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Matthew Bradford@matthewbradford.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hoisted by their own historical petard. ‘Amid unwanted chatter about the significance of 1644, the film’s positioning of Qing conquerors as heroes of national unity has been problematized by a countervailing narrative casting those same conquerors as illegitimate outsiders’.

Taiwan Conquest Film Shelved

A Chinese blockbuster dramatizing the 17th-century Qing conquest of Taiwan has been abruptly postponed. Why are China’s authorities so uneasy about a film that was meant to celebrate “unification”?

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Niao Collective@niaocollective.bsky.social · 4d ago

There are a number of dynasties that are not established by Han people, but the question of whether they are Chinese or not is a can of worms even the censors don’t want to open I guess

Matthew Bradford@matthewbradford.bsky.social · 4d ago

Hoisted by their own historical petard. ‘Amid unwanted chatter about the significance of 1644, the film’s positioning of Qing conquerors as heroes of national unity has been problematized by a countervailing narrative casting those same conquerors as illegitimate outsiders’.

RazvenHK@razvenhk.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just spoke with a person who knew her as a personal friend; the NGO that worked for didn't even let her collect her personal belongings after they fired her.

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Amanda Wong@amandawtwong.bsky.social · 4d ago

OKAY! So the big deal with this wedding dress is that Anita Mui, Hong Kong's Madonna, was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 40, so for her last performance, she wore this special wedding dress to sing her signature "Sunset Melody" and announced she "Married the stage". She died one month later!

Anita Mui's wedding dressAnita Mui!
Amanda Wong@amandawtwong.bsky.social · 4d ago

Then I went to the Chinese Canadian Museum on my own to check out their current Cantopop/Mandopop exhibit WHICH WAS SO EXCELLENT. They also had a stamp rally.

Min Chao@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 5d ago

Taiwan's Indigenous peoples are the original owners of this land. Yet new settlers referred to them as "savages" and "mountain compatriots." Name rectification came in 1997 through a constitutional amendment. Aug 1 declared Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2005. Siraya just recognized as the 17th tribe.

Indigenous peoples are the original owners of Taiwan. Nevertheless since more than four hundred years ago, they have been reigned by foreign regimes and given different names. For instance, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty, indigenous peoples were called “fan”, meaning barbarian. Qing used the term ‘cooked/tamed/civilized fan’ for those who had pledged their allegiance, and ‘raw/wild/uncivilized fan’ to define those people who had not submitted to Qing rule. During Japanese rule, the Japanese government referred to them as ‘fan’ or ‘Takasago-zoku’. During the early period of Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang(KMT) rule, the term ‘shanbao’, meaning ‘mountain compatriots’, was invented. All these terms are discriminatory, stigmatized and invented by the rulers. Indigenous peoples themselves did not have the right to determine their own names. https://www.cip.gov.tw/en/news/data-list/673CBF7B0C3D2700/2D9680BFECBE80B6221E4CC7D09E1357-info.html
Mark Harrison@mhar4.bsky.social · 6d ago

The outcome of many decades of campaigning by Siraya people and a milestone for indigenous reconciliation in Taiwan. The PRC rejects the concept of indigenous and defines all 17 tribes as a single "ethnic minority" and would dismantle all this if it annexed Taiwan. focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...

Min Chao@wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 5d ago

It took over three decades of campaigning by Siraya for official recognition, thereby securing a legal basis for the preservation of their culture, as they are now covered by legislation encompassing Indigenous languages development and heritage preservation. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Executive Yuan officially recognizes Siraya - Taipei Times

The Executive Yuan yesterday officially recognized the Siraya as an indigenous group, making them the 17th officially recognized indigenous peoples and the first recognized under the Pingpu Indigenous...

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Mark Harrison@mhar4.bsky.social · 6d ago

The outcome of many decades of campaigning by Siraya people and a milestone for indigenous reconciliation in Taiwan. The PRC rejects the concept of indigenous and defines all 17 tribes as a single "ethnic minority" and would dismantle all this if it annexed Taiwan. focustaiwan.tw/society/2026...

Cabinet officially recognizes Siraya as Taiwan's 17th Indigenous tribe - Focus Taiwan

Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) on Thursday approved the official recognition of the Siraya as one of Taiwan's Indigenous tribes, making it the country's 17th officially recognized tribe and the first Plai...

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