TaiShang
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Taiwanese people, as I noticed, has lost most of the self-righteousness and self-aggrandizement that they used to hold against the motherland China and the the pessimism and fatalism can almost be touched among the general populace as the once-celebrated country falls behind the motherland in almost every aspect of a good governance. The latest food scandals just put another nail on the coffin; long gone are the days when the motherland-hating minority used to bash China and pride upon the existing democracy for keeping the government accountable and efficient. Those people have fallen into silent on the acceptance that they in fact are so similar to their motherland compatriots, if not worse.
China, I should say, has been receiving increasing approval and support (no matter how implicit it is) from the average Taiwanese because of the increasing efficiency, credibility, power and scale of the Chinese government which actually delivers concrete results. China, in a sense, is winning hearts and minds. On Chinese TVs you can see more mainland Chinese productions running and receiving high ratings than Korean or Japanese. Taiwanese are feeling a silent pride of the successes of the country.
Japan is not being hated, for sure, but, I can say, there is no over-the-board admiration. Youngsters are not crazy about Japanese tech; neither do they consume Japanese entertainment more than they do with Korean. The generation with vivid Japanese memories are dying off and the young generation has so far grown with the daily stories of China rising.
Now that's the picture over here and anybody can do the math.