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Due to Taiwan’s extremely

complicated relationship with

China, the definition of the

Taiwanese could be very different

depends on individual person’s

identification. Following are the

three very common definitions.

Identity is constructed

so I think its definition

should be flexible.

Born in the Taiwan Island or the current

controlled geographical territory of R.O.C.

Live/lived in the Taiwan Island or the current

controlled geographical territory of R.O.C.

Moved to the Taiwan Island or the current

controlled geographical territory of R.O.C.

Come from the Taiwan Island or the current

controlled geographical territory of R.O.C.

Taiwanese are people who are of one or more

of the following characteristics:

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Oliver’s Explanation

Taiwanese are people who are currently

legal citizen of R.O.C./Republic of China.

National flag of Republic

of China as a nation-state

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My health insurance card.

R.O.C. is the only

government that conducts

compulsory governmental

health insurance

“林宸暘” is my Chinese name. Taiwanese people use

different Chinese character

set (traditional) to Chinese

people (simplified)

Taiwanese are people who identify their legal

status as citizen of Taiwan as a nation-state

and support Taiwanese independent.

Supporters of Taiwanese

independent movement

Flag for

Taiwanese

independent

DPP/Democratic Progressive Party, a political

party supporting Taiwanese independent

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watch a video

about Taiwan

& China

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Taiwan is the same as Thailand.

Taiwanese are the same as Chinese.

All Taiwanese are against China.

All Taiwanese speaks Taiwanese.

Taiwanese are all conservative.

Taiwanese are naturally smart.

WRONG!!! Taiwan

Thailand

Temples in Thailand

They are completely

different things!!! Temple in Taiwan

Since I personally do not

agree with Nationalism

and the term “Taiwan”

originally indicated

Taiwan as an Island not

nation nor province, so

I’m not putting any

national flag here

NOPE.

The Palace Museum, Beijing

National Palace Museum, Taipei

The character “dragon” in

different written forms

Amis people, a tribe of aboriginal

Taiwanese (not Chinese at all)

Some aspects of

our cultures are the

same or alike but

not all. There are

some very different

characteristics.

Sameness Differences

I do feel comfortable using

the R.O.C. flag here since it

symbolizes the dominant Han

Chinese culture in Taiwan

NOT ALL,

We do disagree with each other very often. However,

the majority of us really don’t act against people just

because they are Chinese. It often is because we feel

disrespected due to the differences of culture.

Although I have to admit that some of us are.

I personally do not agree with China trying to oppress

Taiwanese politically but I do not think all Chinese cultural

values are bad. In fact one of my central thinking principal is

rooted from an ancient Chinese philosophical work called

Tao Te Ching. ISBN: 9781570623950 is a translation by a famous

American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Click for free audio book.

NO!!! Surprisingly…

Amis Bunun

Atayal Seediq

Tsou Thao

Saisiyat Truku

Sakizaya Kavalan

Rukai Paiwan

Puyuma Yami

Hla’alua Kanakanavu

NO!!! Continuing…

Other Unrecognized

Plain Tribes (10+)

Matsu Dialect

Hakka

Other

Immigrants

The so called “Taiwanese” is

actually an altered form of Hokkien

Chinese dialect with adding some

words from other languages

(Japanese for example). There are a

lot of different cultures within the

Taiwanese identity and a lot of these

people are not the decedent of

Hokkien immigrants so they do not

speak “Taiwanese.” Every picture

you see in this presentation

represent one or more culture, and

within each these cultures, there are

often multiple (sometimes as mush

as near a dozen) languages existing.

NOT REALLY

Film Clip from

Aziz Ansari’s

Master of None

Master of None on IMDB:

https://www.imdb.c

om/title/tt4672182/

It seems to me that a

lot of American

medias are constantly

stereotyping Asians as

super conservative. I

remember an example

from Ansari’s series

when he present

Brian’s dad (a

Taiwanese immigrant)

as such. It is true that

some Taiwanese are

conservative. But as

always, not all.

Different form the

stereotype, Taiwan is

actually the first Asian

government proposed

amendment for

homosexual marriage.

BUT NO! I wish I could say yes on this one…

We are not.

Cram School Street in Taipei

Stressful Standardized Exams

Two of the top high schools in

Taiwan. The academic competition

is extremely harsh in Taiwanese

educational institutions.

We seems smarter

than most American

students in States not

because we are

naturally smart. This is

actually a coincident

result from the failed

education system in

Taiwan. The

educational process in

Taiwan is extremely

harsh, boring, and

tiring. One has to

literally be perfect on

every single subjects.

You could even fail PE

as a professional

badminton player due

to failing to play

basketball well.

Oliver’s Taiwanese High School Schedule

Weekdays Weekends 5:30am

Get up

6:13am

Bus

7:20am Breakfast

7:10am Arrive School

7:30am School Start

5:00pm School End

1:00pm Club

1:30pm Class Restart

12:30pm Lunch

Mon.~Thurs. Fri.

5:10pm

Bus

6:15pm Arrive Home

6:20pm TV News

6:35pm Homework

9:15pm Homework

12:00am Club Work

2:30am Bath & Sleep

5:05pm

Dinner

5:20pm Club Work

6:00pm

Club

10:30pm Club End

9:00pm Dinner

11:15pm Walk

12:00am Arrive Home

12:30am Bath & Sleep

10:40pm Metro

7:00am

Get up

7:30am Breakfast

12:30pm

Lunch

8:00am Homework

1:30pm Homework

9:00pm Dinner

6:00pm Cramming

10:00pm Club Work

12:00am Bath & Sleep

Before probably junior year of high school, U.S. American adolescents

generally are not that stressed about their future and academics while

Taiwanese students are already in a lot of stress due to the failure of the

extremely harsh educational system. Taiwanese students have to perform at

least 2 major standardized tests (like the SAT) in their academic career with

the first one is taken when one is graduating from middle school (due to the

difference of educational system, generally at age 14 to 15) and they will be

distributed into high schools according to the scores. The most stressful

things are that different from the SAT, for the tests YOU ONLY GET ONE

SINGLE CHANCE!!! This result to a lot of “tiger” parents (like mine) under the

system and therefore huge amount of stress to the Taiwanese kids. Moving

on for successfully graduating high school they even ask you to complete

48hrs of social services when you already have no time to sleep. You have to

learn 4 ways of swimming, you have to join a club, you have to conduct at

least 1 research project, you have to pass every single subject (the average

score for the whole class is usually about 50/100 and in mathematics 40/100

in my school, the passing score is 60/100), and you have at least 20 subjects

each year. You even have to cram for the standardized test for college entry

in your senior year (this I did not experienced, I escaped to U.S. in my junior

year)…etc. We are not smarter than you. Not brilliant aliens, just poor human

beings who were forced to overwork under the horrible system.

Skip this if you already

had enough of these…

Ok. Let’s end with something

cheerful. Taiwanese really

LOVE foods. You could literally

find all kind of foods from

different part of the world in

Taiwan. I still think traditional

Taiwanese foods (and Japanese

foods) are the best though.

P.S. The background design is a

traditional pattern of the

aboriginal Taiwanese people.

Please don’t forget that we are

not all the same but are each

special individual human beings

under very different cultures.