the Pseudo-Internationalization Paradox of Taiwan's de-Sinicization
A massive marketing poster for a new book was splashed across the gigantic display window of a bookstore on a busy street of Changhua City. "No Relation to China," the book title read, "only by taking China out of its psyche can Taiwan realize its possibilities." Great, finally someone is openly on the same page as the author when he spoke of the need for the Taiwanese to focus more on domestic politics, period . But for some reason, placed in context in this particular geographic location, this gigantic poster started to take on an additional nuance...