外國人對台灣的誤解 What do People Get WRONG About Taiwan?

[@iamnathank]

如果有趣的話，請訂閱。 謝謝！For those of you who are interested: m.kzbin.info/door/CjArF8x9pnulWoxuWPhX_g

[@paochen9733]

上次回來澳洲的時候有看到你和你的母親在機場 但不好意思和你打招呼 你真的很了解台灣 謝謝你把台灣介紹的這麼清楚

[@iamnathank]

Cool! Please come say hi next time :)

[@jianqinweng3670]

台灣文化具體不是跟中國一樣 只是跟中國大陸的福建閩南地區一樣 他只是了解台灣並不了解大陸

[@偉源-p2x]

清楚個毛 從頭到尾沒說一句中華民國🇹🇼🙂

[@madaniele04]

@@jianqinweng3670 也只是相似，而非相同，首先早期閩南移民已經是數百年前至百多年前的事情。其次台灣受原住民與日本文化的影響是中國閩南地區沒有的，很多台灣以為源自中國的傳統文化其實中國並沒有或不盛行，比如地基主信仰等。

[@李得鳴]

謝謝你為美麗的寶島宣傳，改變外國人對於台灣的刻板印象! 非常好! 還有一點你可加進去，台灣人總是喜歡說 謝謝!

[@魏玉敏-h7v]

非常認同他的說法，可見他對台灣有一定的了解

[@陸榮政]

台湾这片土地很恶心。很变态。他们的祖先靠亲人的头颅换日本人的宠信。所以他们有自相残杀，卖主求荣，认贼作父的传统。

[@PauMoBoy]

@@陸榮政 跟你們屠殺8000萬人相比？ 過去不文化的事情還要再吵？ 先做好你們的口碑吧 為何各國不敢再投資中國... 問題不是中共？

[@miaochandler1944]

@@PauMoBoy 屠杀8000千万纯属放屁谣言，那个时候中国才两三亿人，一下子死将近一亿你开什么玩笑呢？用脚思考也知道啊。杀八千万人需要杀多久你知道嘛？

[@miaochandler1944]

@@早餐店阿姨認證帥哥 呦 井底台蛙 就这点水准了吗？那您倒是给我说清楚啊

[@早餐店阿姨認證帥哥]

Miao chandler 誰是井底之蛙哈哈被限制在牆內還得翻牆的是不是造謠你們中國學者都跳出來說了kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYTHe5-Adqh-rcU

[@林巧玲-w9k]

台灣有你真好！

[@VV-ks3ty]

每天喝椰子水的部份直接笑噴

[@webchen9794]

不过真的很多人真觉得海南人天天喝椰汁，听到海南就想到三亚想到海滩😂 更想到椰树牌椰汁！我从小喝到大

[@潘-s1l]

會烙賽

[@張文忠-m9z]

台灣到底哪裡有人天天喝椰子水阿www（老實說我第一次喝椰子水是在美國）

[@如果-d4v]

是蠻好笑的。

[@user-ui1ot3mf2u]

跟台東騎山豬上學一樣😂

[@阿噗-t4z]

說的每件事都正確，可見是非常了解台灣。

[@云玩家-w3g]

了解？这不都是适用于所有国家地区的客套话吗？

[@云玩家-w3g]

还有47个赞，那我来给你一一剖析

[@云玩家-w3g]

第一个观点，作为英语母语国家，quiet和quite会分错吗，除非不认识或没听过这俩地方。

[@云玩家-w3g]

第二个观点，台湾没有过度开发，西北有很多工业科技园区，但是景色很美，这是句废话，不适用于大多数国家和地区？

[@云玩家-w3g]

第三个观点，台湾岛的人并不都生活在海边和沙滩，多数生活在城市，这是一个现代人说出来的话吗，穿越了吧。

[@laowhy86]

Loved this one man! Keep repping Taiwan! Beautiful country.

[@iamnathank]

Cheers Matt!

[@謝啟文-f5y]

"Country?" 5cents is incoming in 30 seconds!!!

