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Bruce Jacobs is professor of Asian languages at Monash University, Australia, and one of the world’s leading authorities on the political history of Taiwan.
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Taiwan is not China
1. Taiwan Is Not China:
Aborigines, Colonial Rulers
and Democratization
Prof. J. Bruce Jacobs
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
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2. Chinese False Histories of Taiwan
“In history and culture, Taiwan is an
integral part of continental China.”
(China Yearbook 1969-70, p. 94)
“Taiwan has belonged to China since
ancient times [original emphasis]”
(China White Paper, 1993)
Taiwan is “an inalienable part of China.”
(China White Paper, 2000)
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3. When Dutch arrived in Taiwan
No permanent Han Chinese community
in Taiwan. Only three temporary groups
of Han Chinese
1. Merchants came to trade
2. Fishermen came to fish
3. Pirates came to hide
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4. When Dutch Arrived, 1624
Taiwan, an island of Austronesians, the
ancestors of today’s Taiwan aborigines.
The Austronesians were divided and no
one authority united Taiwan.
Austronesians did trade with others
including Japanese and Chinese.
Austronesian products included deer
skins and meat as well as jade from the
Hualien area.
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5. Dutch Imported Chinese to
Taiwan
Dutch believed Chinese brought wealth:
“The Chinese are the only bees on
Formosa that give honey.” (Dutch
governor Nicholas Verburg).
Chinese made money because of Dutch
military and administrative structure
(Andrade)
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6. Taiwan’s 6 colonial regimes: 1624-1988
1. the Dutch (1624-1662),
2. the Spanish (1626-1642), who ruled in north
Taiwan simultaneously with the Dutch,
3. the Zheng (Cheng) family (1662-1683),
4. the Manchu Qing (Ch’ing) empire (1683-
1895),
5. the Japanese (1895-1945), and
6. the authoritarian Chinese Nationalist regime
(1945-1988)
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7. Definition of “Colonial Regime”
“Rule by outsiders for the benefit of the
outsiders”
Su Beng (史明)
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8. The Zheng Regime as Colonialists
Zheng Chenggong 鄭成功, aka Koxinga
國姓爺
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Southern Ming (rump to 1662)
Zheng Regime colonial: used Dutch
institutions, population less than
aborigines
Status of independent, trading nation
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9. The Manchus as Colonialists
Before 1683, Taiwan never belonged to
either China or Manchus (Manchu
emperors)
Manchu empire was Manchu, not Chinese
China and Taiwan were separate colonies
of Manchu Empire
Manchus not control aborigines
1867: US Consul signed treaty with
aboriginal chief
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10. Five Parallels : Japan and
Kuomintang (1945-1988)
1. Systematic discrimination against Taiwanese
2. Killed lots of Taiwanese early
3. 25 years of strong oppression
4. Owing to domestic and international
factors, some liberalization
5. Renewed repression
No democratization and no Taiwanization under
both regimes.
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11. Taiwanization (bentuhua本土化)
No colonial regime allowed Taiwanese
to push their Taiwan identity
Taiwanization ≠ Democratization
(though closely linked)
Being Taiwanese increasingly means “I
am not Chinese”
Taiwan NOT a sub-culture of China
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12. Manifestations of Taiwanization
Eat Taiwan foods (e.g. sweet potato
gruel) (hanji muai 番薯糜 in Hokkien)
Interest in Taiwan
history, society, literature and language
(soaring publications in these areas
after 1988)
Taiwanization increasingly important in
politics after 1988
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14. Taiwan Attitudes Toward China
Table 2: Taiwanese Attitudes Towards Independence and Unification (June 2011)
Status Combined Status %
Independence as soon as possible 5.8
Maintain status quo, move toward
independence
17.4
Toward Independence 23.2
Maintain status quo indefinitely 26.8
Maintain status quo, decide at later date 33.3
Toward Status Quo 60.1
Maintain status quo, move toward
unification
8.7
Unification as soon as possible 1.4
Toward Unification 10.1
Non-response 6.6
Total 100.0 14
15. Racialism in Cross-Strait Relations
President Ma Ying-jeou inauguration
speech, 2008
Chinese White Paper, 2000
7th of Jiang Zemin’s 8 points (1995)
Hu Jintao’s 6 points (2008)
Modern DNA research show no one Han
Chinese group
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16. Taiwan’s Democratization
Asia: only India, Japan, South Korea,
Taiwan (though Indonesia and Mongolia
some steps)
Gives Taiwan widespread support
15-20% swing (mobile) voters so
elections swing back and forth.
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17. Reframing Taiwan
History demonstrates Unification (or falsely,
Reunification)/Independence is wrong framing
Taiwan is decolonizing (as it is democratizing).
Decolonization creates many more potential
allies in world
“One China” framework set under Chiang Kai-
shek and Chiang Ching-kuo when Taiwanese
had no say. Unification/Independence leftover
from colonial past.
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18. International Law: States
Convention on Rights and Duties of States
(signed Montevideo, 1933)
Article 1: A state has “a ) a permanent
population; b ) a defined territory; c )
government; and d) capacity to enter into
relations with the other states”.
Article 3: “The political existence of the state
is independent of recognition by the other
states”.
Taiwan is clearly a “state”.
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19. Conclusions
Taiwan is a state.
Taiwan is Taiwan, not China
Taiwan should face future of
“decolonization”, not
“unity/independence” (already
independent state)
Thus, should get more international
support in future.
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