Mainland Chinese
The term "mainland China" is contemporarily used to refer to regions directly administered by the People's Republic of China ( including the island of Hainan ) , as opposed to special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau , the island of Taiwan ( ruled by the Republic of China ) and other ethnic Chinese-majority areas of the Chinese diaspora ( e . g . 
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