[@jefftseng7352]

Hi CMilk , I love your videos and instagram .

[@chairmanliu]

Taiwan is not even a country

[@chairmanliu]

Peiti Coffey Yes with 16 countries recognised.

[@tinahuang9801]

謝謝您愛臺灣。☺

[@爺爺-z4j]

小媳婦心態!!!

[@T220319858]

Nice! Thanks for explaining the difference between Taiwan & Thailand. People always confused that I came from Thailand or Taiwan when I had a study tour in UK. :)

[@reneechen1806]

因為我們生活在這片土地上，所以，我們不一定可以清楚看見自己。 謝謝你把台灣介紹的很清楚好懂^ ^ 覺得新住民和外國人總可以更客觀的說明我們的文化和背景，真的是我們更需要學習的。

[@洪淑鴻]

謝謝你用心愛台灣

[@konyliao1631]

說英語的朋友可以放心來臺灣旅遊，臺灣人幾乎都能說英語半桶水，簡單溝通沒問題。偏遠人少的區最好有人陪伴。歡迎來臺灣旅遊。

[@crquetzals]

Very True. Many people we know still think that my wife is from Thailand. Also, my Mother-in-Law does not speak Mandarin. She learned Japanese in school as a little girl (she is 86) and only speaks Hakka at home. Keep making great videos!

[@張繼斌-c1q]

86? 86 years old?

[@qzsli7375]

Understand, Taiwan was the colony of japan before the end of world war Ⅱ. Hakka is an old dialect from mainland China, and also I could speak that

[@GPtgd7]

We love your videos! Thank you!

[@iamnathank]

Sofia Bianchi Thank you 🙏

[@qzsli7375]

However, what he talked in this videos is not exact true. For example, the government in Taiwan called Republic of China(ROC), which lost its power in mainland China. Also the Tanwanese language(Minnan) is actually a dialect from mainland China

[@adun1943]

Thanks for making this video! Have a good one, Nathan!

[@iamnathank]

孫維聲 Thanks. Same to you!

[@Max-ps6fn]

很棒的視頻 謝謝你的分享 ^ ^ 台灣有你真好

[@poki541325]

影片吧？

[@SuperSweach]

☺️😘😘

[@careyd8992]

要說“影片” ， 少說些外來語

[@celinelin6359]

很喜歡你的影片，代表你十幾年來住在台灣的經驗！精闢簡單的分析透過你的介紹讓不熟悉台灣的人更了解我們這個國家謝謝你

[@iamnathank]

謝謝

[@nickchen9701]

林愛清清 台灣省好呀 寶島

[@熱浪滾滾]

anking Luo 請你出國讀讀亞洲史

[@wen-xu3ku]

@anking Luo 中華民國是國家，行了吧？ 中華民國誕生那天共產黨還在天上飛呢！

[@熱浪滾滾]

@anking Luo 廠廠 中國歷史包括在亞洲的歷史裡

[@-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-._.-8]

One of the few videos on youtube that gets everything right about Taiwan's culture and history. Cheers!

[@krjr92]

這是一段有溫度的影片。支持你

[@maxwellliu814]

謝謝你替我們說的那麼清楚，也歡迎更多外國人來臺灣定居，we are willing to help anyone

[@giannishen]

Thanks a lot for this great video! Your videos and you are much better than many KZbinrs and stars in Taiwan. Believe me, you are a true star.

[@iamnathank]

Thank you sir!

[@giannishen]

@@iamnathank No Nathan, thank~you. You are so wonderful, you are always so good. You are so welcome! Have a nice week!

[@wendyyang2381]

Thank you for the info. My family and I will visit Taiwan for the first time this December winter break.

