Even so, the national pride and patriotism of the TW people is something that should not be trivialized. And I for one is biased towards TW (that's why I choose to come here to do my PhD and not over there). Thus my first meme.. :)
TW is a democratic country. All its citizens are very well-aware of their rights and are not afraid to take to the streets to demand them.. Their civic-mindedness and sense of justice is very strong. Yet, many times I do not understand their source of contention, especially with regards to the issue of food safety. They pride themselves on being different from CN and like to 'condemn' CN for all the toxic/fake food in CN. Yet, they were not outraged enough to stage any protests/sit-ins when so many toxic ingredients are found in their own backyard. I wrote about this a few weeks ago. Thus my second meme..
For those who don't read Chinese, here's a translation of the panels:
Top left : Respect Human Rights; Protest.
Top middle : Anti-corruption; No Dirty Money
Top right : End to Discrimination; Fairness
Bottom left: Misuse of Privilege; No Nepotism
Bottom middle: Taiwan is not China; Love Taiwan
Bottom right: Food products are totally safe; Relax! Let's continue to eat!
Again, the views expressed above are mine and most probably are biased. I'm just telling it like as I see it.. In future, there will be more of such memes on TW, SG, JP and MY.... so stay tuned.. :)
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