Abstract
Since the beginning of Taiwan’s democratization in the late 1980s, identities on the island have fundamentally changed. Then, most citizens of the Republic of China (ROC), Taiwan’s official name, considered themselves as Chinese, and only a minority considered themselves as Taiwanese. The latter segment of the society was concentrated in and around the newly formed and legalized opposition group, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Today, the situation has reversed: fewer than 5 percent of ROC citizens regard themselves as Chinese, between 60 and 70 percent see themselves as Taiwanese, and the rest claim a double identity, both Taiwanese and Chinese....
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Taiwan and China |
| Subtitle of host publication | Fitful Embrace |
| Place of Publication | Oakland, California |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Pages | 42-40 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780520968707 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780520295988 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- General Arts and Humanities
User-Defined Keywords
- Political identity
- Cultural identity
- Chinese culture
- Regional identity
- Identity politics
- Chinese nationalism
- Civics
- Political campaigns
- Democracy
