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Bella is now in Standard 4 SJKC .
Besar dah …
And it’s getting tougher for me to follow-up on her School subjects .
But she’s getting better with her Mandarin.
She understand them well .
She writes beautifully .
Daddy is truly proud of her .
Good Morning Everyone
Love As Always
PS - Tasha is getting there too slowly
PSS - I have no idea what Bella is reading . Haha
Pic - School begins for Adam & Noah
Adam & Noah were so excited to go to School today that they woke up at 6 am .
We decided to send the twin Boys to a Chinese Pre School to start their basics on Mandarin .
They will learn other subjects too like BM , Agama , Science , Maths , Music and Arts from 8 am - 4 pm daily .
What’s important is to find a PlaySchool which have lots of play and enrichment learning for the toddlers .
The food is Halal , they will be toilet trained and even take short naps in between .
Siap bawak bantal sekali as ordered by the School . Haha
All is good .
The Boys didn’t even look back to say goodbye to me this morning .
That’s a good sign . 😀
Just sharing
Salam Everyone
Love As Always
Jenna Cody :
Is Taiwan a real China?
No, and with the exception of a few intervening decades - here’s the part that’ll surprise you - it never has been.
This’ll blow your mind too: that it never has been doesn’t matter.
So let’s start with what doesn’t actually matter.
Until the 1600s, Taiwan was indigenous. Indigenous Taiwanese are not Chinese, they’re Austronesian. Then it was a Dutch colony (note: I do not say “it was Dutch”, I say it was a Dutch colony). Then it was taken over by Ming loyalists at the end of the Ming dynasty (the Ming loyalists were breakaways, not a part of the new Qing court. Any overlap in Ming rule and Ming loyalist conquest of Taiwan was so brief as to be inconsequential).
Only then, in the late 1600s, was it taken over by the Chinese (Qing). But here’s the thing, it was more like a colony of the Qing, treated as - to use Emma Teng’s wording in Taiwan’s Imagined Geography - a barrier or barricade keeping the ‘real’ Qing China safe. In fact, the Qing didn’t even want Taiwan at first, the emperor called it “a ball of mud beyond the pale of civilization”. Prior to that, and to a great extent at that time, there was no concept on the part of China that Taiwan was Chinese, even though Chinese immigrants began moving to Taiwan under Dutch colonial rule (mostly encouraged by the Dutch, to work as laborers). When the Spanish landed in the north of Taiwan, it was the Dutch, not the Chinese, who kicked them out.
Under Qing colonial rule - and yes, I am choosing my words carefully - China only controlled the Western half of Taiwan. They didn’t even have maps for the eastern half. That’s how uninterested in it they were. I can’t say that the Qing controlled “Taiwan”, they only had power over part of it.
Note that the Qing were Manchu, which at the time of their conquest had not been a part of China: China itself essentially became a Manchu imperial holding, and Taiwan did as well, once they were convinced it was not a “ball of mud” but actually worth taking. Taiwan was not treated the same way as the rest of “Qing China”, and was not administered as a province until (I believe) 1887. So that’s around 200 years of Taiwan being a colony of the Qing.
What happened in the late 19th century to change China’s mind? Japan. A Japanese ship was shipwrecked in eastern Taiwan in the 1870s, and the crew was killed by hostile indigenous people in what is known as the Mudan Incident. A Japanese emissary mission went to China to inquire about what could be done, only to be told that China had no control there and if they went to eastern Taiwan, they did so at their own peril. China had not intended to imply that Taiwan wasn’t theirs, but they did. Japan - and other foreign powers, as France also attempted an invasion - were showing an interest in Taiwan, so China decided to cement its claim, started mapping the entire island, and made it a province.
So, I suppose for a decade or so Taiwan was a part of China. A China that no longer exists.
It remained a province until 1895, when it was ceded to Japan after the (first) Sino-Japanese War. Before that could happen, Taiwan declared itself a Republic, although it was essentially a Qing puppet state (though the history here is interesting - correspondence at the time indicates that the leaders of this ‘Republic of Taiwan’ considered themselves Chinese, and the tiger flag hints at this as well. However, the constitution was a very republican document, not something you’d expect to see in Qing-era China.) That lasted for less than a year, when the Japanese took it by force.
