From the Porteugese to the Ming Chinese to the Imperial Japanese to the Republic of China and now the People’s Republic of China the native Taiwanese get passed around like a colonial chain letter. Maybe they will even become the 52nd state after Canada
Cloud Gate Dance of Taiwan presented a performance called Rice, about the cultivation of rice and the places in Taiwan under this cultivation. It was stunning. I could not believe the NY Times didn't give it a good review after that one night at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), considering the "edgy" nonsense they gave good reviews. I will never forget it. The dancers, evenly male and female, the elegant costumes and phenomenal sets gave me an unforgettable evening of good old well-choreographed modern dance. The music was a combination of Western classical and their traditional songs. It brought me to tears. That was the dance I once studied and performed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQ3VXRIQ9U
Aha, the thin wedge of ethnocentricity. Prepping us for a war with China? Here we go again. "We are not Chinese". Tell that to 1.3 billion Chinese and Chairman Xi.
Wow, these people sound like they’ve been ravaged for generations. He seems to be a step before nation building and is just in cultural resistance mode. It sounds like they’ve never been a nation and just get passed around from colonizer to colonizer and that there have been a lot of waves of immigration further complicating a stabilization of national identity. But being an island they probably don’t have the military might to be confident in being independent as a real possibility. I know nothing about them, I’m going to have to study their history now.
From the Porteugese to the Ming Chinese to the Imperial Japanese to the Republic of China and now the People’s Republic of China the native Taiwanese get passed around like a colonial chain letter. Maybe they will even become the 52nd state after Canada
Cloud Gate Dance of Taiwan presented a performance called Rice, about the cultivation of rice and the places in Taiwan under this cultivation. It was stunning. I could not believe the NY Times didn't give it a good review after that one night at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), considering the "edgy" nonsense they gave good reviews. I will never forget it. The dancers, evenly male and female, the elegant costumes and phenomenal sets gave me an unforgettable evening of good old well-choreographed modern dance. The music was a combination of Western classical and their traditional songs. It brought me to tears. That was the dance I once studied and performed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijQ3VXRIQ9U
Aha, the thin wedge of ethnocentricity. Prepping us for a war with China? Here we go again. "We are not Chinese". Tell that to 1.3 billion Chinese and Chairman Xi.
Aha! Your thick slice of obtuseness. Prove that the Taiwanese are the property--slaves--of the Chinese and Chairman Xi.
Wow, these people sound like they’ve been ravaged for generations. He seems to be a step before nation building and is just in cultural resistance mode. It sounds like they’ve never been a nation and just get passed around from colonizer to colonizer and that there have been a lot of waves of immigration further complicating a stabilization of national identity. But being an island they probably don’t have the military might to be confident in being independent as a real possibility. I know nothing about them, I’m going to have to study their history now.
If the Taiwanese are anybody's property--slaves, they'er ours.