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In December 1984, the Taiwan Aboriginal People's Movement was launched when a group of indigenous political activists, aided by the progressive Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT), [2] established the Alliance of Taiwan Aborigines (ATA, or yuan chuan hui) to highlight the problems experienced by indigenous communities all over Taiwan, including ...
On 2002-10-19, Chen, as the head of state and government, reaffirmed the new partnership between indigenous nations and the Government of Taiwan in a ceremony with indigenous tribal representatives. [ 2 ]
Sunflower Student Movement leader Lin Fei-fan actively joined the first day of the Indigenous Ketagalan Boulevard protest. Later, on 28 February 2017, on Peace Memorial Day, which commemorates the February 28 Incident, Lin Fei-fan again joined the protest, marching towards 228 Peace Memorial Park and afterwards published a later translated essay in which he claims "to stand with Taiwan’s ...
Hundreds of Indigenous people in Taiwan have returned to their Han Chinese names because of discrimination, says Wang Ya-ping, an associate professor of ethnic studies at National Chengchi University.
The Council of Indigenous Peoples has supported efforts to protect and revitalize the languages spoken by Taiwanese indigenous peoples. In 2001, the Council commissioned the first proficiency tests for indigenous languages in Taiwan. [31] In 2005, the council established a romanized writing system for all Taiwanese indigenous languages. [32]
Taiwanese people [I] are the citizens and nationals of the Republic of China (ROC) and those who reside in an overseas diaspora from the entire Taiwan Area.The term also refers to natives or inhabitants of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands who may speak Sinitic languages (Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka) or the indigenous Taiwanese languages as a mother tongue but share a common culture ...
At a rowdy gay bar in Taipei, 28-year old Vilian ends a Friday night drag show by putting on a traditional tribal tunic over his white silk negligee and dancing to an aboriginal song that has ...
The incident is considered to be one of the most important events in Taiwan's modern history and was a critical impetus for the Taiwan independence movement. [ 7 ] In 1945, following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II , the Allies handed administrative control of Taiwan over to China, thus ending 50 years of Japanese colonial rule .