Taiwan's Second Apple Retail Store Opening Soon in Xinyi District of Taipei

I speak Mandarin the slogan actually says "Come in spend all your money to us". :D

The logo on display is a play on the word "Taipei" in Taiwanese

There is no such language as Taiwanese. It is a play on the Chinese charactors of "台北" (Taipei in Chinese).

Taiwan is not part of China, and the official languages are, I believe, Formosan as well as English. Why would they mess around with Chinese characters? This doesn't add up. Did Apple cave in to Beijing?

Sorry, you are making inaccurate statements. Please read through this thread or do some research before making statements like this. To help you out:

* It's a political topic: is Taiwan part of China? The full name for Taiwan (democratic country) is "Republic of China" and the full name for Mainland China (communist country) is People's Republic of China. You figure what that means to you. Some people in Taiwan prefer to be independent from China. Some people in Taiwan consider themselves as the legit China. Again, it's a political topic that can cause some arguments. A good Thanksgiving conversation. :-)
* Formosa is the name of the island called by the Portuguese back in 1532.

Again, please check your fact before sharing your perceptions (which can be inaccurate). Hope that this helps. Thanks.
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As a Taiwanese American guy, I definitely know that my biological mother speaks Taiwanese and Mandarin separately. Mandarin is used mostly by the Taiwanese folks who are derived from the Chinese invaders whereas Taiwanese is used by the native Taiwanese people who were not part of the descendants from the Nationalist Army.

It's fascinating to see how outsiders attempt to interpret a situation which requires a firm understanding of a 20th century Taiwanese history/political situation, then fabricate or surmise some type of scenario without the prerequisite research.

To add on what you said: Mandarin is considered as the national speaking language in China (both Mainland China and Taiwan). Taiwanese is spoken as one of a more popular local dialects in Taiwan. There are native Taiwanese (i.e. aboriginal folks) and they have their own dialects. Just like native American in US. The dialects in Taiwan became richer after the Nationalist Army moved to Taiwan. And echoing what you are saying: yeah, speaking with facts is important today. :-) Still, a good conversation to bridge the disconnect is a good thing. Hope that this help!

Thanks. Corrected.

Well just to nit pick, ( I know it is confusing )

The logo on display is a play on the word "Taipei" in Mandarin

Mandarin is the Spoken Languages in Mainland and Taiwan ( Mostly, there are other dialect ) . The Characters shown is Chinese. There is no such thing as Mandarin in Written. Only Chinese in Writing. So it should be ( play on the word "Taipei" in Chinese. )

Now.

Hopefully Taiwan and Japan have a few more Apple Stores planned, both region have a high iPhone usage with low Store count. ( Especially in Japan )

There is no such language as Taiwanese. It is a play on the Chinese charactors of "台北" (Taipei in Chinese).

Is Chinese a language? ;)

I think you boys mean Chicago, Illinois. Might want to fix that.

Chicago, Illinois - Michigan Avenue!

Macrumors, the characters aren't written in "Mandarin"... Mandarin is the name of the SPOKEN Chinese dialect. The characters themselves are simply written in Chinese. Just put that and no one will bat an eye.

Here's another explanation of the difference: the characters themselves are written in Chinese, but they're pronounced differently when spoken in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, etc.

Taiwan is not part of China, and the official languages are, I believe, Formosan as well as English. Why would they mess around with Chinese characters? This doesn't add up. Did Apple cave in to Beijing?

Our national language is Standard Mandarin and our official script is traditional Chinese.
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"in Chinese characters" would be the best attempt, not that it really matters.

It's confusing, as we all call it Taipei but that's based on Wade-Giles (and should actually be written T'ai Pei), a transliteration system for getting from Chinese characters to approximate Mandarin pronunciation, whereas most people (who do this kind of stuff) use Pinyin where it should be written Tai Bei.

So, yeah, new Apple store in Taipei.

This is a complicated historical issue about Chinese romanization in Taiwan. Directly-controlled cities and counties now still follow Wade-Giles, but most of districts and townships follow Hanyu Pinyin, the national standard since 2009. Wade-Giles is never an official standard, however.

There is no such language as Taiwanese. It is a play on the Chinese charactors of "台北" (Taipei in Chinese).

Taiwanese is a dialect of Chinese, similar to Cantonese and Shanghai slang. Here is a good reference on what Taiwanese entails.

https://www.quora.com/Is-Taiwanese-Hokkien-Minnanyu-a-Chinese-dialect-or-a-language

I am pretty excited about this store.

There is no such language as Taiwanese. It is a play on the Chinese charactors of "台北" (Taipei in Chinese).

No such language as 台語？ What have I been speaking my whole life? haha.