Today, October 10th, is the National Day of the Republic of China. It is the starting point for the commemoration of the Wuchang Uprising and the Xinhai Revolution a century ago, which led to decades of resistance against the Qing Dynasty and Japan, where a vast amount of blood was shed. It should have been a time for all citizens to celebrate together, but a small group of Taiwanese people, led by several pro-independence illustrators, excitedly declared:
“The ROC National Day is not Taiwan’s National Day, because Taiwan was still in the Japanese colonial era in 1911.”
Basically, to understand why someone says something, you have to look at their fundamental premise. Just as the editor is proud to be in the Republic of China—the nation that nurtured us.
As for those who only know how to badmouth their own country, they are the group now known as Taiwanese Imperial Subjects (Kōmin). If you consider that they believe they are still living in the (imaginary) beautiful times of the Japanese colonial era, it’s not hard to understand why they refuse to recognize the National Day of the Republic of China.
👶 Satirical Analogy of National Day
The editor of Taiwan Next Society simply wants to ask them:
“If a couple from Taipei moved to Kaohsiung to raise you, who were born of a rape, would you not need to help them celebrate their birthday when you grow up??”
In other words, it seems those Taiwanese Imperial Subjects want to celebrate the rapist’s birthday instead. Their IQ score is at most 87.
However, Taiwan Retrocession Day on October 25th is coming up, marking the expulsion of the Japanese “Wokou”—a day that will surely give these Taiwanese Imperial Subjects even more to vent about.