[@carolttc]

wow, 你真的有用心觀察台灣，很感謝你對台灣的這份熱情

[@杜芬疏失博士]

不管鬼島還是寶島，台灣永遠都是最好

[@王廷方-c7h]

認同！

[@云玩家-w3g]

@@jiajiemai6178 真正的中国那么小颗？

[@云玩家-w3g]

@@jiajiemai6178 不错，很有理想，这才是华人该有的胸怀，政府可以不同，国体不能丢

[@云玩家-w3g]

@@jiajiemai6178 你根本不懂什么是社会主义，瑞典不是社会主义？特朗普政府推的不是社会主义？呵呵

[@带带大师兄-u4t]

@@jiajiemai6178 吹尼玛的美国呢，你说的话真的很幼稚，什么叫当初不内战接受美国的援助更发达？你了解当时的国际形势吗？你知道国民党到底多无能吗？你知道国民党统治时期有多少军阀吗？很低地方根本就不听你蒋介石的话，比如东北王！ 顺便跟你说下，不可否认改革开放和美国交好会得到很多好处，但你说中国如今的发展全靠西方，，我就日了你妈了，印度不仅有美国大力支持，还有俄罗斯大力支持，他们怎么还那么落后？不错，初期美国确实帮助了我们一点，蜜月期的时候投资了一些中国大陆，但你要知道，朝鲜战争，越南战争，台海危机，南联盟大使馆被谁炸的？南海危机谁干的？这些都是美国干的，美国最想看到的就是一个分裂的中国，或者是一个落后的中国，中国真正崛起是加入世贸以后，美国一直使绊子不让中国加入，不然80年代就加入了，不要把你美爹想成这个大善人，这个世界现如今的战乱或者内乱，或多或少都有你美爹的身影，我不知道你的价值观是怎么形成的，让人很费解！

[@內含非法字元-n9m]

這片優質 我喜歡

[@吳筱寧]

一起愛台灣😄

[@evergreen2856]

一起愛鬼島

[@a0933114772]

好樣的，一起愛臺灣呦！

[@曹崇勳-k5g]

您的每一個說明都是非常正確的！ 謝謝您的說明！ Thank you very much ！

[@carrothead8888]

I'm from Taiwan, and now in Australia watching your video about Taiwan haha! Nice video!

[@ertaitai8656]

Your opinions are all correct. TKS for the video.

[@iamnathank]

ER TAI TAI 謝謝

[@abubu2010]

Thank you, you are one of the very few KZbinr who uses objective ways to see Taiwan. Love it

[@adam5050]

Great information in this video and appreciated the insights. Looking forward to the next one. 🇹🇼💯

[@iamnathank]

adam5050 Thanks mate!

[@朱晓晶]

Totally agree that Taiwan's culture is influenced by Japan. Taiwan was occupied by Japan for 50 years (1895-1945). In this sense, Taiwan's culture would still have some difference even if Mainland China had not had the cultural revolution.

[@tmkevinlin]

Thanks for your sharing! I love it!

[@bdc9561]

台灣跟大陸其實很不一樣 畢竟台灣受日本、美國、歐洲、東南亞...等等地方文化影響

[@反清復明延平王鄭成功]

受日本殖民，還影響,自high,啥，有哪國被侵略，還高潮的，日本慰安婦影響真深

[@shanyu1968]

@@反清復明延平王鄭成功 日本讓臺灣變得更乾淨更文明，日本曾對臺灣做出很多不可饒恕的事情，但不可否認他們對台灣也有不少貢獻

[@反清復明延平王鄭成功]

@@shanyu1968 貢獻還不是為了侵略他國，慰安婦真是個好文明

[@托米-f4y]

@@反清復明延平王鄭成功 人家說那麼多國家，你是在針對日本甚麼呀！日本在歷史上確實做了很多台灣人不可原諒的事，但因為有日本的統治，我們時間觀念、衛生觀念、社會秩序等都比當時清朝統治我們時還要好。台灣被很多國家統治過，但都只是歷史了，有好有壞，都是台灣的一部分，比起去恨，不如選擇好好相處，在國際化的時代互相憎恨是不值得

[@zxie8355]

你看怎么对比，国内对比当然不同，但是放在国际环境一比就很一样了，文化习俗，行为模式，内在的价值观 （儒家，孝道，奇怪的各种神明），你出国就发现了。

[@user-Leebie]

很有趣的影片❤️我喜歡

[@渾身是刺]

很真實很中立，不過度美化反而能更看得出你對台灣的了解和熱愛👍

[@EGAZHAN]

thanks for making this video to introdue tw and make it better! Thank you so much!

