Hsienlih

Regarding the word choice- colonization

I urge everyone to read the article " original sin on the island paradise? Qing Taiwan's colonial history in comparative perspective" I think it's a great article, giving insights into how we always conceptualize colonialism as a quintessentially Western practice. It also discusses in great length about how there's absolute no reason to not characterize Chinese rule as a colonial rule. In Taiwan, we all too often only regards Japanese rule as a colonial period. The word choice is paramount in subverting the propaganda the KMT is trying to impose (and to a lesser extent DPP's), as well as to reconcile with Aboriginal Taiwanese. To remove such words would be as damaging as removing such words from, say, Australian history.

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