Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/09
By: Lee Hsin-Yin

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Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) Bruce Jacobs, a leading expert on the political history of Taiwan, on Friday urged the Taiwanese public to revisit the country’s current status and envision its future beyond the “One China” narrative that often downgrades Taiwan as a nation state.

There are numerous discussions Taiwan needs to raise national awareness, including the revision of its flag, national day and national anthem as they were all brought by the Kuomintang (KMT) colonial regime, Jacobs said during a speech at the Australian Office in Taipei.

The emeritus professor of Asian Languages and Studies at Monash University said he hopes that such discussions, among others, will lead to a “paradigm shift” for Taiwan.

The new thinking also applies to Taiwan’s foreign policy in order to wrest control from China and its attempts to introduce the “one-China” principle, under which Taiwan is part of its territory, said Jacobs.    [FULL  STORY]