Taiwanese politics.
Today's such a mess. Haha. It's a big day in Taiwan for one of the political parties (unlike America, Taiwanese political parties aren't based solely on stances on different ethical subjects (if at all), but as to where Taiwan should be in the future-- an independent country or unified with mainland China). The pro-independence party members (not officials, but citizens who identify with the party) marched near the Presidential headquarters to protest against the incumbent president of his pro-China policies. It wasn't violent, but as always, people got hurt.
My grandma's a devout Christian, but when it comes to Taiwanese politics, she badmouths them. Very unchristian-like. Heh. I think she's pretty biased because she was born in China and fled for Taiwan when she was like...7. So I guess a part of her still identifies with her native motherland, even if it wasn't Communist then. I guess politics here is a touchy/serious subject that even though is talked about often among friends and family, it's not supposed to be talked about in public. It's the most popular subject in the news and such, but people follow it through tv and newspapers... and the strangers you'd probably only talk about it with are cab drivers.
Being a Taiwanese American, I don't know the whole entire history of China nor the WWII-era when the Communists (China) were fighting the Kuomintang (party now incumbent in Taiwan), but... I don't know. I'm pretty neutral when it comes to T-politics. I honestly can't REALLY see Taiwan unified with China (since I guess I've grown up with the two separate entities) whether it's now or 100 years later, but I doubt Taiwan being independent will happen/end well either. My grandma keeps saying, "If you really love Taiwan, you'd choose for what's best." but I can SORT OF understand why people wouldn't want to relate to mainland China either. I don't know. It's confusing and complicated. I am now a full fledged citizen of Taiwan (I couldn't vote before, but now that I got paperwork done and got a national ID card and a new passport and everything, I can) but when asked to vote in the upcoming years, I'd be so... apathetic towards politics here that I probably wouldn't even vote. I don't know.
In other news, I'm hanging out with violingoddess and Joann tomorrow. Should be fun, fun, fun!
My grandma's a devout Christian, but when it comes to Taiwanese politics, she badmouths them. Very unchristian-like. Heh. I think she's pretty biased because she was born in China and fled for Taiwan when she was like...7. So I guess a part of her still identifies with her native motherland, even if it wasn't Communist then. I guess politics here is a touchy/serious subject that even though is talked about often among friends and family, it's not supposed to be talked about in public. It's the most popular subject in the news and such, but people follow it through tv and newspapers... and the strangers you'd probably only talk about it with are cab drivers.
Being a Taiwanese American, I don't know the whole entire history of China nor the WWII-era when the Communists (China) were fighting the Kuomintang (party now incumbent in Taiwan), but... I don't know. I'm pretty neutral when it comes to T-politics. I honestly can't REALLY see Taiwan unified with China (since I guess I've grown up with the two separate entities) whether it's now or 100 years later, but I doubt Taiwan being independent will happen/end well either. My grandma keeps saying, "If you really love Taiwan, you'd choose for what's best." but I can SORT OF understand why people wouldn't want to relate to mainland China either. I don't know. It's confusing and complicated. I am now a full fledged citizen of Taiwan (I couldn't vote before, but now that I got paperwork done and got a national ID card and a new passport and everything, I can) but when asked to vote in the upcoming years, I'd be so... apathetic towards politics here that I probably wouldn't even vote. I don't know.
In other news, I'm hanging out with violingoddess and Joann tomorrow. Should be fun, fun, fun!