Taiwan would probably let itself be annexed into Japan if they could.
This is not surprising to be honest. Taiwan and Japan have always had a very strong bond.
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I think many Japanese people feel the same. 相思相愛❤
When I was in Japan and told people I was from Hong Kong, they *always* had to mention Taiwan “daisuki desu!” – happened multiple times, so no surprise.
So what’s the difference between Taiwan and Korea? Both were colonized by Japan for a long time. One assimilated completely. The other hates Japan with a passion.
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So you would think Japan would be doing a better job accommodating Taiwanese people looking to flee to Japan as Chinese reunification, whether voluntary or involuntary, becomes increasingly more likely. Japan would benefit from highly skilled Taiwanese immigrants who can bolster their tech sector and who can assimilate easily. But in typical Japanese fashion they focus on trivial domestic nonsense instead of longer term strategic positioning.
Taiwanese are bunch of wannabe Japanese anyway.
We have been to Taiwan few weeks ago. Lovely country.
We noticed a lot of Japanese brands and chains (even cocoichi).
Most shops have menu in Japanese and many people speak at least basic Japanese.
We also noticed an atmosphere of kindness that felt different than Japan’s politness, it felt genuine.
For some reason, there are people who want to make Taiwan into Japan and Taiwanese into Japanese, but Taiwanese should be Taiwanese. Japanese people don’t want that, and Taiwanese people don’t want that either. We are joining hands as people of our respective countries.
I saw the movie ‘Taipei story’. In that too the characters keep talking about how they yearn to visit japan
As a Taiwanese this survey result is not surprising
Was it something we said?
Two Han Chinese nations with complete opposite view of Japan. What a world we are living in.
The correct word should be “obsessed”.
• If you ask any Taiwanese where they are going for vacation, it’s always Japan.
• They have so many tv shows that are focused on Japanese living in Taiwan and their views about Taiwan.
• All it takes for any Japanese to be famous on YouTube Taiwan is to include “Japanese in Taiwan” in their title along with overly exaggerating their “love” for Taiwan in the videos. They’ll instantly get more than 100k views in a day.
• It’s so common for shops to include “no” “の” or some random Japanese characters in their shop names even though they’re selling nothing related to Japan.
…. but they were occupied by the Japanese for 60 years… Indigenous people like the Seediq were oppressed and their traditions trampled upon.
How come Taiwan is so forgiving when the rest of Asia isn’t?
I do feel bad that there was a Japanese mother that was hit by a dumbass Taiwanese driver a few weeks ago, it made the news. I still wish Taiwan would improve on the safety of pedestrians.
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Taiwan would probably let itself be annexed into Japan if they could.
This is not surprising to be honest. Taiwan and Japan have always had a very strong bond.
WE TIGGGHHT
I think many Japanese people feel the same. 相思相愛❤
When I was in Japan and told people I was from Hong Kong, they *always* had to mention Taiwan “daisuki desu!” – happened multiple times, so no surprise.
So what’s the difference between Taiwan and Korea? Both were colonized by Japan for a long time. One assimilated completely. The other hates Japan with a passion.
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So you would think Japan would be doing a better job accommodating Taiwanese people looking to flee to Japan as Chinese reunification, whether voluntary or involuntary, becomes increasingly more likely. Japan would benefit from highly skilled Taiwanese immigrants who can bolster their tech sector and who can assimilate easily. But in typical Japanese fashion they focus on trivial domestic nonsense instead of longer term strategic positioning.
Taiwanese are bunch of wannabe Japanese anyway.
We have been to Taiwan few weeks ago. Lovely country.
We noticed a lot of Japanese brands and chains (even cocoichi).
Most shops have menu in Japanese and many people speak at least basic Japanese.
We also noticed an atmosphere of kindness that felt different than Japan’s politness, it felt genuine.
For some reason, there are people who want to make Taiwan into Japan and Taiwanese into Japanese, but Taiwanese should be Taiwanese. Japanese people don’t want that, and Taiwanese people don’t want that either. We are joining hands as people of our respective countries.
I saw the movie ‘Taipei story’. In that too the characters keep talking about how they yearn to visit japan
As a Taiwanese this survey result is not surprising
Was it something we said?
Two Han Chinese nations with complete opposite view of Japan. What a world we are living in.
The correct word should be “obsessed”.
• If you ask any Taiwanese where they are going for vacation, it’s always Japan.
• They have so many tv shows that are focused on Japanese living in Taiwan and their views about Taiwan.
• All it takes for any Japanese to be famous on YouTube Taiwan is to include “Japanese in Taiwan” in their title along with overly exaggerating their “love” for Taiwan in the videos. They’ll instantly get more than 100k views in a day.
• It’s so common for shops to include “no” “の” or some random Japanese characters in their shop names even though they’re selling nothing related to Japan.
…. but they were occupied by the Japanese for 60 years… Indigenous people like the Seediq were oppressed and their traditions trampled upon.
How come Taiwan is so forgiving when the rest of Asia isn’t?
I do feel bad that there was a Japanese mother that was hit by a dumbass Taiwanese driver a few weeks ago, it made the news. I still wish Taiwan would improve on the safety of pedestrians.