🤔 TaiwanNext View: Why Did President Tsai Apologize to Indigenous Peoples? It’s the Japanese Government That Owes an Apology!

A critique of President Tsai Ing-wen's 2016 apology to the Indigenous peoples (Austronesians), questioning her motives and historical standing. The author argues that while the R.O.C. government may have had strategic development flaws, it did not commit mass atrocities against them. Instead, the historical scars—from the Mudan Incident to the brutal suppressions of the Japanese colonial era like the Musha Incident—were caused by Japan. The article suggests Tsai should demand an apology from Japan rather than apologizing on behalf of the R.O.C.