Excited
So I was browsing through the TIME Quotes of the Day slideshow and caught the following quote:
Taiwanese newspaper Liberty Times praising the government’s plans to drop references in school textbooks that recognize Chinese historical figures, places and artifacts as “national”
Hooray for the Taiwanese government for removing the “national” descriptor (implying China) and taking that kind of propaganda out of the textbooks.
Unfortunately, TIME’s (photo?) editors need to understand the quote a little better.
Irony of all ironies: check out the photo and the photo credit.
Photo: China Photos / Getty | Source: AP
Um, DUH! Taiwan is saying that it is NOT China.
*grumble*
That’s one step removed from the “All Asians are the same” mentality and putting a picture of a Japanese girl dressed like a geisha in the photo next to that caption.
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wow, this is very interesting news. (the national separation, not the photo gaff, besides, couldn't they have found a MORE exoticised photo? I mean really...)
I'm sure the Chinese gov'ment is just going to laugh it off since they tend to consider that all ethnically Chinese folks u00e2u0080u0094 whether they be five generations deep in the US or South America, or hell, the Philippines u00e2u0080u0094 are still Chinese and that they might have some sway over them. While Taiwan is making some political strides in this admission, they are still a product of that same perception and I'm wondering when something like this might trickle down and change the culture... so when the ABT's go "back" to Taiwan, their Americaness might not be so hard to swallow..
this all reminds me of the American Colonies coming to terms with their own national distinctness from the Brits and all the identity issues that that caused...
Also, everyone reading my comment should read Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, RIGHT NOW.
wow, this is very interesting news. (the national separation, not the photo gaff, besides, couldn't they have found a MORE exoticised photo? I mean really...)
I'm sure the Chinese gov'ment is just going to laugh it off since they tend to consider that all ethnically Chinese folks u00e2u0080u0094 whether they be five generations deep in the US or South America, or hell, the Philippines u00e2u0080u0094 are still Chinese and that they might have some sway over them. While Taiwan is making some political strides in this admission, they are still a product of that same perception and I'm wondering when something like this might trickle down and change the culture... so when the ABT's go "back" to Taiwan, their Americaness might not be so hard to swallow..
this all reminds me of the American Colonies coming to terms with their own national distinctness from the Brits and all the identity issues that that caused...
Also, everyone reading my comment should read Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson, RIGHT NOW.
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