A Questionnaire Survey of the Ethnic Identities of Taiwanese People

• Main Authors: ZHAO, TING-TING, 趙亭婷
• Other Authors: YANG, SHIH-YUEH
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/58qbt6

碩士 === 南華大學 === 國際事務與企業學系亞太研究碩士班 === 106 === 　　Ethnic identity is a sensitive topic in Taiwan. For recent 20 years, various survey institutions are getting a similar trend on their results-the proportion of Taiwan population denying being Chinese is on the rise. However, a big part of the ethnic in Taiwan population is in fact Chinese descendent. Most of current Taiwan residents are descendants of their Chinese ancestors that had immigrated to Taiwan from China, mainly from southern China region. Those early immigrant brought along their language, dialect, food, culture, religion, etc. "China" & "Chinese" have all along been a concept in the history and culture in this part of the world. They do not just stand alone as a modern sovereignty. So why are there more and more people denying being Chinese in the past two decades? 　　This thesis will prove that most Taiwan people can identify themselves as Chinese. The increase in population in denial is on one hand the education by design that reflect now on the younger generation, while for senior generations it's a way to distinguish themselves from people of PRC-the communist run government). The author believes with proper clarification and guidance, people in Taiwan, except for some with specific background, can be comfortable with their ethnic identity as Chinese. This thesis will prove this argument with a questionnaire survey.