[@iamnathank]

EGA ZHAN You’re welcome

[@lois101]

Love how you film local elements too

[@biboy1989]

Yes I get the Thailand and Taiwan mix up all the time from my friends. "so when you going to Thailand?" It's Taiwan!!! Haha

[@pccnsysu1]

yap,I used to hear that before, I think the key point will be both are named begin with "Tai"

[@gty198869]

It's still easy to tell, Thailand is a country, So it's easy for you to know it Taiwan is a province of China, Controlled by rebel groups, And the Chinese government maintained a state of Civil War for 70 years, This history is very complicated, so it is normal for you to make mistakes.

[@hsnu95723]

Taiwan is not a province of China. period.

[@bctvanw]

Not long ago Taiwan was commonly know as Formosa and Thailand was commonly known as Siam.

[@gty198869]

@@hsnu95723 Taiwan is indeed a province of China, In the Constitution of the Republic of China,

[@王廷方-c7h]

喜歡看你拍的影片，言之有物，加油！

[@Dorame369]

謝謝你愛台灣啦，我們也要更愛自己的國家🇹🇼

[@zhiyongjiang6435]

台湾省

[@hsnu95723]

@@zhiyongjiang6435 國家🇹🇼

[@重装系统中]

Will 中华民国的国旗，哈哈哈，你这句话已经违宪了知道么？湾湾

[@云玩家-w3g]

好的，国家，包含大陆吗，也爱大陆吗？

[@jerrykim1646]

台湾国？还是中华民国？

[@gabymagloire1224]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos 💕😍✨

[@sasuns6908]

說的很好

[@lai6164]

這是我看過像資深專業記者的分析報導一樣，很詳細，言簡意賅。

[@danielchiao1395]

You've hit the head of the nail, Nathan !

[@mari_1224]

謝謝你讓其他國家的人、甚至是台灣人更認識我們自己的國家！住在國外越來越想念台灣的生活了！

[@gty198869]

国家😏欢迎回归中国中央政府统治

[@ericchou8482]

So great!! Love this video!!

[@fisherzeng]

一點點小小不同意的地方： 台灣不是大部份用國語教學而是全部，不過在小學有另外的母語課程，包括閩南語、客家話、原住民語，甚至越南話。 台灣很多老人家會說日本話是沒錯，不過那是過去式了，當年受日本教育的人絕大部份已經不在人間了。

[@---xz2eu]

抱歉，雖然我這麼說你可能會感到不舒服，但我想跟你說，台灣是有英文學校存在的

[@daikyouhyou9719]

Chen Joyce 全世界的人不是在学英文嘛，而且英文学校确实遍布了全世界哈哈

[@ZGSPG]

闽南语和客家话也是中文

[@googlefb.youtube3171]

什麼都不在人間了，你想太多了，我們這些年輕人都被你死亡了是吧？！ 現在很多年輕人學日語，這不關以前日本殖民時期，而是十多年前的哈日潮，以及這幾年台日友好關係，加上一直以來都還在的日劇迷、動畫迷、番組迷、日本旅行中毒者···等等，普遍很多年輕人對日本印象很好所以去學日文，我身邊就有非常多朋友都是會日語的，不要因為自己的無知擅自作主死亡別人。 另外台灣的日語使用者是僅次英語的外來語，這個去查一下就知道，網路上有數據可以打臉這個無知的留言。台灣報考日文檢定的人數是「全球第二高」，比中國、韓國都還要高，你這種沒根據的留言竟然還很多無知的人相信。

[@蔡岳峰-o2s]

謝謝你解釋台灣的一切，謝謝你！

[@長隆吳]

I totally agree your options about how differentiated between Taiwan from Thailand .

