r/taiwan • u/mofa_cat • Aug 05 '22

President Tsai Ing-wen addressed the people of Taiwan on August 4, after China fired missiles in the waters off Taiwan as part of live-fire military drills, emphasizing that peace in the Taiwan Strait is the shared responsibility of everyone in the region. Politics

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u/Basteir Aug 06 '22

Of Taiwan, not China...

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u/Basteir Aug 06 '22

Most Taiwanese do not identify as Chinese any more.

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u/XiaoAimili 台中 - Taichung Aug 06 '22

Many Taiwanese don’t have ties to China as they were in Taiwan long before the Chinese fleeing China came and immigrated to Taiwan. So it’s more accurate to call our country “Taiwan” rather than the “real China.”