my family are Taiwanese-Americans. I was born in the US, but I grew up in a Taiwanese/Chinese household. I write both Taiwanese and Chinese because my grandparents were Chinese nationalists (KMT) who fought and lost to the communists and left China with Chiang Kaishek when he retreated to Taiwan. We’re from Guangdong.
Even though my grandparents spent most of their adult life in Taiwan and America, they still identify as Chinese. They still vote for the KMT and consider Taiwan a part of a democratic China, not the PRC but the ROC.
I don’t identify with an authoritarian China that suppresses freedom of speech, press and religion, commits cultural genocide against the Uyghurs, dilutes Tibetan culture and wants to annex democratic Taiwan. I wouldn’t like living in a country like that.
But that’s exactly what an uncle proposed me: some months ago he bought a house in Guangdong, a house he offers to our whole family. If I want, he says, I can live with him for free, he’s even offering me to let me live at his condo when he’s not in China (travels to America and Taiwan a lot).
I don’t see it: I’m politically active, actually support Taiwanese independence and I don’t believe I could keep my mouth shut if a Chinese starts telling me that Taiwan is a part of China every time I tell them I an actually Taiwanese. The conversation could go south really fast if they start to repeat communist propaganda about helping Uyghurs escape poverty (just an example out of several). I could land in jail.
My uncle says I should forget about politics and enjoy the scenery and local food. I still don’t see it.
Am I a moron? I’d only have to pay for the flight and food for as long as I live in China, a country cheaper than both Taiwan and the US
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Also to add:
The instance you are currently using (lemmy.ml) are operated by people who support PRC and Russia (colloquially known as “tankies”), you might wanna reconsider using a different instance considering your political opinions. (Also avoid hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml, everything else should be fine)
As you said, you are Taiwanese American, so I’m assuming you’re currently living in the US? The US is currently having political issues with regards to the xenophobia. I’d highly recommend you to Do Not Cross a US border (neither entry nor exit) until this administration is no longer in power. Either stay within the US for these 4 years, or if things deteriorate further and you decide to move away from the US (exit is usually much easier than entry, since they usually do not check citizenship when leaving), plan to stay away for at least 4 years (or longer, depending on 2028 election results). You don’t wanna risk getting detained re-entering the US and this racist ass administration denying your citizenship. I personally am just gonna stay in the US, was planning on visiting Canada, but then this administration happened.