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The American Conservative,
2024-10-11:
A critical but underused asset in Taiwan's soft power arsenal is its claim
to authentic Chinese identity. The Taiwanese use traditional Chinese
characters, which were the norm for thousands of years of Chinese history.
But CCP altered the depth and meaning
of the written language.
This linguistic distinction gives Taiwan a cultural edge over the CCP,
especially in terms of preserving China's rich literary and cultural
heritage. promoting Taiwan's cultural legitimacy
avoids stoking Taiwanese
nationalism to the point of independence.theamericanconservative.com/the-u-s-should-promote-taiwan-as-the-authentic-china/
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New York Times, 2023-8-8:
For the most part, Taiwanese people seem to be at ease
with their Chinese heritage. In the political
debate, Taiwanese nationalists often emphasize the existence of the Indigenous
groups as evidence that Taiwan has its unique origins, of which the Chinese
culture is only a part... Even though the Indigenous groups make up only 2
percent of Taiwan's population, they’re an important part in the narrative of
Taiwanese nationhood.
nytimes.com/2023/08/08/business/taiwan-cuisine.html
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New York Times, 2022-8-9:
With a culture forged by eras of Indigenous people, hundreds of
years of Chinese immigration, Japanese colonial occupation and a harsh
period of martial law, Taiwan is not monolithic. During its
three decades as a democracy, conflicting allegiances have dominated
its politics, with debates over whether to accommodate or oppose
China's claims to the island breaking down along the lines of age,
identity and geography.
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Economist, 2023-12-27:
Teacher Ou
criticism:“Taiwanese culture is Chinese
culture”, she says, noting that Taiwan preserved this shared
heritage in its “purest form” while it was being destroyed on the
mainland during the Cultural Revolution. She accuses the DPP
of
undermining young people’s confidence in their culture: “They will
think everything about us is backwards, and that our values must
come from the West.”
economist.com/asia/2023/12/27/china-is-stoking-a-controversy-in-order-to-influence-taiwans-election
♦ le Monde (2023-12-29) comments that it's
the government's desire to
assert Taiwanese identity.
lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/12/29/taiwan-questions-the-role-of-chinese-literature-and-history-in-education_6384023_4.html
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BBC, 2024-1-7: something
fundamental in the Taiwanese psyche: a decades-long insecurity about their
relationship with America.
This stems from Taiwan's "orphan
mentality",
Taiwan was a colony of many empires,
transferred again and again by its previous rulers. That historical perspective
has always resided in the collective memory.
the diplomatic break-up planted the
notion "that Taiwan could be abandoned by the US again.
msn.com/en-xl/news/other/china-sows-taiwan-doubt-about-us-with-disinformation/ar-AA1mAZ0k
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