According to Taiwanese media reports, at the beginning of the new semester in August, Taiwan’s new syllabus high school history textbooks have successively appeared “Undecided on Taiwan’s sovereignty.” Among them, the high school history textbook published by Taiwan's Longteng Publishing House almost directly concluded that "Taiwan's sovereignty has not been determined" when talking about the ownership of Taiwan after the war, and only briefly mentioned several important documents such as the "Cairo Declaration" and " Potsdam Declaration ".
Longteng Edition textbook discusses the ownership of Taiwan after the war. The main text on page 103 is titled "Taiwan's status is undecided." It states that "After the end of World War II, Taiwan was taken over by the government of the Republic of China on behalf of the Allied Forces. However, the post-war sovereignty ownership must still be confirmed after the conclusion of an international treaty... This is the historical background of 'Taiwan's status is undecided.'" The encyclopedia on the same page of
writes: "The Cairo Declaration is similar in nature to a 'press communiqué', while the Potsdam Declaration is an 'announcement'. Neither of them has the effect of an international treaty." In the question thinking column, the content of the above four documents is simply listed in about one line each, and the question is: "Some people believe that Taiwan's sovereignty belongs to the 'Republic of China', while others claim that Taiwan's sovereignty is undetermined. Please refer to the above Please provide your opinion on the above information."
Regarding this, Chen Meifei, general manager of Longteng Culture, responded that there are two opinions on the ownership of Taiwan's "sovereignty", and the textbook cannot only talk about one. In addition, the Longteng edition's question thinking column also showed two opinions: "decided" and "undecided". She asked the editor, and the editor said that the text deliberately only gave a short paragraph, so that students can check the treaty themselves and form their own historical identity.
Li Zhenguang, deputy dean of the Taiwan Institute at Beijing Union University, believes that this move is to impose the concept of "Taiwan independence" on young students and brainwash students on the island. For several important documents such as the "Cairo Declaration" and the "Potsdam Declaration", the publisher only mentioned it briefly and hoped that students can check the contents of the documents themselves. This is basically an excuse. The Taiwan authorities intend to engage in "de-Chinaization" and cultivate "natural independence" to make ideological preparations for the DPP to achieve "Taiwan independence". This is very dangerous.
According to Taiwan media analysis, "Taiwan's sovereignty is undecided" is just one of the many problems in the new version of history textbooks. To put it bluntly, it is the Tsai administration who wants "independence" but dare not "independence", but allows the history textbooks to "take the lead" and become a political propaganda tool, turning into a "white paper similar to the founding of the People's Republic of China."
Since the Tsai Ing-wen authorities came to power, under the circumstances of "de jure Taiwan independence" with a bleak future and no way out, "cultural Taiwan independence" has intensified, from calling on Taiwanese teenagers to ban playing "bell ringing" to Cining Palace removing the display of twelve animal heads in the south courtyard of Taipei National Palace , from "Going to Sun Yat-sen" to "Going to Chiang Kai-shek "...the list is too numerous to mention.
The Tsai administration's "cultural Taiwan independence" not only distorts Chinese history, but also creates cross-strait confrontation. It is also in line with the "de-Sinicization" vigorously promoted by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities in the field of culture and education during Chen Shui-bian's administration. Its fundamental purpose is nothing more than to separate the history of the Taiwan region from the history of the motherland, , and is intended to deny the fact that Taiwan has been a sacred and indivisible part of China's territory since ancient times. Li Zhenguang, deputy dean of the Taiwan Institute at Beijing Union University, believes that history will not change and knowledge will not be blocked. Even if the DPP now forcibly implants a "Taiwan independence" historical view, this kind of education is actually a kind of water without a source and a tree without roots.
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