This is important for two reasons - the first is that some interpretations of IR theory state that when a colonial holding is released, it should revert to the state it was in before it was taken as a colony. In this case, that would actually be The Republic of Taiwan, not Qing-era China. Secondly, it puts to rest all notions that there was no Taiwan autonomy movement prior to 1947.
In any case, it would be impossible to revert to its previous state, as the government that controlled it - the Qing empire - no longer exists. The current government of China - the PRC - has never controlled it.
After the Japanese colonial era, there is a whole web of treaties and agreements that do not satisfactorily settle the status of Taiwan. None of them actually do so - those which explicitly state that Taiwan is to be given to the Republic of China (such as the Cairo declaration) are non-binding. Those that are binding do not settle the status of Taiwan (neither the treaty of San Francisco nor the Treaty of Taipei definitively say that Taiwan is a part of China, or even which China it is - the Treaty of Taipei sets out what nationality the Taiwanese are to be considered, but that doesn’t determine territorial claims). Treaty-wise, the status of Taiwan is “undetermined”.
Under more modern interpretations, what a state needs to be a state is…lessee…a contiguous territory, a government, a military, a currency…maybe I’m forgetting something, but Taiwan has all of it. For all intents and purposes it is independent already.
In fact, in the time when all of these agreements were made, the Allied powers weren’t as sure as you might have learned about what to do with Taiwan. They weren’t a big fan of Chiang Kai-shek, didn’t want it to go Communist, and discussed an Allied trusteeship (which would have led to independence) or backing local autonomy movements (which did exist). That it became what it did - “the ROC” but not China - was an accident (as Hsiao-ting Lin lays out in Accidental State).
In fact, the KMT knew this, and at the time the foreign minister (George Yeh) stated something to the effect that they were aware they were ‘squatters’ in Taiwan.
Since then, it’s true that the ROC claims to be the rightful government of Taiwan, however, that hardly matters when considering the future of Taiwan simply because they have no choice. To divest themselves of all such claims (and, presumably, change their name) would be considered by the PRC to be a declaration of formal independence. So that they have not done so is not a sign that they wish to retain the claim, merely that they wish to avoid a war.
It’s also true that most Taiwanese are ethnically “Han” (alongside indigenous and Hakka, although Hakka are, according to many, technically Han…but I don’t think that’s relevant here). But biology is not destiny: what ethnicity someone is shouldn’t determine what government they must be ruled by.
Through all of this, the Taiwanese have evolved their own culture, identity and sense of history. They are diverse in a way unique to Taiwan, having been a part of Austronesian and later Hoklo trade routes through Southeast Asia for millenia. Now, one in five (I’ve heard one in four, actually) Taiwanese children has a foreign parent. The Taiwanese language (which is not Mandarin - that’s a KMT transplant language forced on Taiwanese) is gaining popularity as people discover their history. Visiting Taiwan and China, it is clear where the cultural differences are, not least in terms of civic engagement. This morning, a group of legislators were removed after a weekend-long pro-labor hunger strike in front of the presidential palace. They were not arrested and will not be. Right now, a group of pro-labor protesters is lying down on the tracks at Taipei Main Station to protest the new labor law amendments.
This would never be allowed in China, but Taiwanese take it as a fiercely-guarded basic right.
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Now, as I said, none of this matters.
What matters is self-determination. If you believe in democracy, you believe that every state (and Taiwan does fit the definition of a state) that wants to be democratic - that already is democratic and wishes to remain that way - has the right to self-determination. In fact, every nation does. You cannot be pro-democracy and also believe that it is acceptable to deprive people of this right, especially if they already have it.
Taiwan is already a democracy. That means it has the right to determine its own future. Period.
Even under the ROC, Taiwan was not allowed to determine its future. The KMT just arrived from China and claimed it. The Taiwanese were never asked if they consented. What do we call it when a foreign government arrives in land they had not previously governed and declares itself the legitimate governing power of that land without the consent of the local people? We call that colonialism.
Under this definition, the ROC can also be said to be a colonial power in Taiwan. They forced Mandarin - previously not a language native to Taiwan - onto the people, taught Chinese history, geography and culture, and insisted that the Taiwanese learn they were Chinese - not Taiwanese (and certainly not Japanese). This was forced on them. It was not chosen. Some, for awhile, swallowed it. Many didn’t. The independence movement only grew, and truly blossomed after democratization - something the Taiwanese fought for and won, not something handed to them by the KMT.
