Sentence examples for mainlander from inspiring English sources

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mainlander

noun

Someone who lives on the mainland.

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Taiwan uses traditional characters while the mainland uses simplified ones, and a mainlander may have difficulty reading a Taiwan newspaper.

The firm, founded in 2006 by a mainlander who studied engineering in Hong Kong, has become a leading light in the industry.

Li Yuhui, a mainlander who came to Hong Kong claiming to be a feng shui master, is alleged to have duped three women into giving him money and then killed them, along with two daughters of one of the three.

To his critics it matters that Mr Wang, a staffer for 16 years, is a mainlander.

The handsome Mr Ma may be a mainlander, but his charisma and his popularity could compensate for that.

The court has not backed down from its earlier ruling that neither China nor Hong Kong may restrict the right, guaranteed by the Basic Law, of any mainlander born to a Hong Kong resident to live in the territory.

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Should it stop trying to curb investment in certain technologies; open its doors wider to trade with the mainland; and allow mainlanders to work, invest and holiday in Taiwan?

On February 15th about 200 protesters, chanting "mainlanders go back to the mainland", heckled visitors to a suburban mall who appeared to be compatriots from across the border on a buying spree in the territory.

Mainstream Chinese society holds economic growth and social stability as sacrosanct, and many mainlanders wonder why a city which benefits tremendously from its mainland ties would turn on its most important benefactor.

The city is ruled by China under a "one country, two systems" model that allows it a different legal system and its people more political rights than mainlanders enjoy.

It now includes lots of Chinese mainlanders, both visiting students and businessmen.

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