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Aren’t the natives the indigenous people of Taiwan?
by throw55435 6y ago
Aren’t the natives the indigenous people of Taiwan?
- inawarminister 6y agoThe various Austronesian tribes in the Urheimat, yes. Still, the distinction between Japan occupation-experiencing Han population and the evacuated Mainlander Han is an important one.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoIsn’t that the problem? The Japanese treated Taiwan as a first class province, while Chiang Kai Shek was much more authoritarian with his take over of the island (killing off a lot of the island leaders and educated people to prevent dissent). This has led to a much closer relationship between Taiwan and Japan, and a harsher relationship with the mainland.
- mc32 6y agoIt depends on context. There are the original prior to Dutch trade natives (naruan, whatever) and the colonists from the mainland that came in waves over time who are now native in relation to post WWII immigrants from the mainland after Mao defeated the nationalists on the mainland. It’s not too different from someone who is a German native but isn’t caucasian, for example.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoTechnically ya, but in modern usage it refers to a previous wave of immigration to Taiwan from Fujian. Taiwanese aborigines are firmly in the KMT/mainlander camp.