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[quote=PINETREE                ,24307]Well, Korea is a soverign country on its own. They should have their own language, culture - tho they probably cannot eradicate the fact that they were closely linked to China at one time. But the Koreans have been friendly to China, as far as I know.Yes, recently they insisted that Seoul should not be written as "HanCheng" !! How the Chinese wanna call Seoul in their own language is their own choice, isn't it ? Just like the West still prefer to call Beijing as Peking.Their modern Korean words are quite cute. Sometime they look like cartoons. U cannot expect the Koreans to continue using Chinese language as their language - it would be embarassing for a sovereign country. The Australians & NZ choose not to be independent from Britain. If they do, I wonder what languages they wanna use as their national/sovereign language ? Aborigines' or Maori's ? I think that's also why the USAmericans choose to speak American with some changes in their written words.Am side-tracking. But it's quite fun. No offence intended at all - just for discussion only.[/quote]

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