i am pro-taiwan, but it doesn't necessarily mean i am anti-china
it means i believe taiwan is not part of china
taiwan is a nation of its own
an independent country
i am not denying my chinese past but i can not ignore my taiwanese present and future
yes, i am chinese
my ancestry is chinese
however, as far as i know, my great-grandfather, my grandfather, my father and myself were all born in taiwan
that's at least four generations
we are taiwanese
i am taiwanese
i love my country
i love taiwan
i support "UN for Taiwan"
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
UN for Taiwan
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Both North and South Korea and East and West Germany considered themselves (more or less) part of the same country and all had/have UN seats -- so, even if one were to consider Taiwan part of China, one could still argue strongly for a UN seat for Taiwan "Province".
I understand what your thoughts but I do not agree your points. The isolation of taiwan from mainland for so long a time have caused us to be strangers but as you told we are both Chinese and Chinese need to remain within one nation and one strong nation.
Boyd R. Jones... very good and valid point.
Do something in Web 2.0... i respect your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it. however, isolation from china? how can taiwan be "isolated" from china when taiwan was never part of china? china has never ruled over taiwan nor has its flag flown over the island.
having chinese ancestry does not make taiwan part of china. the early settlers of the usa were from france and england... so does that mean the usa belongs to either one of them? again, i do not deny my ancestry and i'm proud to be of chinese descent, but i am taiwanese. just like italian-americans, african-americans, polish-american, scottish-americans, etc..... we are chinese-taiwanese but we are taiwanese just as they are americans.
Andres, the concept of mixed nationality is perplexing to most Chinese, and to a lesser extent, to Taiwanese. the goal of China is to ultimately rule over anyone in the world with Chinese DNA.
The entry documentation for China is 2 sided. one for Chinese nationals and one for foreigners. the foreign side absolutely _must_ be filled out in English, even in the foreign person is a former Chinese national now living in a foreign country. so instead of having a dual-language form where one simply states their nationality, they separate foreigner from national. if any Chinese leaves the fold, their punishment is to be banished to the realm of the foreigners, and separated.
another example is that people will always look at white or black people and say "foreigner." it never would occur to them that maybe someone is an immigrant and permanently living in Taiwan or China.
naturally the Chinese view is that Taiwan must be part of China because the people are of Chinese ancestry. being of Chinese ancestry does not make one Chinese. nationality is about birthright and choice, not DNA.
andres,
i thoroughly enjoy reading your blog and appreciate this post about taiwan.i feel the same, though i have indigenous taiwanese heritage. i think it's pretty sad that more and more often, taiwanese and taiwanese americans would rather be subsumed under the umbrella of china because of a false sense of security and power such an association seems to hold.
-grace
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