Life in CHINA vs TAIWAN | 6 Major Differences in 9 Minutes

[@staycuriousco]

Legends, we haven't published any videos on StayCurious for 2 years, but WE ARE BACK FOR GOOD NOW! We are incredibly excited to keep producing fast-paced education videos to help you learn about the wonderful world we live in. This is our first video after such a long time and we would LOVE to hear what you think about it in the comment section. Let us know what you thought of this video, how we can make better content moving forward and any other suggestions you have. Thank you so much for your support and can't wait to see where this journey takes us, LET'S GO! ❤❤❤

[@NarutoUzumaki-xg2fz]

Glad you are back 🔥 Also make short videos either on this channel or start a new please. ❤️ From India🇮🇳

[@2balkan4you]

Remember me

[@rimy2253]

R U Jacob laukaitis? Why don't you write a comment to your fans?

[@otteryuuenchi]

4:38 Taiwanese Mandarin ≠ Hokkien Taiwanese Mandarin is the mandarin with Taiwanese accent but the same language China officially uses, while Hokkien is also called Taiwanese (language), belonging to Min language family mentioned in the video.

[@francislee635]

Thank you for officially clarifying this! I hope the publishers re-edit the video to correctly inform others! #taiwanesepride

[@2yldy]

As a person in Taiwan, I like that people are sharing that Taiwan is deferent to China. Thank you StayCurious!

[@staycuriousco]

Happy to hear that, thanks a lot!

[@YvesChan6]

Never

[@yadusolparterre]

Taiwan is absolutely not deferent to China. It's DIFFERENT!

[@SlaveStateZhina]

totally

[@solo8ph]

Error on your research: Hokkien is what southern people in Fujian province of China speaks. It is also the dialect that a lot of Chinese in Southeast Asia speaks. It is not from Taiwanese Mandarin and native language.

[@txr8565]

Taiwan is a rich and democratic country emphasizing on human right.

[@maryhildreth754]

Glad you're back!

[@staycuriousco]

So excited as well and can't wait to produce a lot more videos!!

[@stevenaguilera9202]

I think Taiwanese Mandarin and Taiwanese are different. Taiwanese is Hokkien but Taiwanese Mandarin is MANDARIN with Taiwanese accents :taiwan_flag:

Taiwan was part of fujian before becoming its own provence Taiwan accent is just fujian

[@juvi-w3m]

The people has developed their own local street language called Taige and integrated with the school mandated original mandarin to be the language of the mostly northern Taiwan called Taiwan Mandarin.

[@ryantouhey1997]

Man, talk about nostalgic & informative. Although it’s been two years since the last SC video, I can surely and excitedly say you guys have picked up right where you left off in terms of teaching history and producing high-quality video. This was great! The footage and editing were both excellent & kept my interest engaged. The narrator was also smooth & clear. It’s so good to see this channel back up & running. I cannot wait to learn more about the world 🗺 & see what other video ideas pop up on here. Excellent work to EVERYONE involved on this staff! #StayCurious

[@staycuriousco]

Thank you for your kind feedback, Ryan, happy to know you're still with us after such a long time!

[@NarutoUzumaki-xg2fz]

Woah! Today I was watching your video on India and was thinking why you stopped making videos bro. Glad you are back 🔥

[@staycuriousco]

Nice, means a lot to me! I stopped because I'm not traveling as actively anymore and been focused on my new businesses, but I'm really glad we're continuing production for StayCurious and might be back on my channel too, we'll see! ♥️

[@chaoqin5326]

There are some big mistakes in the language part. At 3:40, the number now is about 80% (for spoken mandarin), and for writing the number is 95%. At 3:45 there is no source for this, and this is far from reality... And Min at 4:11(one dialect) is extremely similar to Hokkien at 4:35 (actually the same thing, slightly different by history). And Hokkien is not Taiwanese mandarin... Mandarin from Taiwan is mostly different in writing and is mostly called traditional Chinese.

[@robertos4876]

The myth about Taiwan sharing a common history with China is just that. The Taiwanese people actually share DNA and culture with Austronesian people in Pacific Islands such as New Zealand. Culturally speaking Taiwan shares similarities with both Japan and China because it used to be part of the Manchu Empire that colonized both Taiwan and China before Taiwan becoming a Japanese territory. The present day China inherits most of its culture from the defunct Soviet Union because Soviet funding and direct involvement created the People's Republic with no relationship to Taiwan.

[@SL16867]

That's a ridiculous take among ridiculous takes. Indigenous Austronesian people are only about 3% of Taiwan's population. Roughly 96% of Taiwanese people are of Chinese descent.

