Plain "Chinese" commonly refers to Mandarin in English usage.
The CCP is trying to wipe out the other dialects as soon as possible, anyway.
The CCP is trying to wipe out the other dialects as soon as possible, anyway.
What we call "chinese language" has historically been cantonese as that's what we are mostly familiar with ( mostly via immigration ).
Most of us don't even know there are different chinese languages. I know I didn't until someone corrected me on social media.