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Jenna Cody :

Is Taiwan a real China?
No, and with the exception of a few intervening decades - here’s the part that’ll surprise you - it never has been.

This’ll blow your mind too: that it never has been doesn’t matter.

So let’s start with what doesn’t actually matter.

Until the 1600s, Taiwan was indigenous. Indigenous Taiwanese are not Chinese, they’re Austronesian. Then it was a Dutch colony (note: I do not say “it was Dutch”, I say it was a Dutch colony). Then it was taken over by Ming loyalists at the end of the Ming dynasty (the Ming loyalists were breakaways, not a part of the new Qing court. Any overlap in Ming rule and Ming loyalist conquest of Taiwan was so brief as to be inconsequential).

Only then, in the late 1600s, was it taken over by the Chinese (Qing). But here’s the thing, it was more like a colony of the Qing, treated as - to use Emma Teng’s wording in Taiwan’s Imagined Geography - a barrier or barricade keeping the ‘real’ Qing China safe. In fact, the Qing didn’t even want Taiwan at first, the emperor called it “a ball of mud beyond the pale of civilization”. Prior to that, and to a great extent at that time, there was no concept on the part of China that Taiwan was Chinese, even though Chinese immigrants began moving to Taiwan under Dutch colonial rule (mostly encouraged by the Dutch, to work as laborers). When the Spanish landed in the north of Taiwan, it was the Dutch, not the Chinese, who kicked them out.

Under Qing colonial rule - and yes, I am choosing my words carefully - China only controlled the Western half of Taiwan. They didn’t even have maps for the eastern half. That’s how uninterested in it they were. I can’t say that the Qing controlled “Taiwan”, they only had power over part of it.

Note that the Qing were Manchu, which at the time of their conquest had not been a part of China: China itself essentially became a Manchu imperial holding, and Taiwan did as well, once they were convinced it was not a “ball of mud” but actually worth taking. Taiwan was not treated the same way as the rest of “Qing China”, and was not administered as a province until (I believe) 1887. So that’s around 200 years of Taiwan being a colony of the Qing.

What happened in the late 19th century to change China’s mind? Japan. A Japanese ship was shipwrecked in eastern Taiwan in the 1870s, and the crew was killed by hostile indigenous people in what is known as the Mudan Incident. A Japanese emissary mission went to China to inquire about what could be done, only to be told that China had no control there and if they went to eastern Taiwan, they did so at their own peril. China had not intended to imply that Taiwan wasn’t theirs, but they did. Japan - and other foreign powers, as France also attempted an invasion - were showing an interest in Taiwan, so China decided to cement its claim, started mapping the entire island, and made it a province.

So, I suppose for a decade or so Taiwan was a part of China. A China that no longer exists.

It remained a province until 1895, when it was ceded to Japan after the (first) Sino-Japanese War. Before that could happen, Taiwan declared itself a Republic, although it was essentially a Qing puppet state (though the history here is interesting - correspondence at the time indicates that the leaders of this ‘Republic of Taiwan’ considered themselves Chinese, and the tiger flag hints at this as well. However, the constitution was a very republican document, not something you’d expect to see in Qing-era China.) That lasted for less than a year, when the Japanese took it by force.

This is important for two reasons - the first is that some interpretations of IR theory state that when a colonial holding is released, it should revert to the state it was in before it was taken as a colony. In this case, that would actually be The Republic of Taiwan, not Qing-era China. Secondly, it puts to rest all notions that there was no Taiwan autonomy movement prior to 1947.

In any case, it would be impossible to revert to its previous state, as the government that controlled it - the Qing empire - no longer exists. The current government of China - the PRC - has never controlled it.

After the Japanese colonial era, there is a whole web of treaties and agreements that do not satisfactorily settle the status of Taiwan. None of them actually do so - those which explicitly state that Taiwan is to be given to the Republic of China (such as the Cairo declaration) are non-binding. Those that are binding do not settle the status of Taiwan (neither the treaty of San Francisco nor the Treaty of Taipei definitively say that Taiwan is a part of China, or even which China it is - the Treaty of Taipei sets out what nationality the Taiwanese are to be considered, but that doesn’t determine territorial claims). Treaty-wise, the status of Taiwan is “undetermined”.