So what matters is what the Taiwanese want, not what the ROC is forced to claim. I cannot stress this enough - if you do not believe Taiwan has the right to this, you do not believe in democracy.
And poll after poll shows it: Taiwanese identify more as Taiwanese than Chinese (those who identify as both primarily identify as Taiwanese, just as I identify as American and Armenian, but primarily as American. Armenian is merely my ethnicity). They overwhelmingly support not unifying with China. The vast majority who support the status quo support one that leads to eventual de jure independence, not unification. The status quo is not - and cannot be - an endgame (if only because China has declared so, but also because it is untenable). Less than 10% want unification. Only a small number (a very small minority) would countenance unification in the future…even if China were to democratize.
The issue isn’t the incompatibility of the systems - it’s that the Taiwanese fundamentally do not see themselves as Chinese.
A change in China’s system won’t change that. It’s not an ethnic nationalism - there is no ethnic argument for Taiwan (or any nation - didn’t we learn in the 20th century what ethnicity-based nation-building leads to? Nothing good). It’s not a jingoistic or xenophobic nationalism - Taiwanese know that to be dangerous. It’s a nationalism based on shared identity, culture, history and civics. The healthiest kind of nationalism there is. Taiwan exists because the Taiwanese identify with it. Period.
There are debates about how long the status quo should go on, and what we should risk to insist on formal recognition. However, the question of whether or not to be Taiwan, not China…
…well, that’s already settled.
The Taiwanese have spoken and they are not Chinese.
Whatever y’all think about that doesn’t matter. That’s what they want, and if you believe in self-determination you will respect it.
If you don’t, good luck with your authoritarian nonsense, but Taiwan wants nothing to do with it.
前一陣子，在梅根與哈利在歐普拉的採訪過後，英國知名主持人皮爾斯摩根（Piers Morgan）在自己的節目'早安英國'（Good Morning Britain）與節目搭檔貝雷斯福德（Alex Beresford）爭執有關梅根專訪的事件，最後皮爾斯憤而離席，並在當晚辭去主持人職務。
今天我要來分享他們兩位在節目中使用的用詞與說法，這也是一個聽力練習，大家可以來測試看看能理解多少影片的內容喔！
📌Useful vocabulary and phrases
- Covert 隱蔽的
- Overt 明顯的
- Cocoa 可可
- Cut and run 與生活中的某人做切割
- Negative press 負面的報導
- To trash 摧毀（同 destroy）
- To brush it off 忽略
- To take a step back 退一步再考慮不立馬做決定
- To cut someone off 把某人從生活中刪除
- Diabolical 非常糟糕/惡魔般的
- To spout off 一直說話不停止
- Ruthless/Ruthlessly 無情的/無情地
- Social climber 利用他人提升自己的地位
- To live in cloud cuckoo land 比喻 有此看法的人'瘋了'
- Stratospheric 平流層
- To have your cake and eat it 魚與熊掌不可兼得
- To cash in on 用...來賺錢
- The beginning of the end 形容 一個事物開始結束
- Ostracised 被排擠的
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黃紫盈 (Connie) 現為司儀、主持、影片監製及跨媒體自由工作者，活躍於商界及政府機構主辦的活動，為各類型公開活動擔任司儀（包括晚宴、產品發布會、頒獎禮、記者會和音樂會等），同時監製和主持旅遊、飲食及時尚生活資訊節目，包括《盈遊世界》、《尚駿生活》和《友飲友食》等。Connie 精通三文四語，包話粵語、英語、普通話和日語。在任職無綫電視新聞主播及記者期間，她曾主持 《香港早晨》、《立法會選舉特備節目》以及《311日本東北大地震一周年現場直播》等重要新聞環節。
Connie 畢業於香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院，曾留學英國劍橋大學修讀國際關係以及日本創價大學修讀日本文化研究。她熱衷於義務工作和戶外活動，曾獲得由行政長官頒發的「香港青年奬勵計劃 (前香港愛丁堡公爵獎勵計劃) 最高金章榮譽」。
興趣: 旅遊、行山、美容、烹飪、攝影
Connie Wong is a professional emcee, programme host and producer actively involved in multi-media work. She is experienced in hosting various events (such as gala dinner, product launch, press briefing, award ceremony, music concert etc.), as well as infotainment programmes covering travel, food and lifestyle, e.g. "Travel Smart" and "Chic Life". Connie is fluent in Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese. Previously, Connie was news anchor at TVB where she hosted several key featured news programmes including Good Morning Hong Kong, Legislative Council Election, and 311 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami One Year Anniversary.
