwan and China in pronunciation and vocabulary:



As a final note ... do we really want an increasingly homogenised world where there are fewer languages and dialects? Are less but larger nations better than more and smaller nations? Does every street have to have a Starbucks and MacDonalds? Does every Chinese person have to see themselves as Chinese only? Does every Chinese person in Asia have to be a citizen of a 'Greater China'?