Every time I hear the current generation of young hipsters online happily praising how happy and beautiful the period of Japanese rule was, even constantly claiming that older generations of Taiwanese all miss that era—it really drives me crazy!!
A bunch of 'awakened youths' brandishing the name of Taiwan went to question the German Representative Office in Taiwan why the pattern of our national flag was removed. As a result, they were slapped in the face by the German Foreign Office: We do not recognize Taiwan as a country.
Anti-Japanese General Liu Guiwu (1902-1938), native of Chaoyang, Liaoning, led his forces in bloody battles with the Japanese army on the Suiyuan front after the July 7 Incident. He died in battle in 1938 at Huangyouganzigou Village, Wuchuan County, at age 36. According to reports, his head was severed by the Japanese army and remains displayed as a war trophy in an exhibition hall in Japan to this day, while his remains were buried in Xi'an.