Under more modern interpretations, what a state needs to be a state is…lessee…a contiguous territory, a government, a military, a currency…maybe I’m forgetting something, but Taiwan has all of it. For all intents and purposes it is independent already.

In fact, in the time when all of these agreements were made, the Allied powers weren’t as sure as you might have learned about what to do with Taiwan. They weren’t a big fan of Chiang Kai-shek, didn’t want it to go Communist, and discussed an Allied trusteeship (which would have led to independence) or backing local autonomy movements (which did exist). That it became what it did - “the ROC” but not China - was an accident (as Hsiao-ting Lin lays out in Accidental State).

In fact, the KMT knew this, and at the time the foreign minister (George Yeh) stated something to the effect that they were aware they were ‘squatters’ in Taiwan.

Since then, it’s true that the ROC claims to be the rightful government of Taiwan, however, that hardly matters when considering the future of Taiwan simply because they have no choice. To divest themselves of all such claims (and, presumably, change their name) would be considered by the PRC to be a declaration of formal independence. So that they have not done so is not a sign that they wish to retain the claim, merely that they wish to avoid a war.

It’s also true that most Taiwanese are ethnically “Han” (alongside indigenous and Hakka, although Hakka are, according to many, technically Han…but I don’t think that’s relevant here). But biology is not destiny: what ethnicity someone is shouldn’t determine what government they must be ruled by.

Through all of this, the Taiwanese have evolved their own culture, identity and sense of history. They are diverse in a way unique to Taiwan, having been a part of Austronesian and later Hoklo trade routes through Southeast Asia for millenia. Now, one in five (I’ve heard one in four, actually) Taiwanese children has a foreign parent. The Taiwanese language (which is not Mandarin - that’s a KMT transplant language forced on Taiwanese) is gaining popularity as people discover their history. Visiting Taiwan and China, it is clear where the cultural differences are, not least in terms of civic engagement. This morning, a group of legislators were removed after a weekend-long pro-labor hunger strike in front of the presidential palace. They were not arrested and will not be. Right now, a group of pro-labor protesters is lying down on the tracks at Taipei Main Station to protest the new labor law amendments.

This would never be allowed in China, but Taiwanese take it as a fiercely-guarded basic right.

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Now, as I said, none of this matters.

What matters is self-determination. If you believe in democracy, you believe that every state (and Taiwan does fit the definition of a state) that wants to be democratic - that already is democratic and wishes to remain that way - has the right to self-determination. In fact, every nation does. You cannot be pro-democracy and also believe that it is acceptable to deprive people of this right, especially if they already have it.

Taiwan is already a democracy. That means it has the right to determine its own future. Period.

Even under the ROC, Taiwan was not allowed to determine its future. The KMT just arrived from China and claimed it. The Taiwanese were never asked if they consented. What do we call it when a foreign government arrives in land they had not previously governed and declares itself the legitimate governing power of that land without the consent of the local people? We call that colonialism.

Under this definition, the ROC can also be said to be a colonial power in Taiwan. They forced Mandarin - previously not a language native to Taiwan - onto the people, taught Chinese history, geography and culture, and insisted that the Taiwanese learn they were Chinese - not Taiwanese (and certainly not Japanese). This was forced on them. It was not chosen. Some, for awhile, swallowed it. Many didn’t. The independence movement only grew, and truly blossomed after democratization - something the Taiwanese fought for and won, not something handed to them by the KMT.

So what matters is what the Taiwanese want, not what the ROC is forced to claim. I cannot stress this enough - if you do not believe Taiwan has the right to this, you do not believe in democracy.

And poll after poll shows it: Taiwanese identify more as Taiwanese than Chinese (those who identify as both primarily identify as Taiwanese, just as I identify as American and Armenian, but primarily as American. Armenian is merely my ethnicity). They overwhelmingly support not unifying with China. The vast majority who support the status quo support one that leads to eventual de jure independence, not unification. The status quo is not - and cannot be - an endgame (if only because China has declared so, but also because it is untenable). Less than 10% want unification. Only a small number (a very small minority) would countenance unification in the future…even if China were to democratize.

