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Jan 8, 2024 · Because even though more than 90% of people living in Taiwan can trace their roots to mainland China, the majority of them now identify in polls as Taiwanese only.
- Ailsa Chang
Jul 10, 2023 · Most people in Taiwan and other Asian nations wave and call to one another with their palms facing the ground. Giving gifts or other tokens of respect with both hands demonstrates that you are doing so without any reservations and as a complete expression of who you are. The Taiwanese people have this as one of their customs.
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Jun 15, 2021 · “Going to America” (“去美國”) is a familiar phrase in Taiwan. Many people have personally studied or worked in the United States. Even more, have relatives or friends who have done so. Indeed. The United States emerged as the top destination for Taiwanese out-migration throughout the second half of the twentieth century.
May 12, 2020 · By a nearly two-to-one margin, people in Taiwan rate the U.S. more favorably than mainland China. There is widespread support for increased economic and political ties with Washington; enthusiasm for similar relations with mainland China is much more muted.
- Shannon Greenwood
Jan 8, 2024 · FENG: Yes. And identity is a hugely sensitive issue for this island of 23 million people. Because even though more than 90% of people living in Taiwan can trace their roots to mainland China, the majority of them now identify in polls as Taiwanese only. And that's a huge shift from just 30 years ago. CHANG: Exactly.
- Ailsa Chang
Jan 16, 2024 · Short Reads. |. January 16, 2024. Most people in Taiwan see themselves as primarily Taiwanese; few say they’re primarily Chinese. By Christine Huang and Kelsey Jo Starr. Local residents participate in a Taiwan National Day parade on Oct. 10, 2023, in New Taipei City. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
May 28, 2018 · The island of Taiwan, about a hundred miles off China's southeastern coast, has its own democratically elected government, its own flag, its own military. Yet most of the world, including the...
