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	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Taiwanese in Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		During this period the Taiwanese and the Mainland Chinese were divided into separate and mutually resentful political camps and social communities, a division reinforced by the political repression used by the Mainland Chinese to control the Taiwanese majority and the groups' leaders.
		The Taiwanese, given that they have gained greater economic status and the fact that they far outnumber the Mainland Chinese, reversed the situation and took control of the island's politics.
		Aboriginal Taiwanese culture has become a way of emphasizing the distinctiveness and particularity of the Taiwanese culture by contrast with Mainland Chinese culture.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=71303 (718 words)

	Taiwanese Americans
		The first Taiwanese immigrants came between the end of World War II and 1965, and were made up mostly of students continuing their education at American universities, mainly on the East and West Coasts, and in certain places in the Midwest, such as Chicago.
		Taiwanese culture is rich in proverbs, many of them appearing in pairs and presenting opposite views of the same advice.
		The native Taiwanese dialect is spoken by the Fujian and Hakka, and is based on the Minnan dialect of southern Fujian province.
	www.everyculture.com /multi/Sr-Z/Taiwanese-Americans.html (8341 words)

	Florida Journal of Educational Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The cultural norm of moral propriety arose in Chinese society as early as 25-220 AD when virtuous conduct was the prime criterion for those selected to serve in the government (DeCrespigny, 1966 as cited in Parker, 1986).
		Since the response of the Taiwanese educators was not consistent with any of the other items on the activity, it may suggest that social responsibility, a primary purpose of Taiwanese education, is assumed as a basic skill in the category of knowledge and basic skills.
		Academics alone was chosen by twenty one percent (21%) of the Taiwanese, and by twenty five percent (25%) of the South Floridians.
	www.coedu.usf.edu /fjer/1997/1997_LeBlanc.htm (6961 words)

	Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chinese opera, and its half-sibling Taiwanese opera, are an integral part of the culture: you probably won't understand a word, but the costumes, music, acting and atmosphere are beautiful nonetheless.
		Taiwanese funerals are reminiscent of a Saoshing-soaked night in a karaoke bar: electric organs belt out funeral tunes, bikini-clad women sing songs (and sometimes strip) and everyone eats a great deal.
		Although the Taiwanese use many ingredients which seem implausible to westerners - dog, snake, bear organs - these are usually medicinal and expensive, and you'll be unlikely to encounter them in an everyday dish.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/taiwan/about_destin/culture.html (543 words)

	SJK Portfolio -- CTFA Dialect Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		For this purpose, the Taiwanese dialect films at CTFA serve as but one marker in the puzzle of Taiwanese identity and they also help to illuminate the struggles of the local population in determining their place in a location that, to most of the civilized world, doesn’t exist.
		Now the Taiwanese were “less than” their mainland compatriots due to the desinicization of Taiwanese culture forms during the period of imperialization.
		However, the Taiwanese suspected that the mainlanders were attempting to maintain their superior position by banning the Taiwanese and Hakka dialects while the mainlanders feared that the continued prevalence of Taiwanese was a symptom of Taiwanese nationalism that could result in the persecution of the mainlander minority (Cheng 381).
	polaris.gseis.ucla.edu /skozerow/dialectfilms.htm (3367 words)

	Taiwanese Tea Culture Struggles to Survive the Starbucks Onslaught \| Asian American News \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chou is one of the exemplars of Taiwan's tea culture, a set of principles governing the cultivation of a beverage that has been at the heart of Chinese life for more than a thousand years.
		Everything about the culture is meticulously regulated, from the placid work rhythms on thousands of rural tea farms to the bygone commercial practices in century-old tea shops on narrow urban lanes to the leisurely imbibing in camphor-tabled teahouses.
		Tea culture came to Taiwan with the first waves of immigrants from mainland China in the mid-17th century and gradually worked its way into the marrow of the island's life.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/609/15tea.html (692 words)