[@robertos4876]

@@SL16867, Your government lied to you. DNA sequencing has proved that over sixty-five percent of Taiwanese have Austronesian genes. Furthermore, of the two hundred seventy-eight haplotypes identified in non-indigenous Taiwanese those you call Chinese descents, thirty-one haplotypes are exclusive to Taiwan. That means that Taiwan is the origin of the Austronesian migration. file:///C:/Users/ROBERT~1.SUN/AppData/Local/Temp/MicrosoftEdgeDownloads/6dd3c2d3-e927-4aab-a227-9628fa8d5f6b/s41439-022-00228-3.pdf www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/10/30/2003681322 academic.oup.com/mbe/article/38/10/4149/5955855?login=false Educate yourself and stop lying in public.

[@martinfiedler4317]

@@SL16867 And 100% of Chinese people are of African descent....

[@sverige1947]

Sorry. I do not mean to create a debate against you, but if the majority of Taiwanese were descendants of people from Oceania (or similar stories), in this case they would alike a lot to Maori people Or Samoan for example...

[@aldenteh9412]

​@@martinfiedler4317 I won't say African, but the same species. Chinese used to have darker skin tone but not as dark as African, it's light yellowish brown, due to melanin exposed to sun. Like how many Chinese people turn brown instead of red after sunbathing, whites in the west turn red due to the lack of melanin compared to Chinese people. There is not actual evidence on Chinese being African or African being Chinese, also, back then, there's no such thing as African. Humans share similar DNA from early homosapiens ancestry.

[@avirupmitra9314]

Great to see you back Jacob. Waited long for your videos. Love your work man. "Life's short. Why waste a second?" Legend.

[@7luckvlada]

This is not Jacob...

[@avirupmitra9314]

@@7luckvlada I know. 😅😆 But this is under his channel.

[@staycuriousco]

Cheers, Avirup! Yeah, I'm not doing narration anymore, BUT am involved in producing these vids and that's awesome. Might also do some content for my channel in the future, but not sure what I want to create there haha. We'll see!

[@avirupmitra9314]

@@staycuriousco Anyway, its just great!

[@7luckvlada]

@@staycuriousco Hope to see you back on your main channel 👍

[@johnr1419]

very glad you are back!

[@staycuriousco]

Very glad you are still with us after such a long time!! ♥️

[@Arnold_X3]

Many indigenous peoples originated in what is present day Taiwan, before the Han Chinese settled there... including Southeast Asian peoples like Malay, Indonesians, Hawaiians, Austronesians, and others. Even the people of Madagascar in Africa.

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

That's so cool! I had no idea!

[@nasellong]

1. Taiwan uses Traditional Chinese characters, which generally have more strokes compared to the Simplified Chinese characters used in China.The characters that appear at 4:25 are actually Simplified Chinese characters, not the official characters used in Taiwan. 2. Additionally, Taiwan's phonetic system is called Zhuyin, which has its unique symbols (as far as I know, it may be used only by Taiwanese people worldwide). The Zhuyin symbols are quite different from the English letters shown at 4:25. 3. In some of Taiwan's laws, mainland China is still (controversially) considered part of the Republic of China's territory. (Referred to as "West Taiwan?")

[@ninjapirate123]

Both these countries are very safe

[@tiro_taiwan]

The Republic of China founded by KMT on Oct. 10th, 1911, and Japan returned Taiwan colony back to the ROC on Oct. 25th, 1945, then KMT government retreated to Taiwan on Dec. 7th, 1949 while Oct. 1st the PRC founded by CCP. 4:24 Now there are 21 national language in Taiwan, including 6 han language and 15 aboriginal language. And the Taiwanese is also fused with Japanese.

[@Su_TwT]

Yeah Taiwanese is mix of Chinese Dialects and Japanese

[@andrewwitkins5286]

Welcome back ♥️

[@staycuriousco]

Let's gooo! Happy you're still here with us after 2 years ♥️♥️

[@stinsoncal8393]

I love my birthplace of Taiwan. Delicious food, and beautiful East Coast Taiwan!

[@theredjuke]

Welcome back!

[@staycuriousco]

Let's go!!!

[@chaoqin5326]

0:42 (saying it's called The Republic of China from 1949) is incorrect, since from 1895 to 1945 Taiwan was colonized by Japan. And after the second world war, from 1945 it has already become a part of The Republic of China.

