Small nitpick: Mandarin is the name of the spoken language. The written language you are talking about is called simplified Chinese, as opposed to traditional Chinese used in Taiwan (who also speak Mandarin).
mandarin is both written and spoken, what you refer to as “simplified chinese” is mandarin written with simplified characters. there are many chinese languages each with their own written forms, but across china it is standard to write in mandarin despite many not speaking it, causing your confusion
The irony that Taiwan uses “traditional” Chinese while China uses “simplified” Chinese meanwhile China actively acts like Taiwan isn’t its own country is hilarious.
Good to know! I always assumed Mandarin and Cantonese were interchangeable terms with Simplified and Traditional Chinese, respectively. Saves me from making the mistake IRL.
Small nitpick: Mandarin is the name of the spoken language. The written language you are talking about is called simplified Chinese, as opposed to traditional Chinese used in Taiwan (who also speak Mandarin).
mandarin is both written and spoken, what you refer to as “simplified chinese” is mandarin written with simplified characters. there are many chinese languages each with their own written forms, but across china it is standard to write in mandarin despite many not speaking it, causing your confusion
The irony that Taiwan uses “traditional” Chinese while China uses “simplified” Chinese meanwhile China actively acts like Taiwan isn’t its own country is hilarious.
Good to know! I always assumed Mandarin and Cantonese were interchangeable terms with Simplified and Traditional Chinese, respectively. Saves me from making the mistake IRL.