Taiwanese nationalism

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Taiwanese nationalism (Traditional Chinese: 台灣民族主義; Simplified Chinese: 台湾民族主义; pinyin: Táiwān Mínzú Zhǔyì) is a political movement to establish Taiwan as a nation. It is closely linked to Taiwan independence but distinguished from it in that the independence movement seeks to eventually establish an independent Republic of Taiwan in place of or out of the Republic of China, while the nationalism movement involves establishing an independent Taiwanese identity that separates the Taiwanese people from the Chinese nation. In the domestic dispute over the role of the Taiwanese localization movement, Chinese nationalists in Taiwan argue that Taiwanese culture should only be emphasized in the larger context of Chinese culture, while Taiwanese nationalists argue that Taiwanese culture should be promoted as separate from Chinese culture.

[edit] See also

• political status of Taiwan