Connie holds a bachelor degree in Journalism and Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She also studied International Relations at Cambridge University in U.K., and Japanese Studies at Soka University in Japan. She is active in voluntary services and outdoor activities. She has been awarded the Gold Award of the Hong Kong Award for Young People (formerly known as The Duke of Edinburgh's Award).
Hobby: Travel, Hiking, Beauty, Cooking, Photography
黄紫盈（コニー・ウォン）はイベントMC、テレビ番組司会者、ラジオパーソナリティ、プロデューサーとして活躍。祝宴や製品発表会、授賞式、記者会見やコンサートの司会に加え、旅行や食、ライフスタイルの情報番組のレポーターも務めている。英語、中国語、広東語、日本語が堪能で、香港のテレビ局TVBのアナウンサー時代は「香港グッドモーニング」、「香港立法会選挙特別番組」、「3.11東日本大震災１周年放送」等、重要なニュースの報道を担当していた。
彼女は香港中文大学のジャーナリズムコミュニケーション学部を卒業。香港出身であり、在学中には英国・日本への留学も経験している。ケンブリッジ大学では国際関係を、日本創価大学では日本文化研究を専攻している。また、慈善活動への積極的な参加が評価され、香港行政長官より青年奨励計画最高賞であるゴールド章受賞の栄誉を受けている。
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Follow Connie
Website: www.conniewong.hk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/conniewty
黃紫盈 (Connie) 現為司儀、主持、影片監製及跨媒體自由工作者，活躍於商界及政府機構主辦的活動，為各類型公開活動擔任司儀（包括晚宴、產品發布會、頒獎禮、記者會和音樂會等），同時監製和主持旅遊、飲食及時尚生活資訊節目，包括《盈遊世界》、《尚駿生活》和《友飲友食》等。Connie 精通三文四語，包話粵語、英語、普通話和日語。在任職無綫電視新聞主播及記者期間，她曾主持 《香港早晨》、《立法會選舉特備節目》以及《311日本東北大地震一周年現場直播》等重要新聞環節。
Connie 畢業於香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院，曾留學英國劍橋大學修讀國際關係以及日本創價大學修讀日本文化研究。她熱衷於義務工作和戶外活動，曾獲得由行政長官頒發的「香港青年奬勵計劃 (前香港愛丁堡公爵獎勵計劃) 最高金章榮譽」。
興趣: 旅遊、行山、美容、烹飪、攝影
Connie Wong is a professional emcee, programme host and producer actively involved in multi-media work. She is experienced in hosting various events (such as gala dinner, product launch, press briefing, award ceremony, music concert etc.), as well as infotainment programmes covering travel, food and lifestyle, e.g. "Travel Smart" and "Chic Life". Connie is fluent in Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese. Previously, Connie was news anchor at TVB where she hosted several key featured news programmes including Good Morning Hong Kong, Legislative Council Election, and 311 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami One Year Anniversary.
Connie holds a bachelor degree in Journalism and Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She also studied International Relations at Cambridge University in U.K., and Japanese Studies at Soka University in Japan. She is active in voluntary services and outdoor activities. She has been awarded the Gold Award of the Hong Kong Award for Young People (formerly known as The Duke of Edinburgh's Award).
Hobby: Travel, Hiking, Beauty, Cooking, Photography
黄紫盈（コニー・ウォン）はイベントMC、テレビ番組司会者、ラジオパーソナリティ、プロデューサーとして活躍。祝宴や製品発表会、授賞式、記者会見やコンサートの司会に加え、旅行や食、ライフスタイルの情報番組のレポーターも務めている。英語、中国語、広東語、日本語が堪能で、香港のテレビ局TVBのアナウンサー時代は「香港グッドモーニング」、「香港立法会選挙特別番組」、「3.11東日本大震災１周年放送」等、重要なニュースの報道を担当していた。
彼女は香港中文大学のジャーナリズムコミュニケーション学部を卒業。香港出身であり、在学中には英国・日本への留学も経験している。ケンブリッジ大学では国際関係を、日本創価大学では日本文化研究を専攻している。また、慈善活動への積極的な参加が評価され、香港行政長官より青年奨励計画最高賞であるゴールド章受賞の栄誉を受けている。
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