	Culture of Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The culture of Taiwan is a blend of traditional Chinese with significant East Asian influences including Japanese and Western influences including American, Spanish and Dutch.
		This is perpetuated by a meritocratic culture that measures merit through testing, with entrance into college, graduate school, and government service decided entirely on testing.
		Taiwanese culture has also influenced the west: Bubble tea is a popular tea drink available in both Europe and the North America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Taiwan (1509 words)

	Taiwanese Culture and Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Taiwanese ku'er (queer) discourse, which regards Taiwanese society as being firmly embedded in a globalized world, may therefore be seen as resulting from a blend of glocalized influences and a more tolerant attitude is only possible in a pluralistic society where the flow of gender and desire is recognized.
		As Taiwanese students sought to adorn themselves with all kinds of Hello Kitty paraphernalia, intellectual circles were busy either deriding the trend or discussing, in all seriousness, how it reflected Japanese "cultural imperialism" and a dangerous threat to the well-being of Taiwan as a whole.
		Taiwanese Modern Literature Database This database is designed to help people interested in Taiwanese literature find English translations of the short stories written by writers who were either born in Taiwan or who moved there from mainland China.
	www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de /slc/Seite1engl.htm (2824 words)

	Taiwan's Culture
		While gradually developing a new culture indigenous to Taiwan, they also held on to their respective customs and traditions; as a result, you will be able to sample indigenous, Taiwanese, and Chinese cultures and even find traces left by the Dutch and the Japanese when traveling in Taiwan.
		Taiwan forms the center of Chinese art and culture, which is not only obvious from the exhaustive collection of cultural relics from past dynasties exhibited in the famous National Palace Museum, but can also be perfectly illustrated by the traditional architecture and folk art found in Taiwan.
		Taiwanese opera combines local opera and music into one performing art, while the puppet theater has undergone great modernization in recent years and many special effects are added to performances today, making it extremely popular among Taiwan's younger generation.
	homepages.nyu.edu /~yyt209/pages/culture.htm (729 words)

	A Tug-of-War Between Two Cultures
		Kivrin realizes that she must let go of some of the prior knowledge and culture she is accustomed to and that her survival depends on the adaptation of the new culture.
		Although she is finally willing to adapt to the culture of 1348, she is relieved to have the chance to return to the culture of 2054.
		When an individual accustomed to one culture is faced with a completely different culture, it is normal for the individual to stick to the more familiar culture instead of embracing the new culture.
	serendip.brynmawr.edu /sci_cult/courses/csem/f05/web/jchen.html (1033 words)

	OrientalFood: Culture/Regional/Taiwanese Cuisine
		Together, they are referred as "Taiwanese." They are 85 percent of the population.
		Due to various cultures of Chinese provinces, Taiwan's cuisine embodied vast variety of Chinese cuisine.
		Taiwanese cuisine was also influenced slightly by Japanese cuisine due to Japan's regime of 50 years(1895-1919).
	www.orientalfood.com /culture/regional/Chinese/taiwan.shtml (342 words)

	Taiwan and the Bay Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I don't care if you are taiwanese culture, korean culture or south african culture, if you live on the island of taiwan, you are a part of the great chinese culture.
		Taiwanese once was the most admitted foreign students in the US universities, it is encouraging to see Chinese is taking over the honor.
		Taiwanese culture is of course different, but when compared with the myriad sub-Han cultures of China, it can ONLY be classified as being a regional culture.
	www.kqed.org /w/baywindow/taiwan/sf.html (9585 words)

	Taiwanese Language & Culture
		The language we call Taiwanese is also known as Fukienese or Minnan (the language of Southern Min).
		Hoklo (pronounced Holo) is the root of Taiwanese, and was not spoken by a people who were genetically Chinese.
		Taiwanese Package - a useful tool for inputting Taiwanese phonetics on the computer.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~taioanoe/culture.htm (487 words)

	Press Release & News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Taiwanese Puppet shows in NY/NJ New York, Sept 14 - Friends and families are invited to watch the Taiwanese Puppetry Theater this Saturday at Taiwan Center.
		The unique characteristic of Taiwanese puppetry theater is, unlike the French "Guignol", English "Puch", German "Kasperle" or American "Muppets", that show only the upper part of the puppet’s body, Taiwanese puppets show their whole body with hands and feet.
		It is a very important part of traditional Taiwanese culture as well as popular shows on stage and television today.
	www.taiwaneseny.com /pressnews/010914news.html (300 words)

	Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Supporters of Taiwanese independence claim that based on technicality, documents and treaties left the legal sovereignty of Taiwan ambiguous, and that the ruling KMT government of the ROC have merely exercised stewardship control over the island, as there are no international legal documents proving that the sovereignty of Taiwan has ever been transferred to China.
		Taiwan's mainstream culture is primarily derived from traditional Chinese culture, with significant influences also from Japanese and American cultures, especially in the areas of politics and architecture.
		Taiwanese culture also has influenced the West: bubble tea and milk tea are popular drinks readily available around city centers in Europe and North America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taiwan (5023 words)

	Alexian Brothers Health System - Mission and Spiritual Services
		Taiwan is heavily influenced by Chinese culture; in fact, the official language of Taiwan is mandarin Chinese.
		Approximately 84% of Taiwan’s population are native Taiwanese - people descended from Chinese immigrants to Taiwan in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Animism is a common belief among the aboriginal Taiwanese; Christianity is emerging as an important minority religion in Taiwan.
	www.alexianhealthsystem.org /mission/culture/taiwanese.html (645 words)

	Chinese Culture, Symbolism, Festivals: Bodhi Tree Language Center : Mandarin Chinese Language School in Portland, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to Taiwanese custom, when an infant reaches four months of age, it is time for the ceremony called shouhsien, or "taking away the saliva." A string of cookies is placed around the child's neck.
		In the past, whenever there was a special occasion, such as the birthday of a god or a feast day in honor of a deity, a Taiwanese opera performance would be put on outdoors in front of a temple or by the roadside.
		Today, the chance to see such a performance is hard to come by as Taiwanese opera is not as popular as it used to be.
	www.bodhitreelanguagecenter.org /culture/index.shtml (1271 words)

	taiwanese - Ask.com Web Search
		Taiwanese (; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tâi-gí or Tâi-oân-oē) is a dialect of Min Nan Chinese spoken by about 70% of Taiwan's population.
		Taiwanese American students who either are currently or aspire to be in leadership positions within their campus charters or local communities...
		In practically every Taiwanese home, as in Japan, guests are requested to remove their shoes even though the host may insist that you dont...
	search.ask.com /web?q=taiwanese (268 words)

	Taiwanese American.org / Blogworthy
		We encourage submissions that are of relevance or general interest to the 1.5 and 2nd generation Taiwanese American student or young professional community.
		She looks up, her eyes are inexplicably large, her face is pale, due to the light shining directly onto her face, and her expression includes kissy lips or some sad, save-me type look.
		I was watching an episode of a Taiwanese talk show today, and lo and behold, their topic was girls who put up these amazingly cute webcam pictures up on their webpages (their versions of myspace, I suppose), and then look… sometimes shockingly different in real life.
	blogworthy.taiwaneseamerican.org (2056 words)

	Folk stories of Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It explores some of Taiwanese folk tales, parables and mythologies, and introduces some of Taiwan's geographic landmarks and historical heroes as well.
		The rest of the population are called 'native Taiwanese', who are the descendants of the settlers who arrived 350 or more years ago who intermarried with the Malay-Polynesian indigenous population.
		There are also some uniquely Taiwanese aspects of local culture, such as opera, folk music, literature and film.
	www.taiwandc.org /folk.htm (613 words)

	Be In Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		What most Taiwanese people start with on an average night out is hitting the local nightmarket.
		Taiwanese people usually drink and have private parties in those fancy rooms all night long as KTV is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
		An interesting thing is that they always have right of way on the streets so be careful or you’ll end up joining one without planning to.
	www.beintaiwan.com /NightlifeCulture.htm (491 words)

