What we've seen over the last few years. And
certainly this has been an increasing trend actually for,
for more than that is a stronger sense of what
it means to be Taiwanese versus what it means to
be Chinese. And I think that is really worrying
Beijing. There's a really strong sense of what it
means to be a Taiwanese national and part of this
vibrant messy democratic system that is, you know,
miles away from what is happening in Beijing today,
the gap between how people identified in the early days
where it was very much a sense of, you
know, back to the motherland feeling Chinese and now
a distinct Taiwanese identity that gap has really really widened
. And I think it's only going to continue to
do that while there is an appreciation for being of
the Chinese culture, which is still there having you
know, an affection for the Chinese language or pop
music, for instance, that's still culturally quite significant
. There is an increasing sense of what it means
to be Taiwanese. And that's problematic for China.
If indeed, uh you know, the idea is
to have peaceful reunification or unification. Um is a
more accurate word, I think it would be fair
to say and, and I'm seeing a lot of
that, um, on the ground when you talk
to people.