[@Savroad-zoo]

台灣現在雖然有很多地方不是那麼好,但只要有人說出缺點,台灣人都會願意檢討改善. 一起加油~

[@重装系统中]

兩津佳宏 怎么会有缺点呢，亚洲之光。

[@icebreaker049]

我常看到只要有人說台灣缺點，就有一堆人叫對方滾出台灣。😂

[@shisteve23]

The comment section is so much fun. I was browsing the comments and totally neglecting the video.

[@莎士比亞可可亞]

nice introduction for foreigners

[@芅婕]

無敵中肯，超清楚的分析ww

[@陳孟如-w5b]

中肯！

[@zaizai7642]

Wonderful video, love it.

[@sophien2403]

台灣雖然是島，但其實很多海邊卻不適合游泳. 因為有些海灘是有落差幾十公尺，踩空掉下去是會被海流帶走，這要小心.

[@孫庭蓁]

對對！花東地區就是，剛好在大陸棚外。

[@CanadianOrangeGuy]

I just moved to Taiwan to teach English and I noticed Ximen in your intro and it made me smile :)

[@iamnathank]

CanadianOrangeGuy Well spotted :)

[@kristinliu8261]

Why only Taiwanese and some aboriginal languages are mentioned? What about Hakka??

[@humikamui]

謝謝您介紹臺灣，說明很正確 👏👏👏

[@your99]

放心吧， 台灣就算發音類似泰國，也不可能被泰國喊著統一的！ 更何況它事實是2個完全不同的英文單字！ 不過，這片真的拍的很好

[@桑桑-y2z]

林皖皖 這次的影片字幕怪怪的。（給你按讚了ㄛ）

[@SunShaoGang]

哈哈哈哈哈哈，這樓！小心某國玻璃價格又飆漲

[@your99]

😛

[@ZGSPG]

@@SunShaoGang 你们才有玻璃心吧，本来没人提过这种敏感问题，你们主动提。越主动要提，不就越证明你们玻璃？

[@j1883ify]

@@ZGSPG 從籠內出來讓大家笑真是辛苦你了，大家等你很久了呢，哈哈

[@loudavis738]

Thank you to introduce TAIWAN !!

[@Ting_Jolina1017]

謝謝你的專業講解，台灣雖然說中文跟寫中文字，但光是學中文的教育就不同，我們是注音ㄅㄆㄇㄈ為初級教育，但是其他會中文母語的國家是從英文拼音打出中文字!光這點就表示不一樣!!

[@jojoben8363]

中文很多人用五笔哦湾湾

[@ivykang1900]

Nice video. I think the most difference between China and Taiwan is HUMAN RIGHTS.

[@iamnathank]

Ivy kang That IS a big one, for sure.

[@Ethan0824]

absolutely 👍

[@ptaing8]

Human Rights is dream up by Jim Carter to interfere in other countries internal affairs. Why? White domination! Human Rights is White people Bullshit!

[@maze7342]

Human rights my ass

[@x3645015]

@Enforced Disappearance 🇨🇳😱

[@nelsonchen7823]

the second one is quite opposite of what i see, most ppl i talk to here in the US actually think taiwan is very rural.

[@iamnathank]

Nelson Chen That’s interesting

[@Jesseification]

Taiwan or Thailand?

[@cooliipie]

I got that too, I've gotten mixed ideas of it

[@bass0216]

thank for your video

[@iamnathank]

胡貝里 My pleasure!

[@artilleryarmorbeer]

感謝您願意分享您對台灣的理解和感想,不過這邊想跟您特別提醒,台灣島上的人有很嚴重的自我國族.民族認同問題,這已經困擾台灣多年並持續對台灣造成傷害,希望西方的朋友在介紹台灣時能釐清中華民國(中國)政府與台灣的關係,以免對台灣在國際上的名聲及立場造成重大的嚴重誤會

[@桑桑-y2z]

👍👍👍

[@johnleung4900]

中華民國被推翻了?中華人民共和國果然厲害👍

[@李雲屏]

說明十分中肯。👍。

[@一齐-d2c]

是很台肯，你们不会用词？你们台湾不会用词？你们彭文正先生怎么教育你们的？快去看三立，民视啊！

[@nunyabusiness6450]

What would you say are the most and least expensive cities in Taiwan? Which cities are the primary business hubs?