[@cooliipie]

True. Taiwan is just a Japanese colony

[@JessicaMyWay]

Hi there 😊 it's my first time watching ur video by this one, and I'm sooooo impressed that u made a deep research and makes it look so high quality ❤as a taiwanese, I'm really pleased to see that any videos like this one in english tells the different between Taiwan and China, especially this deep. And I'd love to share more videos like this ( actually I always do) to share videos about taiwan to friends of mine in different countries around the world 🌎 Thank you so much again and I'm gonna share it now to different countries 🤭 Subscribe u right away ❤

[@mountainclimber4511]

these are not called differences, if you call these differences then there are more differences in provinces than this in many countries where everything is different..Here both have same food, same language, same culture, same history, differences are only political, which is not a big ask

[@ohara.]

china destroyed its culture taiwan held on to theirs and now china wants to own it I've been to china three times its nothing like what you see and hear about its north korea 2.0 everything its about image its an incredibly poor country people are racist and have a very aggressive attitude towards taking things they don't own chinese people are the worst tourists worldwide and it shows in their so called culture taiwan is actually a democracy not a communist hell like china

[@Claudia_Ackermann]

Not its not Taiwan maintain Ancient Chinese values of respect, dignity, humility and politeness Compare to the mainland where rudeness seems everywhere

[@mountainclimber4511]

@@Claudia_Ackermann feeling sorry for your ignorance..i have been to both areas, but lived more on mainland, so my experience totally contradicts your point of view..it was a single country, and also both are China just political difference..

[@aldenteh9412]

​@@Claudia_AckermannSorry but I've been to Taiwan and they also have rude people. I'm Malaysian Chinese, I've been to China and Taiwan. If you want to compare both, they are equal in rudeness and politeness. Both retain traditional moral values. Your comment shows how biased you are, there is no such thing as a very rude country, or a very polite country, there's bound to exist terrible people. People say Japanese people are polite and kind, but here in Malaysia we've seen Japanese tourists that criticized local delicacies for being too spicy or strong in spices, even encouraging other Japanese to buy cup noodles when visiting Malaysia to avoid such dishes. We also seen generous and Kind-hearted mainland Chinese, coming to Malaysia not only to go on a vacation, but also participate in Cultural events to learn local cultures. Just like how China's Fujian province have a place built based on Malaysia, promoting local ethnic cultures, such as Malaysian Chinese, Malay, and peranakan. I myself am a volunteer in cultural events of Penang, I've led cultural tours with Mainland Chinese audiences before, they actually helped us promote Malaysian culture in China through Chinese social media.

[@leoagaw]

get a chinese person to double check ur script because Min/Cantonese aren't dialects of mandarin... They are dialects of Chinese. Get ur facts right.

[@gabelgy8361]

no taiwan is different than china

[@neringas4053]

Jacob I think it is not your voice, right? Good to have you back, and it would be lovely if you would be the voice of the videos :)

[@staycuriousco]

Yeah, I won't be doing a lot of narration for these videos moving forward, but I am involved in the process of creating these videos and that's awesome! Plus I might create smth new for my channel in the future, not sure yet. Awesome you're still with us after such a long time thanks! ♥️

[@Puffy_Puff]

You didn’t mention the huge Mandarin accent differences between China and Taiwan. And differences in writings (simplified vs traditional).

[@calvinblue894]

Why is Hokkien a Taiwanese mandarin? Why is Hakka a Taiwanese mandarin? That is FALSE.. These are dialects.. Hokkien and Hakka are historical dialects from ancient China.. I am from Singapore..i speak Hokkien..I am Hakka

[@Su_TwT]

Taiwanese mandarin is an accent. Hakka and Hokkien is spoken however Taiwanese is a language similar to Hokkien but has some differences.

[@calvinblue894]

@@Su_TwT Accent is not language.. What are the differences? Slangs? Usage of phrases?

[@Su_TwT]

@@calvinblue894 Taiwanese mandarin has differences to mainland China but the main one I’m told is the accent is more different

[@Su_TwT]

@@calvinblue894 also slangs yeah phrases are different 喜歡 and 垃圾 Le Se La Ji Ik ik

[@calvinblue894]

@@Su_TwT You need to explain further.. Because from what I understand.. If talk about accents, it's not defined as Language.. But rather Dialect.. Language defines way of writing and phonetics

[@bertbert4960]

Next up: Life in Italy vs Greece 10 Major differences

[@staycuriousco]

Good idea, thanks for sharing!

