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With one-sixth of the Obama administration's term of office complete, last week it revealed its profound commitment to an unprecedented policy of eschewing the exercise of great-power diplomacy -- and indeed of being willing to consciously accept humiliation -- in the hope of gaining future advantage from talking with hostile but weaker nations.
Following up on his campaign commitment to unconditional diplomatic talks, the president -- in dealings last week with Iran and North Korea through his government -- yielded previously asserted conditions for negotiations as a price...
Administration Downsizes Our Diplomatic Muscle
Also, I'd say many people in Taiwan no longer use the term "guoyu" for national language because many don't consider Mandarin to be the national language, that would be tai-yu. This is especially true of the south. They tend to use the mainland term of putonghua (which is hardly better as it means the common language) perhaps start to call it "daluhua" or mainlander language. Dalu a term I am told those there don't like. Being from the other side of the strait I have no idea how true this is.
I can't really read jianti--some I can get from the context. And in Taiwan, we don't use the term fanti anymore, but...