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Recently, Taiwan authority has been playing tricks in governmental
examination diction, history teaching material and language policies and
so on. First, its "Examination Department" used Southern Fujian dialect in
"civil servant" examination so as to depreciate the position of Mandarin;
then its "Ministry of Education" issued the Outline of High School History
(Draft) of 2005 and included the history of China since middle Ming
Dynasty (1368-1644) in the world history; then the "Administration
Department" planned to make Mandarin, Southern Fujian dialect and Kejia
dialect as "official languages" of Taiwan. Such practices mentioned above
are gummy actions taken by Taiwan to promote cultural Taiwan independence,
which are against science, civilization and the trend of history, and is
another important measure it has adopted to carry out gradual Taiwan
independence and should be brought to our attention.
Cultural Taiwan independence became more fierce
The birth of cultural Taiwan independence has experienced a long time
development and changes, i.e., it started with the cultural indigenization
activity on the island, from which "Taiwan awareness" derived, which
dissimilated to cultural separatism that served political objectives of
Taiwan independence in the end. Accompanying the degeneration of cultural
indigenization of the island, Taiwan independence forces have used
cultural Taiwan independence as tools for its dirty purposes for a long
time.
With Lee Teng-hui came into power, cultural Taiwan independence
became more fierce. First he promoted new teaching material Understanding
Taiwan to take the lead for Taiwan independence; secondly, it made bubbles
on nation group with the absurd allegation that "Taiwanese is not
Chinese"; thirdly, it put forward the theory of New Taiwanese and agitated
Two Chinas openly in an attempt of separating Taiwan from motherland;
fourthly, it tried to restore "culture of Japan" to connive right wing of
Japan to play tricks in Taiwan and to try to reverse for "culture of Japan
colonizing sovereign"; fifthly, it attempted cultural Taiwan independence
and tried to deny the fact that Taiwan culture is part of China culture
with indigenization, freedom and pro-Taiwan of Taiwan culture.
Since assumed the reins of government, Chen Shui-bian inherited Lee
to promote cultural Taiwan independence vigorously. He alleged publicly
"Taiwan culture is not a branch of China culture" and forced the
broadcasters of Taiwan to greatly increase programs of "Taiwan language",
and he himself made speeches in "Taiwan language" in public.
With the up-heating and ever-increasing competition of the so-called
"president" election in 2004, in order to shift the blame of the public on
the ruling party for the plunging economy, Taiwan authority put forward
the fallacy that "Taiwan belongs to the Taiwanese and has nothing to do
with mainland China".
Aiming at diminishing the Taiwan compatriots identification with
China as a nation and as a country
Cultural Taiwan independence is an important part of Taiwan
independence. By advocating for "cultural Taiwan Independence", the
separatist forces of Taiwan are aiming at cutting off the ties of Taiwan
compatriots with mainland China from cultural and educational facets and
diminishing their identification with China as a nation and a country step
by step with the banner of indigenization so as to gradually realize
"diluting their sense of being Chinese" and lay a foundation for realizing
Taiwan independence in the end.
Generally speaking, cultural Taiwan independence promoted by Taiwan
separatist forces are epitomized in two aspects: first, to reinterpret
relations of "Taiwan culture" with the traditional culture of China in
order to deny the position of Chinese culture in Taiwan from historical
facets and make up an independent "Taiwan culture". To include the history
of China in the part of world history is a part of Taiwan authority's plot
to distort the historical and cultural axis of Taiwan. Secondly, it
purposely created cultural differences between Taiwan and mainland
China.
Cultural Taiwan independence is seditious and cheating
Compared with political Taiwan independence, although cultural Taiwan
independence does not directly breach China's sovereignty and territorial
integrity, it hurts the cause of peaceful unification with the motherland
equally bad for its seditious and cheating nature, hence it's profoundly
dangerous.
The hazardousness of cultural Taiwan independence first embodied that
it would blur the acknowledge and awareness of the Taiwan public as being
part of China and being Chinese.
Secondly, cultural Taiwan independence is possessed of more cheating
nature to the public of Taiwan.
Thirdly, most of the public of the island acknowledged that the
anti-Taiwan-independence public opinion supported by most people on the
island is the foundation of realizing peaceful unification. Direct damage
will be done to the peaceful unification process if cultural Taiwan
independence is left to itself to blur the cultural acknowledge and
motherland acknowledge of the public of Taiwan and to lead to
cross-straits confrontation.
The culture of China has enjoyed a long history of 5,000 years, which
has been jointly created by all nations including Taiwan compatriots. All
Chinese with conscience should cherish it and protect it. Anybody plots to
blur the culture and achieve his/her personal political purpose via
activities of "diluting their sense of being Chinese" is doomed to fail.
With the forthcoming so-called "presidential election", the practice of
attempting to sell cultural Taiwan independence can only cause rage and be
cast aside by the Taiwan public.
By Hai Yan
(October 13, PLA Daily)
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