[@shakirabradyofficial8356]

Part taiwan with china province with taiwan ,hong kong , Singapore, macau ,

[@gyuatuttle]

Both really beautiful

[@cyi89343]

As a taiwanese, the language part is about 80% wrong. Actually we speak mandarin much more than other languages. The young generation gradually cannot speak Haka and Hokkien(it's not Hokkien but known as Taiwanese. If you insist the source of this language, it should be "South Hokkien" because it's incommunicable between South, North and East). And it's weird only mention Amis because we have 16 tribes of aboriginals. They all have their own language source to Austronesian.

[@gloriagloria5377]

WOW, so much spread of butter and jam to the story. Taiwanese don't speak Chinese, they speak the native language. Taiwan's culture are of the native. Taiwan festivals are not interwine with the Mainland. Their ancestors were the native of Taiwanese soil. Yeah. They are different.

[@既紳士又有智慧]

😂

[@Hoo88846]

Do an episode on life in USA vs. Texas.

[@doulong1264]

As a Chinese, I think you the differences in language and food are exaggerated.

[@Su_TwT]

Actually as a Taiwanese i think that the language in underminded for taiwan while the food is exaggeratted. Taiwanese Mandarin IS NOT HOKKIEN. Taiwanese is also not Hokkien rather a dialect. Taiwanese mandarin is a accent basically. TAIWANESE IS NOT BASED OFF ABORIGINES AND CHINESE RATHER JAPANESE AND CHINESE.The food are basically similar. Taiwan has boba basically thats mainly it if i can remember invented in taiwan.

[@xzhou]

Can you talk about what happened to Taiwanese aboriginals? February 28 incident.

[@WayWillow]

1895 division 😢😢😢

[@Zuma-o6n]

Chino 🇨🇳 contra Taiwanes 🇹🇼.

[@devinwwt]

China has democratic dictatorship and Taiwan has dictatorial democracy. Perfect match 😂😂😂

[@VictorBanda-u7f]

Still a dictator country is so much better than some so called countries with democracy 😂😂😂😂

[@NjN345]

Pretty sure eSwatini also recognizes Taiwan.... no?

[@tiro_taiwan]

Yeah

[@Froggy-ds4le]

wth, i never see crocs in taiwan

[@NoelleChanHin]

Hokkien is Spoken In China in Funkien. You tell about a tree and don't see the forest. Fukien is in the South of China. I am European and do know perfect your Story. You talk superficially

[@iansen57002]

Agree...both are China, the same root what make them different is politic and ideologi of their parent or grandparent

[@cameronshort1]

Also, Tibet is not China

[@xxsdd1]

西藏一直以来都是中国的。

[@tlowe9796]

Why dont we ask where are these ancestors of Taiwanese people (Han) buried? Please dont twist the fact about majority of the Taiwanese people with the Taiwan indigenous people. They are not the same people. Majority of the Taiwanese people today in Taiwan are still the same Han Chinese from the mainland. DNA data doesnt lie.

[@sigitadilbiene]

I need Jacob voice back ;)

[@staycuriousco]

Haha thank youuu! Might not happen soon, but time will tell!

[@heeralshah6473]

Jacob back?

[@staycuriousco]

YES! I won't narrate these videos, but am involved in the production process with my team. And might do more videos for my channel as well, just not sure what I want to create there just yet haha.

[@chesteralomesen6242]

Taiwanese Mandarin is different from Hokkien. Two mutually unintelligible languages

[@modestasurbelis]

Jacob, where is your beautiful voice?

[@staycuriousco]

Yooo! I won't be doing a lot of narration on StayCurious moving forward, but am involved in the creation process of these videos, which is great. Thanks for sticking with us!

[@modestasurbelis]

@@staycuriousco Fair enough, thanks for the content anyways! 🙏🙏

[@gaussminigun]

Uh oh you called Taiwan a country

[@cashcash5995]

Just one country , warmonger is making Taiwan a country .

[@DavidHuang111]

read more book all bull shit

[@1703bk]

Taiwan is part of china:) we speak the same language and people.

[@pretty_hala7323]

ITS NOT BAO ZEE IT BAO ZU

[@quinncnovick]

I’ve always wanted to travel to Mainland Taiwan

[@Harthorn]

Lol

[@clementyap1009]

Taiwan is not a country but a harboured province by Chiang Kai Shek

[@irenephunthsog1131]

Wow you're post a video after 2 years what is wrong with you 😳 😒 😑 😐

[@staycuriousco]

Yes, sorry for that! But we're back for good now for sure and will keep producing amazing stuff moving forward. Glad you're still here with us!

[@tomyeung8236]

Taiwan is no a country.

[@SherpaAkagi3752]

Agree

[@DennisLie]

I AM HOKKIAN PROUD TO BE A HOKKIAN🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