Talk:Taiwan under Japanese rule
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[edit] Tone of voice and personal opinios
I had lived in Taiwan for 8 years. Even though I'm not 100% Taiwanese, I'm seriously insulted by this article's tone of voice and the author's personal opinions.
First of all, it is ridiculous to say that the Japanese showcased Taiwan. Who did they showcase Taiwan to? I read the article about Korea under Japanese rule. The only difference I feel about these two is that there is no monarch in Taiwan for the Japanese to murder, because Taiwan was not a country. I don't think that can make Japanese rule in Taiwan better than Korea. That's just someone' personal opinions.
Second, "Use of Japanese language was rewarded" to Taiwan? How gross is that?
Third, "Three Bad Habits" also gradually disappeared in mainland China during the same period. Should the Japanese be credited by such development?
I didn't read the whole article in detail. There may be more inappropriate words and sentences in the article. But I think these things should be set straight.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Poloial (talk • contribs).
- Keep in mind that this is a translation from the Chinese Wikipedia. Some of the content may have to be re-adjusted.
- For the showcase part, I have modified the sentence to this: Taiwan thus served as a showcase for Japan's propaganda on the colonial efforts throughout Asia, as displayed during the 1935 Taiwan Exposition.
- For the "Use of Japanese language was rewarded" part, I think you did not read it very well. The Japanese colonial government in Taiwan rewarded the use of Japanese language, it's a historical fact, and the sentence is perfectly fine.
- For the "Three Bad Habits" part, the Japanese colonial government did enforce several policies that relates to it. Please read on.
- The Chinese government at the time did its own thing (See New Life Movement), and it's completely unrelated. AQu01rius (User | Talk | Websites) 03:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Development
Working to translate stuff from the zh version. -Loren 23:27, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
- Calling it a day, will pick up translating the rest in a bit. -Loren 02:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
List of things to do:
- Someone who has better art skills then me may want to try duplicating the colonial seal, seen stamped onto on the upper right hand corner of this image. Apparently, the colonial seal resembled the imperial seal with a stylized "台" (two isosceles triangles) superimposed in the center. -Loren 01:43, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Finished "Culture" section
I finished translating the Culture section..
The article is seemingly complete. Should someone submit it so it can be rated? --AQu01rius 23:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Looks good, thanks for the help! A few observations and thoughts so far:
- There are a lot of red links, perhaps we could start filling those.
- More references would be nice.
- Again, excellent work, and thanks to everyone involved.
- -Loren 23:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Filled in most of the red links. For citations, I will try to find more as I only included what is provided in the Chinese article. --AQu01rius 01:44, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, the Chinese article is pretty well referenced, however for the English version I think it might be a good idea to get references in English. -Loren 01:46, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
