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Mainland China not the motherland, says Taiwan’s president, because our republic is older
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2024
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I kind of get what he's saying, but I'd also think these people would take issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples
I haven’t closely followed Taiwanese politics but I’m pretty sure the DPP (his party) is largely supported by the indigenous people
It's more the "motherland" claim. Most indigenous Americans support the U.S. government. They'll even sometimes proudly fight for America in the U.S. military. That doesn't mean they'd appreciate it if Trump or Biden said that the U.S. was the motherland of white people.
The thing is, he’s directly saying that China isn’t their motherland because their government was born first. He’s saying that although their government used to control China, its home is Taiwan now. The DPP is against the idea of reclaiming the mainland or claiming too much heritage or symbolism from the mainland as they are the pro-independence party in Taiwan
Like I said, I kind of get what he's saying. I just don't know that it was put well. Maybe it works better in Chinese and it's just a translation thing.
It’s sometimes hard to translate things like this into English well so that would make sense
Not entirely sure what you're getting at. Are you suggesting that Taiwanese Indigenous people might have a problem that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is older than the PRC?
Basically these indigenous folks were on Taiwan long before a Chinese person set foot on the islands, let alone declared a republic. Edit: It belonged to them first, before it belonged to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949
Yeah it's disgraceful that people from the mainland forced out of their homes by war and prejudice have in turn set up a colonial state that oppresses, marginalised and usurped the national status of the people Indigenous to the area. If only they weren't treated as American allies just so they act as a counterbalance to the regional power.