But that don't mean we're all NAZIs!
Of course not, Nazi is just an ideology, dear. German is far deeper than ideology, it is genetic and ethnic identity.
I always had thought the Celts were from France for some reason. Had thought they were kin to the Gauls.
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number more than 530,000 and constitute nearly 2.3% of the island's population. Recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on Taiwan for approximately 8,000 years before a major Han immigration began in the 17th century. Taiwanese aborigines are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups, which includes those of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar and Oceania. The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan.
The aborigines in Taiwan were also stiff fighters, for most of the time the Han immigration occured in Taiwan, the Han Chinese communities mostly were situated in the coastal areas. The interior of the island of Taiwan was unsettled due to the behavior of the aborigines, who were head hunters. Chinese or any non-aborigine settlers foolish in trying to enter the interior of the island were never seen or heard of again; as they were killed with out mercy.
When Japan gained possession of Taiwan after the 1st sino-japanese war, the first thing Japanese military did (ironically the reason why Japan invaded taiwan in the first place was because an incident took place in the late 19th century where a japanese civilian ship was marooned and the surivors were killed / executed by taiwanese aborigines. When the japanese government protested to the qing dynasty about indemnity, the qing emperor responded to the japanese delegation that his government didn't have control of the whole of the island; that answer was casus belli for japan) was conduct a massive pacification campaign on taiwan that was aimed at decimating the stiff aborigine resistance and population.
The war was brutal, but it was won. After the aborigine clans yielded to the Imperial Forces, the Japanese colonial government in Taiwan then encouraged the colonization of interior of taiwan by encouraging Han Chinese and Japanese to settle the interior. There was massive migration of Han and Japanese to the interior of the island.
Now most of the aborigines in Taiwan are not pure blooded aborigines anymore. They are mostly mixed now with Han and Japanese blood.
btw, if you like movies, i recommend a movie for you that highlights this struggle (i admit, japanese are seen in bad light in this movie, but interesting vantage point from the taiwanese aborigine perspective): The movie is sediq bale;
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, who number more than 530,000 and constitute nearly 2.3% of the island's population. Recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on Taiwan for approximately 8,000 years before a major Han immigration began in the 17th century. Taiwanese aborigines are Austronesian peoples, with linguistic and genetic ties to other Austronesian ethnic groups, which includes those of the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar and Oceania. The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan.
The aborigines were also ferocious fighters. Thousands of them volunteered into the Imperial Japanese Army during the war and even before the war. Many of them were staffed into Japanese assault brigades, and some were assigned to the Emperor's Imperial Guards Divisions.
We have very good opinion of them. They fear not death.
The issue of an ethnic identity unconnected to the Asian mainland has become one thread in the discourse regarding the political status of Taiwan.
Well, most Aborigines in Taiwan are more Han than they are aborigine. Their blood has been so greatly diluted by infusion of Han (and Japanese) blood.
They may maintain some of their old rituals and festivals, but phenotypically speaking, they look more Han...