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At what point of your political development did you find out that Taiwan is a settler-colony? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, here's the difference between how the Communists handled the multiculturalism vs how the nationalis did. The nationalists massacred the indigenous population of Taiwan while the Communists integrated the the 56 ethnic groups on the mainland.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 months ago

I assume by "the nationalists" you mean the KMT, but the large migration of the Han to the island happened in the 1600s.

And doing a little more research (thanks for the impetus) it looks like that migration was a process that was initially driven by the Dutch East India Company.

Then it was driven by occupying it with Chinese military to keep the Dutch out.

But that process never stopped and Han settlers became dominant over the next century.

Then the Japanese imperialized. Then the KMT terrorized it.

But the original indigenous people still live there and the national question will likely arise at some point after reintegration.