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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 above any local language. It does not even accord it equal status with Mandarin as an official language...
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 names for a sushi restaurant marketing campaign but forbidding native people from using their given n...