[image] Pelosi visiting Taiwan in August 2022 A lot of older Taiwanese came from China and still view this country very differently from the youth of whom have only known a separate Taiwan and separate Taiwanese culture without the culture of fear and repression that systematically made any disse…

The people…the way they interact with each other and if you can speak their language then much better;

[image] TT: those people would be arguably more Taiwanese than Han Chinese settlers who’ve only been here a few generations The ones who have only been here for a few generations, who came with the KMT? Sure. But most Han Taiwanese have been here for centuries, and I would say they are as Ta…

I realize you understand everything I’m about to say, but just to give you some other words that may help your client understand or possibly jar loose a solution to this possibly impossible problem. If you go with something like, “…is an important traditional festival that originated in China …” … …

[image] hannes: English American, right? If we are talking about fat Santa in red, that’s an American invention in the 1800s.

I was thinking the birth of Christ, that’s why I led with Israel

Yes you are just replacing one essentialism (Taiwan is part of China, Taiwanese culture is Chinese culture) with another (Taiwan is 100% Taiwanese culture, everything is 100% Taiwanese). Reeks of the same kind of lack of self belief that they have in China There is nothing wrong with Taiwanese bein…

I would say that Taiwanese cultures is actually a blend of Aboriginal and traditional Chinese cultures, with a little japanese culture mixed in. It is a unique blend you won’t find on the mainland. They have their own minorities, which makes up their specific blend of culture.

[image] Bl4ckus-H34dus: I would say that Taiwanese cultures is actually a blend of Aboriginal and traditional Chinese cultures, with a little japanese culture mixed in. Taiwanese culture is a blend of aboriginal culture the way that Canadian or American culture is a blend native Indian cultur…

To be fair, status of aboriginal has increased in Taiwan society in recent years, with for example Abao winning best artist award and just more respect for aboriginal culture But five years ago , not really

Is there any notable influences of aboriginal culture on Chinese culture here? I feel like in terms of music and food, I don’t see any.

Differences between Taiwanese Culture and Chinese Culture

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