`Actually, for the record, I prefer using ``China``, ``Korea``, and ``Japan`` instead of the current wording of ``Chinese mainland``, ``Korean peninsula``, and ``Japanese archipalego``.  I am only not changing this wording as a compromise.  It's only acceptable to me because there are sources that use either wording, or even both.  But the whole motivation for some editors to push for the current wording in the first place is original research - that China and Korea ``did not exist``.    -    `