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Until 300 years ago, the Chinese considered Taiwan a “land beyond the seas,” a “ball of mud” inhabited by “naked and tattooed savages.” /1
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) July 23, 2022
The annexation of Taiwan was only one incident in the much larger phenomenon of Qing expansionism into frontier areas that resulted in a doubling of the area controlled from Beijing and the creation of a multi-ethnic polity. /3
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) July 23, 2022
In representing distant lands and ethnically diverse peoples of the frontiers to audiences in China proper, these works transformed places once considered non-Chinese into familiar parts of the empire and thereby helped to naturalize Qing expansionism. /5
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) July 23, 2022
— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) July 23, 2022
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The problem with the line "Taiwan was historically part of China" isn't that it is a blatant lie, but that it is problematically simplistic. In the context of news articles, it is almost always used to justify PRC aggression and delegitimize Taiwan's right to self-determination.
— Lev Nachman (@lnachman32) July 22, 2022
Not to hype her book twice, but if people genuinely want to understand the complex relationship different Chinese regimes have had with Taiwan and how they saw Taiwan in the context of Chinese territory, read "Taiwan's Imagined Geography" by Emma Teng. https://t.co/xwGHIkjjZG
— Lev Nachman (@lnachman32) July 22, 2022
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