| | Taipei Times - archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | ) claims in his recent article ("Chinese cultural influence is not harmful," Dec. 2, page 8) that Taiwanese independence should not be linked to desinicization, and that desinicization might even destroy Taiwanese culture. |
 | | He hints that the Taiwanese should feel proud of the Chinese culture they have inherited, and that identification with Chinese culture might be pragmatically advantageous, as it is associated with China's rising power. |
 | | To draw a parallel, we know that Jews are not necessarily Israelis, and Israelis are not necessarily Jews -- and so Jews outside Israel thankfully don't fret over "de-Israelization" when deciding whether or not to send their children to Hebrew school. |
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