China Side or Chinese Side
1. The China plant is already assembling 1,000 cars a week...
2. The formal name of Tamron's Chinese plant is Tamron Optical (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
I often see "China" and "Chinese" both used as adjectives.
Similarly, "Canada" and "Canadian" are both used as adjectives in the following cases:
The Niagara River on the Canada side
The Niagara River on the Canadian side
However, I have never seen "The Niagara River on the America side." Usually, "the U.S. side" is used instead.
Are there any rules or differences in meaning between "China side" and "Chinese side"?
Top answer
Snappy Are there any rules or differences in meaning between "China side" and "Chinese side"? The side of the river that is within a country's territory is not strictly speaking "of" that country. It is that country.
- Snappy Are there any rules or differences in meaning between "China side" and "Chinese side"?
- The side of the river that is within a country's territory is not strictly speaking "of" that country.
- It is that country.
- So the China side of the river is better than the Chinese side, but you hear both.
- An international company's factory in China is in China, not of it, and can be called their China factory the way the one in California can be called their San Francisco factory rather than their San Franciscan one.
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SnappyAre there any rules or differences in meaning between "China side" and "Chinese side"?
The side of the river that is within a country's territory is not strictly speaking "of" that country. It is that country. So the China side of the river is better than the Chinese side, but you hear both. An international company's factory in China is in Chi
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