[@ccpsvirus5358]

Taiwan is a beautiful country. I'm planing a visit in this Summer.

[@168Benedict]

Taiwan summer is hot and rainy It is comfortable from October to next May every year.

[@ccpsvirus5358]

@@168Benedict Thank you very much for your kindly suggestion but Summer is the only time I can sneak out. Yes, I had checked the weather, seems like Summer is hurricane season in Taiwan, but it doesn't make me change my mind, lol.

[@Jesseification]

@@ccpsvirus5358 frankly it's not about typhoon,the weather's gonna make you feel being steamed lol

[@我爱你-b9e]

Taiwan is never a country. Just an island of China

[@李硯云-d4f]

@@我爱你-b9e 中華民國嗎？我知道

[@林玉燕-b9j]

感謝您。

[@changpohao]

Great videos! Always love your perspectives. I think you could also mention democracy as to highlight the difference between Taiwan and China

[@forgivenguilty]

從你影片的字幕看的出來你中文的程度好強喔 用字詞彙和文學造詣那些已經比很多台灣人厲害了，這是學了幾年的功力阿？ 如果只有英文對話我可以理解90%以上的內容，但遇上這種要翻成中文，我的腦袋就會出現轉換障礙了😱

[@spencerhsieh9756]

要來墾丁請找我因為我是墾丁人可以讓你有不一樣的感受

[@iamnathank]

spencer hsieh 謝謝

[@努力實現白日夢的小魔]

最愛臺灣的是就算在城市裡，環顧四周，總可以看到山😄😄😄

[@wfireC]

It is possible if you want to drink coconut water all day in a Taiwanese city.

[@iamnathank]

wfire1412 C Sure. I saw a coconut vending machine in Taipei a few weeks ago. Pretty cool!

[@angelapusxy7310]

Totally agree ! Love u 👍🏻

[@iambahamut]

非常公允的評論

[@Luther84695]

I noticed a few translation inaccuracies. There is nothing major but could be annoying for some.

[@ChuSY6121]

您的這支影片提到一個相當重要的重點，就是中國經歷過共產黨的文化大革命，而造就了台灣與中國不同的文化差異。 還有馬來西亞華人也有保存不少移民的中國文化。 Excellent video！thx u❤️

[@nickchen9701]

老奶奶踢牙 你似乎忘了台灣的白色恐怖大清洗

[@ChuSY6121]

@@nickchen9701 我並沒有忘喔，我也了解馬來地區為保留移民文化也同樣做了很多政治、民間上的努力。 如果要用白色恐怖來相較文革，台灣也還是保有閩南、客家、原住民等的文化，我覺得這上面有區別。

[@日枝御子]

白色恐怖沒有碰到文化這部分，我覺得差異在這。 再說一樣過新年中秋端午，去中國化在哪？

[@DarkerWu]

@anking Luo 台灣沒有去中國化 只是把中國跟其他國家平等看待而已 中華文化在台灣還是有安身的位置 其他文化 荷蘭 西班牙 日本等等都一樣意思

[@DarkerWu]

@anking Luo 沒變鳥居的更多 故宮博物院甚至一堆中國文物 我們還是會過中華節慶 哪裡去中了?? 台灣是多元國家 各文化都不會被抹煞好嗎 只是把中國跟其他文化等同視之而已 小事

[@Johnnyhsu888]

👍❤👍Thanks a lots for your great comments and information for the Taiwan.❤

[@iamnathank]

It’s my pleasure!

