Taiwan revises history textbook to show it's not part of China

ChuJan 29th, 2007 - 14:22:21

The Taiwanese have obviously been taking lessons from the Japanese about re-writing history. If the Taiwanese Government really believed that Taiwan was never part of Chinese history then they should depart the island taking the majority Han population with them back to Mainland China and return the land and its rule to the native Aboriginal population. Impractical as that may be a very good start would be for the Taiwanese Government to return all the Imperial Treasures in the National Museum in Taipei which were smuggled out from Mainland China during 1949 at the time of the Communist takeover of China. That way some honesty about their claims can be deduced as then they will really be saying that they want no part of China.

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YCJan 29th, 2007 - 15:02:15

I totally disagree w/the previous comments. Because if you draw that same anology, then US should move back to Europe and give the land back to the native Indians.
Historically, the textbook in Taiwan did not accurately reflect the true history. The revision was necessary to allow people to reflect on themselves and see who they really are. It did not say we're all Taiwanese. And because the future of Taiwan is uncertain, it is better to put a question mark rather than associate everyone with China in an absolute way.

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Eric LeeJan 30th, 2007 - 15:43:55

If anything, the old text book had even a greater political intervention by the KMT government, that the ROC controls not only Taiwan island but also all of the Mainland China (from KMT's point of view). In contrast, the new text book offers a more up-to-date, a more neutral point of view of the current status of Taiwan.

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