Can Taiwan Defend Itself as a Nation Without a National Identity? |
Timothy Nerozzi has an excellent and compelling look in the Washington Examiner at how Western-style progressivism has suffused Taiwan (or at least, its ruling class), and what this may mean for the future of the self-styled Republic of China. As Nerozzi details, this includes a revisionist backlash against Chiang Kai-Shek, the founder of the modern Taiwanese state, as well as a broader rejection of the Chinese cultural heritage that came with the ROC’s original claim to be the legitimate government of China after 1949,........