[@JS-zt2fd]

Thanks for the nice video! But speaking of the misconception, the most common misconception that some people, including Taiwanese, tend to make about Taiwan is probably the idea that Taiwan is the free China or Republic of China. Most countries do "consider" Taiwanese as ROCer for practical reasons, but officailly, they don't recognize that Taiwanese "are" ROCer. I know that sounds weird, but let me explain it. ROC is for sure China, but the sovereign of Taiwan island (or Penghu) and the most citizen on it never belongs to ROC. The story that Taiwan was given back to China after WWII is actually a propaganda from both chinese Republics(ROC and PROC) on the one hand. The other hand, USA and most other countries, even ROC government, which is now almost 100% constituted of Taiwanese, don't want to make it clear, so that they can take advantages from it. After all, it's not possible or very difficult for Taiwanese and ROC to resist the threat from PROC without the help of USA and its allies. Back to WWII, ROC was actually only the proxy of the Allies for temporarily taking over Taiwan as well as Vietnam right after the war. The Allies did plan to give Taiwan to ROC before the end of WWII, but because chinese civil war and then korean were burst out, and the Allies knew ROC would lose, so they decided not to give Taiwan to ROC, so that PROC and the communists couldn't claim that Taiwan was a part of it. In short, the relation between PROC and ROC is like two Germanys or Koreas, but it's more complicated when Taiwan get involved. ROC lost the civil war right after WWII and chose to move to the island whose sovereign it actually didn't own. ROC and KMT knew this very clearly as well according to lots of the historical documents.This is the diplomatic position of most countries, including UN, to Taiwan. PROC is for most countries in the world the official successor of ROC, but this has nothing to do with Taiwan. Taiwan is de jura totally outside the chinese civil war. I haven't checked South Africa's Position about Taiwan, but I believe it must be the same with USA, Britain, Canada, Australia, Japen , Gemany, etc, the position which I mentioned above. You can easily find proofs for all these. In every single important official formal diplomatic document, you can find that Taiwan is clearly and consistently distincted from ROC through the careful wording. The sovereign of Taiwan is an unsolved problem after WWII, so is the Problem between ROC and PROC, but they are not the same one. Officially, Taiwan and the most people on it de jura still belong to the Allies and its successor, in short, USA. The legal territories of ROC are actually only Kinmen and Matzu. ROC is a country almost no one recognizes, while Taiwan is not a country, but almost everyone recognized it practically or de facto through the ambiguous name ROC/TW. It looks very weird, because you hardly find another example like this in the world. Another common but confusing idea is that Taiwan is like a hybrid of China and Japan, as well as the real china, the what-it-could-be of China without culture revolution. Don't you think this sounds a little weird? It sounds like the real China is a mixture of China and Japen lol. Actually the idea of Taiwan as real China or free China is an old one from last century, when ROC still tried to claim it was the real China. So this is not very consistent with the new idea that Taiwan is a mixture of China and Japen, in which chinese culture is only a part of taiwanese culture, just like japenese and aboriginal culture is a part of us as well.

[@iamnathank]

Thank you for your explanation. I appreciate it. Regarding your last point, if you listen carefully, in the video, I said "in some ways, Taiwan is almost like China would have been..." The key words here are the words "in some ways" and "almost", which means only certain aspects of Taiwan are almost like China might have been. It doesn't mean that everything about Taiwan is exactly how China would have been. If I mention this point in a video again, I will try to make it clearer as to avoid any misunderstandings.

[@JS-zt2fd]

@@iamnathank Thank you for your reponse and explanation. I actually didn't mean to refer to what you said in the video. They are just the very common ideas of Taiwan which i find a bit inconsistent. These inconsistent opinions are actually not wrong, because the ambiguity somehow does exist. I tried to pointed it out. Anyway, I really appreciate what you have said and done for Taiwan. Thank you and please keep doing it!

[@林加衛]

頭香.... 哈哈哈哈哈！ .

[@gregwang1910]

Don't forget Hakka....

