Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
on 04 Jul 09:57
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Taiwanese isn’t an ethnicity, Taiwan is mostly Han, though there are a few percent of indigenous people.
Edit: Anyone downvoting this doesn’t know the most basic history of Taiwan and should refrain from having an opinion. Here’s the wikipedia article citing Taiwan’s govenment’s statistics.
Rolling up on July 4th (on an English speaking forum) to make vague posts to suggest another country’s ethnic identity isn’t distinct enough to merit national independence kind of makes you sound like an asshole.
“Taiwanese” isn’t even their ethnic identity, the government of Taiwan identifies the big ethnicity as “Han”.
You don’t need ethnic nationalism for a national identity, wtf?
Then again, maybe the 4th of July isn’t the time for that conversation.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
on 04 Jul 15:07
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If China is attacking Taiwanese people for thinking of themselves as Taiwanese under an Ethnic Unity law, perhaps you should be complaining about China, and not people, conflating them. Even in the article it refers to a national identity and not an ethnic identity.
Are you somehow under the impression that the only possible identity is ethnic? Like when people say “I’m a New Yorker” do you reply back “Um, actually, New Yorker isn’t an ethnicity”?
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml
on 04 Jul 13:04
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No he didn’t.
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
on 04 Jul 14:07
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Can we get an article that at least attempts to be objective and doesn't tell us how to feel? Half the damn thing is moralizing about Taiwanese independence (which I support BTW) rather than providing new information.
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Taiwanese isn’t an ethnicity, Taiwan is mostly Han, though there are a few percent of indigenous people.
Edit: Anyone downvoting this doesn’t know the most basic history of Taiwan and should refrain from having an opinion. Here’s the wikipedia article citing Taiwan’s govenment’s statistics.
The ROC government reports that 95 to 97 percent of Taiwan’s population is as “other populations” (of Han Chinese ethnicity, which includes Hoklo, Hakka, and other ethnic groups originating from mainland China).[49][50] Over 2% of the population consists of indigenous people.[4] 21,000 Westerners live in Taiwan, accounting for 0.1% of its total population
Rolling up on July 4th (on an English speaking forum) to make vague posts to suggest another country’s ethnic identity isn’t distinct enough to merit national independence kind of makes you sound like an asshole.
That’s why you’re being downvoted.
Not wrong, just an asshole.
“Taiwanese” isn’t even their ethnic identity, the government of Taiwan identifies the big ethnicity as “Han”.
You don’t need ethnic nationalism for a national identity, wtf?
Then again, maybe the 4th of July isn’t the time for that conversation.
If China is attacking Taiwanese people for thinking of themselves as Taiwanese under an Ethnic Unity law, perhaps you should be complaining about China, and not people, conflating them. Even in the article it refers to a national identity and not an ethnic identity.
Are you somehow under the impression that the only possible identity is ethnic? Like when people say “I’m a New Yorker” do you reply back “Um, actually, New Yorker isn’t an ethnicity”?
No he didn’t.
Can we get an article that at least attempts to be objective and doesn't tell us how to feel? Half the damn thing is moralizing about Taiwanese independence (which I support BTW) rather than providing new information.