The US Presidential election having turned out as it did, the world is watching Taiwan closer and harder than ever before - now what happens to Taiwan? Taiwan is no part of China. Taiwanese are not Chinese. This book tells just that.The author, Ong Iok-tek, also a linguist, wrote this book while in exile in Japan to let the world know the truth of the history of Taiwan.Ardently read and reread over half a century since its publication, this book has come to claim its due status as the most authentic historical account of Taiwan that has affected many a Taiwanese. It goes and proves then that this book so vividly portrays the realty of Taiwan based strictly on nothing but **scientific, objective truths.**China’s claim over Taiwan as its “territory” is totally groundless; nor has China any legitimate ground on which to annex Taiwan. That this book so eloquently appeals you as you turn the pages.Since the dawn of its history, the island of Taiwan has paved its own way apart from China. It did come under the severest illegal rule by the Chinese Kuomintang after the World War II, but the Taiwanese have proudly demonstrated their high level of national traits to singlehandedly recover a genuine democratic state of their own. Fully aware of Taiwan’s geo-political importance, China has incessantly exerted every illicit means in an attempt to drag Taiwan into their sphere of power.Now is the time, more so than ever before, Taiwan stands as a fortress that all nations of the world must join together in its defense in the name of freedoms and democracy. Should Taiwan be once gulped into the dictatorial China, freedoms, human rights, and democracy we mankind have passed centuries to defend would be treaded upon overnight. To block China’s illicit designs, the problems surrounding Taiwan ought to be better and closer appreciated.That is the very reason why this book, now crisply translated into English, is uploaded via Kindle for the first time since its publication five years ago, now at a most opportune moment when the world intently looks upon the destiny of Taiwan.※This is a revised and enlarged edition published in 2022 with due updates on events in Taiwan over the period 2016-2021.※2021年版の増補版です
