Introduction to Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 1/2011: “Whither Taiwanization?â€

Since the end of World War II, the Kuomintang (KMT) (Guomindang) government has erased all traces of Japanese rule from public space, deeming them “poisonous†to the people in Taiwan. This frenzy, often termed “de-Japanization†or qu Ribenhua in Chinese, included the...

This paper examines various Web applications of the four “officially†recognized ethnicities in Taiwan and aims to identify the links between information and communication technologies (ICTs), ethnic identities and issues related to Taiwanization and its contestation. To give some...