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Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

It is dismaying when people misrepresent the government’s bilingual policy, describing it as a threat to native languages and Taiwanese identity. That is completely untrue, and their arguments are at best specious and at worst absurd. Such misinformation can only generate harm. It needs countering with clear, factual statements of what the policy is, what it aims to achieve and why it is fundamentally important for Taiwan and its people. First, the policy does not put English on a pedestal abo...

2021/05/12 16:04 "Call me by my real name" group members outside Ministry of the Interior. (Facebook, Call me by my real name photo") "Call me by my real name" group members outside Ministry of the Interior. (Facebook, Call me by my real name photo") TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Savungaz Valincinan, a member of the Indigenous group "Call me by my real name," on Wednesday (May 12) pointed out the double standard in allowing people to legally change their n...

Source: Media Outreach TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 23 February 2021 – In response to UN’s call for the preservation of mother languages, International Mother Language Day — Indigenous Language Revitalization Award Ceremony and Forum on Taiwan Indigenous Language Development was held in Taiwan on February 20 and 21. Indigenous languages and official languages were used together throughout the events, including Indigenous Language Revitalization Award Ceremony and a keynote spe...

Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) Indigenous languages serve as an essential source of Taiwanese culture, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said on Saturday in observance of the International Mother Language Day the following day.