On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:05:00AM +0800, David Palmer wrote: > >@ 05/05/2004 11:40 : wrote Wang WenRui : > > > >>The 2nd screen of d-i: > >> > >> /---------------------[Choose *country*]-----------------\ > >> | Choose your country: | > >> | | > >> | China | > >> | Hong Kong | > >> | Taiwan | > >> | | > >> | | > >> \_______________________________________________________/ > >> > >>This is ridiculous. Nobody calls Hong Kong a country. > Hong Kong was *leased* to the British, who, very rudely overstayed their > lease period. > It has now returned to being, in all ways, a part of mainland China. > To state it as a separate entity, is both rude and ignorant. > This aspect of the installer is out of date and inaccurate, and in so > being, requires to be changed. It is incorrect to call it as a country. It is very relevant to list it in the installer, due to the de facto differences in written language use between Hong Kong (and blame the British if you like, but the difference is there) and the rest of mainland China. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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