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Originally Posted by SquallStrife
cantonese chinese is very different from formal chinese.
Read a Taiwan newspaper and you get headaches.
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I never said they were similar. All I said is that they should all be considered to be "Chinese".
And I'm not sure what you mean about the Taiwan newspaper. They do not speak Cantonese in Taiwan. They speak Mandarin mostly, some Taiwanese, and many of the older generation speaks Japanese as well due to the occupation.
And no, I don't get headaches from reading Taiwan newspapers. It is a bit challenging for me, but that's it.