What is the difference between Chinese and Chinese Mandarin?
Chinese is a vague word for the people and the language from the China area. It depends on the context and situation when it is used. A broad definition of Chinese (the language) is a group of languages that has the same grammar structure. It is also known as Sino-Chinese, for example, Mandarin, Cantonese or Fo-gan. Like many European languages, a lot of them cannot be understood among Chinese people if they speak their mother tone only. This is why a national language was needed in order for people to communicate with each other. Mandarin, a language which Manchurian ( the people who funded the last dynasty in China) learned to speak Han peoples language, was chosen as the official language for officers about two hundred years ago. The language was similar to the original Chinese and spoken in Beijing area for the next two hundred years even after Republic of China won the revolution to fund a democratic government in 1911 and People s Republic of Chinese funded by the communist party
