[caffo]

How do people tell them apart? I don't see any difference .. pics

Chinese


Taiwanese


and to clear thing up are Hong Kong people Chinese? or are they considered totally different?

[Tonyc402]

How do people tell them apart? I don't see any difference .. pics

Chinese
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com...162757_1397.jpg

Taiwanese
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot...el060802494.jpg

and to clear thing up are Hong Kong people Chinese? or are they considered totally different?

Usually you really can't tell them apart other then their accents on how they speak Mandarin.

And yes , Hong Kong people are still considered Chinese

[twix0rz]

I can only tell Chinese/Taiwanese apart once they start speaking.

[Honey.bee]

Yes, the accent is a big point. The way how they dress is pretty individual, too.

[leaves]

Does it matter? Taiwan is, in fact, part of China ~

[kissez*]

Does it matter? Taiwan is, in fact, part of China ~

What she said.
Those who are Taiwanese are still technically Chinese.

[CitrusFlower]

Their both the same people. The only thing different is probably the language and the nationality, though a majority of Chinese speak mandarin.

[hungrycollegeboy]

Like what many others have said. I can only tell through the accent.

[twig*star]

Does it matter? Taiwan is, in fact, part of China ~

*cough* debatable.

However, Taiwanese are chinese. You tell them apart by their political stance.

[yabasta]

There are indigenous Taiwanese, but even them I can't tell apart. Majority of Taiwanese people are of Han descent, or any of the other mainland 'clans' (sorry using outdated terminologies - don't mean to offend my lovely Chinese friends out there).

I usually just ask them straight out.

yabasta

[Jasarn]

"Where are you from?" works pretty well I find.

[yeonhee.]

Only by the way they speak and accent.

[the sweetest prince]

chinese people have fatter faces where as taiwanese have better bone structure.

[abviolinplayer]

The way they dress is a big clue...and obviously their accents. I don't think they look much different, really.

[meilove]

they look the same to me also. but taiwanese ppl speak mandarin in a slighty noticable accent

[b.changg]

Accent is teh mostest importantest.
It's still the same language though,
so i don't know why it would matter.
O:

[jingaling.]

i can only tell them apart by their accents.
chinese = taiwanese in terms of ethnicity.

[orisaki]

Easy, by their accent.
Mainland Chinese have stronger accent and these from Beijing or Shanghai have bigger build bodies than Taiwanese.
Taiwanese people are mixed with Austronesian native when mainland Chinese are mixed with Mongol, Manchu, Miao, Tibetan, Uyghur, Korean and other ethnics.

[elainee]

i always thought Taiwanese was Chinese.. its not like they are totally different like how Chinese & Korean is.. i'm sure not much people can tell the difference between Taiwanese and Chinese by physical features anyways

[SUMM3RxBABii]

yeah..i can't really tell the diff. btwn Taiwanese & Chinese..only Korean and Japanese & Filipino.