The issue isn’t the incompatibility of the systems - it’s that the Taiwanese fundamentally do not see themselves as Chinese.

A change in China’s system won’t change that. It’s not an ethnic nationalism - there is no ethnic argument for Taiwan (or any nation - didn’t we learn in the 20th century what ethnicity-based nation-building leads to? Nothing good). It’s not a jingoistic or xenophobic nationalism - Taiwanese know that to be dangerous. It’s a nationalism based on shared identity, culture, history and civics. The healthiest kind of nationalism there is. Taiwan exists because the Taiwanese identify with it. Period.

There are debates about how long the status quo should go on, and what we should risk to insist on formal recognition. However, the question of whether or not to be Taiwan, not China…

…well, that’s already settled.

The Taiwanese have spoken and they are not Chinese.

Whatever y’all think about that doesn’t matter. That’s what they want, and if you believe in self-determination you will respect it.

If you don’t, good luck with your authoritarian nonsense, but Taiwan wants nothing to do with it.

最近天冷(攝氏零下十幾度), 又下雪(聽說六天累積的雪量有將近100公分), 加上又過年, 所以這兩週挺懶散的. 不過還是逼自己做了些功課與閱讀, 以及交易.

🌻上周做的功課與閱讀
https://makingsenseofusastocks.blogspot.com/2021/02/blog-post.html

🌻[趨勢] Climate Is Next Race for Global Supremacy, Bank of America Says
https://makingsenseofusastocks.blogspot.com/2021/02/climate-is-next-race-for-global.html

🌻Bumble(BMBL)
上週一家交友公司上市了. 這家公司我以前就耳聞它的經營方式, 挺有趣. 這是我對它的一些看法(會不會進一步研究? 再看看有沒有時間了):

我挺喜歡Bumble的商業模式:
女生也可以有主控權.
而且或許可以交到同性好友/好夥伴: 在上面做business networking或是找female friendship, 的確很好.
它的題材其實就是女權. 所以可能會比較吸引女性投資人吧. 或是比較open minded的男性投資人(不過現在不少美國男性都在顧家, 由女性扛家計了)
其實在家工作機會大增後, 增加了mobility, 也讓人類如何建立社交關係的方式, 被顛覆了. 因為mobility的增加, 所以人類可以到處搬遷. 但是又不容易建立新的人際關係(像Elon Musk的媽媽就曾經主動去新的地方找人脈).
如果它同時有online跟offline功能, 會更強一點.

🌻最近看完了一齣Apple TV+的劇, Ted Lasso, 相當推薦.
https://motonojp.medium.com/ted-lasso-%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B%E5%BD%B1%E9%9B%86%E8%A7%80%E5%BE%8C%E6%84%9F-2d7b108d58dd

其中印象最深的是, 主角的座右銘是"相信"(believe). 相信自己. 相信團隊會贏. 相信自己的信念&堅持. 相信自己做得到. Etc. 不過我認為, 相信也需要努力去搭配.

而裡面最讓我心動的兩句話有:

1. Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer and philosopher:
“Every disadvantage has its advantage” (每個劣勢都有它的優勢)

這句話, 每個人可以做自己的解讀. 而我的解讀呢?

做公司分析時, 最常用的一種方法是SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat). 其實每個人都有自己的Strength與Weakness. 但很多時候, 事情是一體兩面的--自己的優勢或許是別人的劣勢, 反之亦然. 而不是每個人都是完美的, 也不是每個人甚麼都會. 所以如果我們有劣勢, 那可以想辦法去轉敗為勝. 或是避掉自己的劣勢, 去發揮自己的長處.

您有不一樣的解讀嗎? 歡迎分享.

(這是網路上的另一個解讀, 供參:
This quote of his could be interpreted in two different ways:

Firstly, it is about tactics. If a team has any particular disadvantage, the other team immediately starts targeting that particular disadvantage. This shift in attention can backfire in a lot of ways.

