tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post955741274871886970..comments2023-06-05T07:33:16.696-07:00Comments on The China Beat: The Return of the Two NationalismsThe China Beathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17042877198563453117noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-56021290125922410582008-07-03T18:28:00.000-07:002008-07-03T18:28:00.000-07:00Robert,I understand what you mean. All I was tryin...Robert,<BR/><BR/>I understand what you mean. All I was trying to say is that for the mainland delegation to call Ma "Mr. Ma" is a standard practice, which was used by Taiwanese visitors in the mainland too. So there is nothing unusual there.Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846939137265040043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-50259944115210029352008-06-26T16:54:00.000-07:002008-06-26T16:54:00.000-07:00Many thanks to everyone for the insightful comment...Many thanks to everyone for the insightful comments! The next few months could be a tricky period of time for China and Taiwan. Patience, tolerance, and diplomatic skill will be required of both sides...Paul R Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216030551921533760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-51757835222628719752008-06-26T04:24:00.000-07:002008-06-26T04:24:00.000-07:00Living in Taipei I find it hard to believe that an...Living in Taipei I find it hard to believe that anti-Japan sentiment is widespread at all. I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about Japan yet, and pro-independence Taiwanese, many of whom voted for the KMT this year, tend to be look favorably on Japan. <BR/>I don't even think it makes sense from Ma's perspective- without implicit support from both the US and Japan, he loses a lot of bargaining power with the CCP. As much as he may want to encourage closer cross-straight relations, putting himself under the CCP's thumb does nothing for his own position.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08654770225487196179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-52523433587974012222008-06-25T18:25:00.000-07:002008-06-25T18:25:00.000-07:00Paul, this is a really great and insightful post. ...Paul, this is a really great and insightful post. The past month has certainly borne out Japanese fears regarding Ma and the KMT's lingering 'Kang Ri' sympathies, despite his reassurances in his visit there last year that the KMT had put this behind them.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps most disturbing are the charges that Koh Se-kai 許世楷 is 'Japanese', rhetoric scarily reminiscent of the KTM indoctrination campaigns of the late 1940s and 1950s, and the related belief that Taiwanese who had been educated under the colonial Japanese system were 'poisoned' and 'Japanese slaves'.<BR/><BR/>I have to wonder though, how widespread is support for a revived Kang Ri nationalism be amongst the general populace? Certainly in Taipei there is a vocal minority of KMT supporters that harbour such sentiments, but I have always found Taiwanese on the whole hold extremely positive views of Japan, especially in the south.<BR/><BR/>Indeed one of the core themes of the discipline of 'Taiwanese History' (Taishi) is the reevaluation of the Japanese colonialst legacy, often in overtly positive tones (harbinger of modernity, rather than violent exploiter). This is alos apparent at a popular level in the widespread fascination with the Japanese era in heritage tourism, an area which has been isightfully explored by Jeremy E. Taylor's work.<BR/><BR/>Might Ma and co. be backing the wrong horse in trying to stoke up anti-Japanese nationalism? <BR/><BR/>(Also interesting to note that Diaoyutai/Senkaku-related activism first brought a young Ma to prominence in the 1970s.)Ah-Haohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03908439525834066032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-26934038436161060842008-06-24T04:53:00.000-07:002008-06-24T04:53:00.000-07:00The big deal is, probably, the fact that if the Ta...The big deal is, probably, the fact that if the Taiwanese representatives <I>did</I> call Hu "president," it wouldn't have been remarkable. Had the Taiwanese delegation called Ma the "president," it likely would have caused serious problems. So, there's a double standard.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17810211372214301382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050554817776641945.post-32933034591914253182008-06-22T18:49:00.000-07:002008-06-22T18:49:00.000-07:00When Hu Jingtao receives Taiwanese visitors, he is...When Hu Jingtao receives Taiwanese visitors, he is usually addressed as "Mr. Hu" or "general secretary Hu" too, rather than "President Hu". So what's the big deal?Anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846939137265040043noreply@blogger.com