It’s important for his primary form of political engagement, making memes to troll the Chinese Communist Party and Mr. He prefers Taiwan for its freedom of expression.
Still, he said he planned to join Taiwan’s military when he was old enough. Tsai came to admire aspects of the country, like its economic growth and tech prowess. He showed off an image he had captured on his phone of two parallel contrails rising from the coast of China.ĭuring a year spent living in China, Mr. To the north, on the island chain of Matsu, Tsai Hao-min, a 16-year-old high school student, said he heard an explosive sound and saw a brief burst of light. “This reminds me of my childhood memories of dodging bombs,” she said, adding the current threats were no big deal compared to the past. Fang said she would send her parents to safety, then stay and fight, though she admitted, picking up arms may not be the most effective way for her to contribute.Įven so, she was unfazed. If the Taiwan Strait does become a battleground, Ms. Still, she acknowledged recent military posturing from China has led her to take the prospect of an attack more seriously.
“Taiwanese people appearing calm in the face of rising tension is not due to ignorance or naïveté, but because this is accepted - even internalized - as a part of being Taiwanese,” she said. Fang said, adding that she was offended by the perception. With the current tensions, many watching from outside Taiwan seemed to expect Taiwanese to be “hysterically” stockpiling food and crafting evacuation plans, Ms. There Jessica Fang, a 26-year-old consultant in the central city of Changhua, said along with democratic values, the constant menace of attack is increasingly baked into the worldview of her generation. The trend is even more apparent further from China, on Taiwan island itself, where the majority of the 23 million people live. “Sun Yat-sen, our founding father, took so long to win the revolution to get us out of the dictatorship, why should we return?” she said.
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