eJapan and eTaiwan (1)

Day 1,655, 21:58 • Published in Japan China • by Chise E Tamai

Man, I am tired.

It has been so frustrated these days in trying to sort everything out; you know, between Taiwan, Korea, and us.

You wonder what had been happening?

Yeah sure. Why not. If you want.

I will warn you that it's very complicated. Of course it is.

All readers - it is your decision on how you would want to use these information. I have wrote it, perhaps as a summary of knowledge, or a something that people who are interested with foreign relation with Taiwan can refer upon later in their days.

As some have pointed out (plus that's how I feel, too), the lack of information or knowledge on them had been something that is almost detrimental in trying to form a peaceful relationship with them. I will go on and talk about what my researches had discovered, but additional knowledge or comments are welcomed. Really, it's not that I don't want to talk about it; it's just so huge, that I do not know where I should start from.

Umm. Yeah. OK, so here it goes.

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What is Taiwan?



Well, Taiwan is a nation, that exist on this earth, that perhaps loves Japan the most, more than anyone nation that you can find.

Yeah, I know you are beginning to want to throw me eggs. It doesn't sound convincing, judging by how they have fucked us in these days, and still having our areas occupied, right?

Don't worry. I will go on, and tell you how I have arrived to the conclusion. However, before I continue, I will tell you one thing - this particular article has more to do with Taiwan in RL, not Taiwan in eRep. It is the RL emotions that they have, that had driven them and us to the point we are today.

I will start by citing a few paragraphs, written in Japanese, that describes how Japan see Taiwan in RL (source? Eh, nico nico pedia.)

"..非常に親日的で、日本人を好きだという人が多く、日本を高く評価しているといわれる。日本は台湾を（大人の事情で）国家として承認していないが、文化・経済など民間レベルでの交流は進んでいる。東北地方太平洋沖地震に対して台湾のテレビ局21局がチャリティー番組を放送し、日本円にして義捐金40億円相当が集まった。"

"..台湾は多くの親日家がいることで知られ、友好的な関係から文化的な交流も深く日本と同じようにオタクと呼ばれる人種も数多く確認されている。"

"..台湾では日本の文化は大きな影響力を持ち、脈々と台湾の青少年に影響を与えた。そして、哈日族（ハーリーズー）と呼ばれる日本に対して好意を持つ人が現れ、現在に至る。"

"..わかり易く言うと、中華人民共和国（以下中国）や中華民国（台湾）の「日本おたく」。

主に日本のアニメや服装、J-POP（特にジャニーズ系やAKB48）、電化製品など、日本の流行文化に関心がある若い世代を指す。台湾で使われ出した語句であるが、近年では香港をはじめ、中国やその他中国語文化圏でも通用する。また、親日派という単語の代わりに「日本に対して好意を持つ人」を意味する語句としても使用されている。現在「哈日」の持つ範囲は、日本の流行文化や服装に止まらず、日本の伝統文化も含むようになった。"

Who are they? They are an island nation of Asia, located on the east side of the pacific ocean, being geographically close to Japan, having had histories of been a Japanese colony, with some of its oldest generation having received Japanese education, who love and respect the Japanese culture in every degree.

So, we have these people.

They got into the game.

They see that Japan is on the map.

They happily went clicking on the Japanese newspapers, searched for Japanese players, to see if anything that resemble the Japan they know is present.

They didn't see it.

Instead of the Japanese language, in which most of the Taiwanese has some degree of familiarity with, they saw that eJapan is a community, that has its environment full with English speaking users. To make make matter worse, eJapan at the time of the Taiwanese baby boom, was mainly composed of people who have had held low opinions of China, Taiwan, and call them "Kazawan" or "puppet of China".

Their first reaction?

"Fuck you PTOers, you have stolen Japan!"

That's where everything started.



They love Japan, but they don't like eJapan.