"Taiwaner" - Taiwanese - Any Thoughts

[Russ McClay]

Hi all --

This is a bit off-topic, but I thought I'd bring it up
here for possible discussion/feedback.

I live in Taiwan and am helping a friend with a poor
translation of a document that is in Chinese.

In the document, there is the term "Taiwaner" to
described someone from Taiwan.  This term is used
in government communications here; but it sounds
very awkward to me (native American English speaker).

I believe why this term is used instead of Taiwanese
is because of it's association with the English
word "Chinese".

Can anyone suggest a better term, just for fun?

Cheers,
Russ

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