zhongguo

Especially in this case, when many Taiwanese say "zhongguo" and avoid using "dalu", you'd be crazy to try to "respect" the convention in Chinese and use the very uncommon "mainland" to describe China in English.

Black Boxes Michael Turton 2009

China’s very name zhongguo or ‘Central Kingdom’ spells ethnocentrism and throughout her long history she showed no interest in the lands beyond her borders.

The Chinese are Coming 2008

Fortunately, local scholars have begun to indigenize Western thoughts, and have started a China-based (zhongguo benwei) approach.

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

"You know much about China, don't you?" he said, using the disarming compliment, “zhongguo tong.”

WORKING CLASS HEROES philip j cunningham 2009

"You know much about China, don't you?" he said, using the disarming compliment, “zhongguo tong.”

Archive 2009-05-18 philip j cunningham 2009

I see most Taiwanese besides real native Aborginals to be "hua ren" this does not mean to me they are zhongguo ren.

Daily Links, April 16, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

Most people in Singapore are Han, but they are not zhongguo ren.

Daily Links, April 16, 2009 Michael Turton 2009

Under Hu's dictum of "going down the road of development with Chinese characteristics and Tibetan flavor" (zhongguo tese, xizang tedian), additional input has been focused on areas including infrastructure, tourism, mining and manufacturing.

Asia Times Online 2010

Under Hu's dictum of "going down the road of development with Chinese characteristics and Tibetan flavor" (zhongguo tese, xizang tedian), additional input has been focused on areas including infrastructure, tourism, mining and manufacturing.

Asia Times Online 2010

Chinaman is nothing but a calque of zhongguo ren, morpheme for morpheme Chinaman, and Polak is simply Pole in Polish.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVII No 4 1991