{"id":639,"date":"2007-11-26T02:19:49","date_gmt":"2007-11-26T07:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s265039441.onlinehome.us\/philpaine\/?p=639"},"modified":"2018-08-15T21:03:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T01:03:59","slug":"wu-2000-yingxiong-zheng-chengong-hero-zheng-chengong-or-sino-dutch-war-1661","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.philpaine.com\/?p=639","title":{"rendered":"(Wu 2000) Yingxiong Zheng Chengong [Hero Zheng Chengong \/ or \/ Sino-Dutch War 1661]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zheng Cheng\u00adgong as por\u00adtrayed by an unknown 17th cen\u00adtu\u00adry artist \u2026<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2026 and by actor Zhao Wenzhou<\/p><\/div>\n

Tai\u00adwan is an island which was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded by Malayo-Poly\u00adne\u00adsian peo\u00adples. Over a peri\u00adod of about five hun\u00addred years, it absorbed set\u00adtlers from the Chi\u00adnese main\u00adland, main\u00adly from the province of Fujian. The abo\u00adrig\u00adi\u00adnal peo\u00adples where dis\u00adplaced and absorbed, and only two per\u00adcent of Tai\u00adwan\u2019s pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion are now iden\u00adti\u00adfied in this group. The bulk of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion speak a vari\u00adety of Min Chi\u00adnese some\u00adwhat sim\u00adi\u00adlar to that of Fujian. How\u00adev\u00ader, Man\u00addarin is the offi\u00adcial lan\u00adguage, taught in the schools, and nec\u00ades\u00adsary for all offi\u00adcial and busi\u00adness pur\u00adpos\u00ades. The Dutch con\u00adtrolled the island between 1624 and 1662. Zheng Cheng\u00adgong [<\/span>\u912d\u6210\u529f<\/span>], or more cor\u00adrect\u00adly Koxin\u00adga [<\/span>\u570b \u59d3\u723a<\/span>] was a Ming loy\u00adal\u00adist who defeat\u00aded the Dutch. He\u2019s been adopt\u00aded as a hero by both the Bei\u00adjing regime,to whom he rep\u00adre\u00adsents Chi\u00adnese rule over Tai\u00adwan, and by Tai\u00adwanese nation\u00adal\u00adists, for whom his rear-guard action against the Qing rep\u00adre\u00adsents a par\u00adal\u00adlel with Chi\u00adang\u2019s Kai-shek. When Chi\u00adang\u2019s Kuom\u00adintang Par\u00adty was defeat\u00aded in 1949\u201350, he and his fol\u00adlow\u00aders retreat\u00aded to Tai\u00adwan, which had only recent\u00adly been lib\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded from Japan. Curi\u00adous\u00adly, the Japan\u00adese rulers of Tai\u00adwan also <\/em>con\u00adsid\u00adered Zheng a hero, because his moth\u00ader was Japan\u00adese! Every\u00adone seems to want a slice of Zheng. Any movie about him is, ipso-fac\u00adto, bound to be polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly motivated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, any civ\u00adi\u00adlized and pro-demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic view\u00ader will not sym\u00adpa\u00adthize with the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal moti\u00adva\u00adtion behind this pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. It is being used to pro\u00admote the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty\u2019s impe\u00adri\u00adal\u00adist claims on Taiwan. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chi\u00adang\u2019s Tai\u00adwanese regime was dic\u00adta\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, but noth\u00ading close to the total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan bru\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty of Mao\u2019s regime on the main\u00adland. It pro\u00admul\u00adgat\u00aded dra\u00admat\u00adic land reforms that ulti\u00admate\u00adly made the peo\u00adple of Tai\u00adwan pros\u00adper\u00adous. After Chi\u00adang died, demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic reform\u00aders where able to slow\u00adly bring the coun\u00adtry into some\u00adthing more resem\u00adbling polit\u00adi\u00adcal moder\u00adni\u00adty. It has shaky and some\u00adwhat cor\u00adrupt demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, which may not be up to the stan\u00addard of bet\u00adter estab\u00adlished democ\u00adra\u00adcies, but are a mil\u00adlion times more advanced than the prim\u00adi\u00adtive sav\u00adagery of Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty rule on the main\u00adland. In such a case, no claim by the Main\u00adland dic\u00adta\u00adtors to have any say what\u00adso\u00adev\u00ader <\/em>in Tai\u00adwanese affairs is legit\u00adi\u00admate. The claim that the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty \u201cowns\u201d Tai\u00adwan is absurd and moral\u00adly offen\u00adsive. The Tai\u00adwanese peo\u00adple are the only <\/em>peo\u00adple who have any legit\u00adi\u00admate claims on Tai\u00adwan. The Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty aris\u00adto\u00adcrats in Bei\u00adjing are mere\u00adly crim\u00adi\u00adnals. They don\u2019t have the right to rule any\u00adone. Any impe\u00adri\u00adal\u00adist claims they make should right\u00adful\u00adly be treat\u00aded with con\u00adtempt by all decent and civ\u00adi\u00adlized peo\u00adple. It will be right for the Tai\u00adwanese peo\u00adple to join them\u00adselves polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly to the main\u00adland only if the peo\u00adple of the main\u00adland over\u00adthrow their Com\u00admu\u00adnist aris\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy and estab\u00adlish a pro\u00adgres\u00adsive society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tai\u00adwan is an island which was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded by Malayo-Poly\u00adne\u00adsian peo\u00adples. Over a peri\u00adod of about five hun\u00addred years, it absorbed set\u00adtlers from the Chi\u00adnese main\u00adland, main\u00adly from the province of Fujian. The abo\u00adrig\u00adi\u00adnal peo\u00adples where dis\u00adplaced and absorbed, and only two \u2026<\/p>\n

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