Secondly, its about complacency. Haven’t you seen teams go down to 9 or 10 men and still win, playing better than they were with 11 on the pitch? Its because the opponents start taking them for granted. Reminds me of the old adage: “A one goal lead is a dangerous thing.”

From https://www.quora.com/What-did-Johan-Cruyff-meant-by-Every-disadvantage-has-its-advantage)

2. "Be curious, not judgmental(批判的)"--Walt Whitman(華特·惠特曼)(美國著名詩人)

這句話在劇中的由來是, 主角上司的前夫接受了主角的邀約, 做射飛鏢比賽(還主動提出了很大的賭金). 到後來, 大家以為主角快輸了, 但主角一邊射飛鏢, 一邊說, 以前常有人會低估他的能力, 讓他想不透為什麼. 後來發現, 那些低估他的人, 都沒有好奇心, 不願意去對他多做了解. 而之後他又一邊射飛鏢, 一邊娓娓道來, 他年少時期, 就常跟著現在已往生的爸爸在酒館裡射飛鏢.

比賽的結果大家應該可以猜到了.

我們是不是也常犯這樣的錯誤呢? 我不時在社群裡會看到有人分享"要有同理心", 或是"不要有先入為主的觀念"這類的短文或是影片. 是不是因為人類很常犯這樣的錯誤, 所以我們不時需要看這類的文章來提醒自己呢? 尤其網路社群展現的只是一個人的片面而已. 我們能夠用這些片面的面向, 來描繪出對方是怎麼樣的一個人嗎?

Therefore, be curious, not judgmental.

🌻附上本周發表財報的公司一覽表.

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Work-from-home seems like the way to go until mankind finds a way around the pandemic. As some of you would know, Roland and I still hold our own full-time jobs. Both of us are working at home most of the time. Just like you, we like our meals to be easy, quick and yet still delicious on a working day. As we try to limit ourselves from going out too often, we usually stock our pantry with long-lasting vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots and onions. We love this Chinese style chicken stew recipe because it's so easy to cook and we have all of the ingredients ready in our pantry. Best of all, it is really yummy. You can have them as is, serve them with some steamed rice or even pasta - really versatile!

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Chinese Chicken Stew 中式炖鸡
Ingredients:
3 - 4 pax
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4 chicken drumsticks (~600g or 21.16 oz in total)
2 red onions (cut into quarters)
4 potatoes (cut into chunks)
400g or 14.1 oz carrots (cut into chunks)
Enough water to cover the drumsticks
0.5 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
2 tablespoons premium dark soy sauce
Add more salt to taste (we added 1 teaspoon)
Some cornstarch solution
1 tablespoon sesame oil

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If this is the first time you have ever seen paper wrapped chicken, you must be thinking that Chinese are weird. Haha. Actually there's a reason why the chicken is wrapped in the chicken before we cook it. It's to seal the juice of the meat in so that your chicken will remain juicy and yummy. You gotta try Roland's paper wrapped chicken. It's 100 times better than the most famous paper wrapped chicken in Singapore. No joke.

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Ingredients:
Makes 14 pieces

Marinate chicken with these ingredients first:
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2 pieces of chicken thigh meat (520g in total)
A few dashes of white pepper
2 tablespoons of oyster sauce
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
2 tablespoons of fresh ginger juice
1 tablespoon of concentrated chicken stock
2 cloves of grated garlic
2 pieces of spring onion (stem only)
1 teaspoon of sugar

Other ingredients and stuff you'll need
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A few stalks of spring onion
Baking paper


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This Sticky Five Spice Soy Sauce Chicken is very easy to make and super super yummy. Just cook this and blanch some greens then serve them over rice or noodles and you have a complete meal. It's too easy and good not to try. Try it and let us know what you think.

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Ingredients:
Serves 3 - 4 pax

Marinate chicken with these ingredients first:
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2 pieces of chicken thigh meat (480g in total)
1 stalk of spring onion
A few dashes of white pepper
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of Hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
2 tablespoons of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon of five spice powder

Other ingredients
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1 cup of water
1 piece of cinnamon bark
2 pieces of star anise

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