	USC TSA: About Taiwan
		Taiwan's original inhabitants, the indigenous tribes have lost much of their original culture, but many have managed to retain their languages in the mountain areas where they predominate.
		Meanwhile, the native Taiwanese, about 85% of the population, continue to speak the Holo of Hakka dialects of their ancestors.
		With the arrival of the KMT and its army in 1949, Chinese Mandarin became the official language.
	www.usc.edu /dept/TSA/abt_twn.html (924 words)

	Pinyin news » Blog Archive » Taiwanese lit program to award first doctorate
		The Taiwanese literature program at National Chengkung University will soon be graduating its first doctoral student.
		Being constantly besieged with questions about “What is Taiwanese culture, anyway?” from foreigners, and discovering that there were precious few Taiwanese who could answer the question, he felt bad, and when choosing a specialty for his MA degree, began to delve into the folk songs that underpin Taiwanese culture.
		This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 at 5:18 pm and is filed under Taiwan, languages, Hokkien, Taiwanese.
	pinyin.info /news/2006/taiwanese-lit-program-to-award-first-doctorate (357 words)

	Taiwanese Language and Culture Meetup Group in NYC (New York, NY) - Meetup.com
		Taiwanese Language and Culture Meetup Group in NYC (New York, NY) - Meetup.com
		Taiwanese Language and Culture Meetup Group in NYC
		Meet other locals of Taiwanese descent to discuss Taiwanese culture, history, and language.
	taiwan.meetup.com /2/?gj=sj5 (107 words)

	TAA/GWC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Taiwanese Association of America, Greater Washington Chapter, Inc., (TAA-GWC) is a local chapter of a national organization known as the Taiwanese Association of American, Inc. (TAA).
		Promote and facilitate intercultural understanding of Taiwanese culture and bring Taiwanese Americans into full participation in the mainstream of American Society.
		Engage in cultural, educational, social, and charitable activities and community services; and provide mutual assistance and cooperation among the members.
	www.taagwc.org (214 words)

	Pinyin news » Blog Archive » Taiwanese-language programs overseas
		Li Chin-an, a professor of Taiwanese culture and language studies at Taipei Teachers College, says that the University of Hawaii’s East Asian Studies institute set up Minnan courses in 1990.
		Li was the first scholar hired to teach there, but later, because of the establishment of a Department of Taiwanese at Taipei Teachers College, he returned to Taiwan.
		This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 at 10:54 am and is filed under languages, Hokkien, Taiwanese.
	pinyin.info /news/2006/taiwanese-language-programs-overseas (722 words)

	The Asian Chamber of Commerce
		It was amazing to see and hear everyone in the room repeat those phrases in Taiwanese and to learn a little bit more of the Taiwanese culture.
		Li Hwang, the committee chair of the Taiwanese Association of Arizona spoke on the mission and importance of the association.
		It was Dr. Michael Tsai’s, the Deputy Representative of the Taipei Economic & Culture Representative Office in the United States, first time in Arizona and he spoke on the uniqueness of the Taiwanese culture and the importance of celebrating it here in Arizona.
	www.asianchamber.org /viewArticle.php?articleId=140 (555 words)

	Amazon.com: Culture Shock!: Taiwan (Culture Shock): Books: Christopher Bates,Ling-Li Bates,Chris Bates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I think the authors portray the average Taiwanese person as a bit more anti-Westerner, rude, harsh, and unforgiving than they really are.
		My experience with many Taiwanese is that they are more than happy to talk to you (if they spesk English) as long as you are willing to smile and open up.
		While there is the notion of face, certainly, it is not the be all and end all of the Taiwanese lifestyle.
	www.amazon.com /Culture-Shock-Taiwan/dp/1558681752 (2097 words)

	URTASA \| University of Rochester Taiwanese_American Students' Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Taiwanese American Students’ Association consists primarily of undergraduate students with a Taiwanese heritage or an interest in Taiwanese culture.
		For many of the members, TASA is a place to make friends that share a common interest in retaining and learning about Taiwanese and Chinese traditions and cultures.
		Our activities include celebrating Taiwanese and Chinese holidays, making and eating authentic Chinese and Taiwanese food, hosting study breaks, and occasional karaoke and dim-sum runs.
	sa.rochester.edu /tasa (121 words)

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