For 400 years, Taiwanese have been subject to foreign colonizers -- first the Dutch and Spanish, then the Manchu Empire, then the Japanese empire and finally the "Republic of China" KMT Chinese Nationalist Regime of Chiang Kai-shek and his son. In particular the last 100 years of first Japanese then KMT rule were brutal in attempted obliteration of Taiwan's Identity. Herein is chronicled the fight for its recovery.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Mandarin infecting even cultures high in the mountains
Notice that though the Tayal language is used, the children are still being taught in Mandarin.
Children should be primarily taught in their mother tongue and secondarily taught in a foreign language used for commerce such as Mandarin.
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