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  • As a 华裔-American, I agree, we should just use all the true names of places.

    I mean, what kind of a name is “China”?

    Its 中国, officially 中华人民共和国.

    So… lets use the real names, shall we?

    This is what class would sound like:

    "Alright kids, it’s time to learn about countries. As you know, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó¹ is one of the largest guó jiā² in the world…

    Xiāng Gǎng³ is a tè bié xíng zhèng qū⁴ that has de jure autonomy. Just like guǎng zhōu⁵, and the rest of guǎng dōng shěng⁶, people generally speak guǎng dōng huà⁷ (aka: yuè yǔ⁸), as a fāng yán⁹…"

    You get the idea. (The “I agree” part at the beginning is sarcastic)

    I bet like 90% of the Western world has trouble even hearing the words with the tones. Tonal languages is very difficult to learn, I only know how to speak a bit because I was born into it, even I have trouble with words, since I grew up in the US, I haven’t spoken Mandarin in over a decade, and only still use the basics words of Cantonese at home (since political conversations is just a one-sided conversation, with parents spewing propaganda, not even worth talking about).

    If I hear people attemping to use the native (non-Anglicanized) pronounciation and absolutely butcher it, I’m gonna feel so much 尴尬/cringe. (Sorry, I just feel like people are mocking me when they try to say 你好 (Hello) since the Tones feel so “off”)

    Edit:

    Translations in case you were confused:

    • ¹ People’s Republic of China
    • ² Country
    • ³ Hong Kong
    • ⁴ Special Administrative Region
    • ⁵ Guang Zhou (City)
    • ⁶ Guang Dong Province
    • ⁷ “Guang Dong” Language (commonly known as “Cantonese”)
    • ⁸ “Yue” Language (another name for "Cantonese)
    • ⁹ Dialect (technically, Cantonese is a Language, but they didn’t have a flag and an army… so… 🤷‍♂️)