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by filoleg 1881 days ago
I think they used "mainland" here, so that it is differentiated from something like Hong Kong. And in this case, that differentiation actually matters and helps the context.

Tl;dr: the parent comment didn't use "mainland" to imply that Taiwan is a part of China. They used it to say "contacted by recruiters from Mainland China [as opposed to recruiters from HK]"