@inbook{9c2d237eadb64b3b9c65cef651c0dde0,
title = "The legacy of Japan's colonial past : cultural influences on Taiwanese identity and implications for cross-strait relations",
abstract = "In what follows, we will examine how local Taiwanese people during colonial rule where {"}Japanized{"} in some respects but displayed a form of resistance in other respects. In the post-war period and especially after Lee Teng-hui assumed office in 1988, local people even displayed a form of {"}resistance of culture{"} in their definition and understanding of what is meant by {"}Taiwanese culture{"} and {"}Taiwanese identity.{"} As we shall see, Lee advocated a highly controversial thesis of {"}two Chinas{"} in 1999. We argue that this thesis was precisely a result of the {"}resistance of culture{"} displayed by local people. We conclude that the history of Taiwan in the last century should be characterized as a mixture of globalisation, cultures of resistance and {"}resistance of culture.{"} More importantly, Lee's {"}two Chinas{"} thesis has become a key issue in the internal politics of the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and external politics between Taiwan and China.",
author = "YAU, {Hoi Yan} and Heung-Wah WONG",
year = "2013",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781443842334",
pages = "296--319",
booktitle = "The United States between China and Japan",
publisher = "Cambridge Scholars",
}