While any Taiwanese will be quick to remind a foreigner of the significant political differences with China, it probably has much more to do with the so called

While any Taiwanese will be quick to remind a foreigner of the significant political differences with China, it probably has much more to do with the so called White Terror era : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan) After the transition to democracy, the Taiwanese of the last few decades recoil from anything that even slightly reminds them of that violent oppression in their recent past.