PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency

zlixOS said:

Very interesting how the ROC defines dates in years since founding (at least what I am assuming), as 114年 from 1912 is 2025, assuming 1912 to be year 1.

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Yes it's been 114 years since the founding of Republic of China. This is a traditional derivative from "XX years since an emperor came to throne". Japan is also maintaining this tradition while using the Gregorian year, 2025 is the Reiwa 7 year.

Thailand is using both Gregorian and Buddhist years. 2025 AD = BE 2568 (BE is Buddhist Era). Muslim countries also use Islamic years along with Gregorian year, 2025AD = 1447 Hijri

PRC use only Gregorian year. Agriculture year aka Lunar year is maintained for traditional festivals by Chinese globally.

lcloo said:

PRC use only Gregorian year. Agriculture year aka Lunar year is maintained for traditional festivals by Chinese globally.

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Technically, the lunar calendar is a national standard, GB/T 33661-2017, national holidays are defined using it, the daily news reports will announce the lunar calendar date, and the calendar is maintained by the government-run Purple Mountain Observatory. So I'd say the PRC still uses the lunar calendar in an official capacity in some respects.