[@謝承真-n8q]

超棒的理解🤗

[@khrushchevnikita3422]

感觉还好，其实挺客观的，个人对文化大革命没什么偏见，毕竟都已经是发生的事情了，又有什么办法呢？每个地方都有自己的黑历史而已，总体来说这个视频做的还是挺客观的，至少没有无脑黑大陆，也避开了一些敏感话题

[@張柏翰-v6y]

我們也有白色恐怖

[@smokinamateur3436]

沒錯，每個地方、國家都有自己的黑歷史，從中學習就是了。

[@杜芬疏失博士]

那時代的事情，不是我們的錯

[@kobeli3465]

@@杜芬疏失博士 时代的主角是人，所以可以说是上辈子人的错吧。。。

[@miko-0619]

白色恐怖幾乎賠了台灣大部分的有腦菁英

[@user-cz1lh7pc2r]

很棒的視頻，但，若能提供英文字幕會更好喔！謝謝！

[@Briankim-sc7oz]

Taiwan is one of most beautiful country in Asia I love Taiwan, and support always from korea

[@我爱你-b9e]

Taiwan is never a country. Just an island of China

[@yoiashi]

an introductory video to Taiwan made for the chinese speaking population......awesome

[@MJLee-wl6kt]

我在國外不止一次被誤以為來自泰國...典型的對話像這樣： Where are you from? I am from Taiwan. Oh! I know Thailand, many temple there right? ........^%^&%#&^$%U.... Taiwan have many temple, but my country name is Tai-w-a-n, not Thai-land.

[@bctvanw]

M.J Lee 那是因為我們是台灣人 才有的經驗 反過來泰國人也常抱怨被誤認為台灣人

[@MJLee-wl6kt]

@@bctvanw 您說的也沒錯。不過泰國是全球第10大旅遊國家，台灣則排到三十幾，以國際能見度來說還是差了許多。

[@bctvanw]

M.J Lee 看外國人的生活經驗 過去生活各種東西都是Made in Taiwan 現在還有電子產品 腳踏車 零件等

[@vitakeepgoing]

謝謝你的宣傳

[@lalamojohu]

Awesome! I'm NO.2

[@iamnathank]

lalamojohu #winning :)

[@konyliao1631]

假如寒帶地區的朋友想住在臺灣，但是怕太熱的天氣，可以選擇住臺灣高一點的山區，而且下山只要一個小時。

[@icebreaker049]

要看什麼山吧，還要考慮工作交通問題。天天跑山路，對開車族來說很耗油，車子磨損也大。

[@mohsinali5272]

Nice video taiwan is very beautiful country and also people are soo nice and kind

[@moumobile5639]

hey Nathan. Nice and indepth video as always. have to correct some correspondence in the subtitle : 台灣 = Taiwan 大陸 = mainland、continent 中國 = China if you use the mainland instead of China , you mean China is the mainland OF Taiwan or Taiwan belongs to China. some people could be triggered by that. LUL you could explore more context about the usage of 大陸 by yourself. that is a intersting subject to find out.

[@iamnathank]

mou mobile Thanks for the explanation. To be fair, many locals I speak to, if China is mentioned, they often just refer to it as 大陸。 Do you think that would mean they’re pro unification or not?

[@moumobile5639]

@@iamnathank No, they are not necessarily unification-supporters. And I know this sounds confusing. The main reason is that part of Taiwanese lacks the awareness of precise choice of vocabulary. ( You could have heard it about "沒差啦、隨便啦、有差嗎？" from the conversation in taiwan ) The usage of this term has been around for very-very long time and is widely used. If you don't think consciously about the meaning of this word , you are likely to choose the "mainland" instead of "China". and didn't notice that has completely different meanings for the international community. Imagine that your parents have been using "mainland China" since you are young , your school teacher says "mainland China", and it always uses "mainland China" on textbook . and then news presenter also uses the "mainland" as the abbreviation ( on tv and radio and newspaper ) . and they call the Chinese tourists as 陸客. Because in the early past ,the government officially called China as mainland China. ( and why the goverment use it that way is another history lesson ) . Even some of my friends who support Taiwan's independence sometimes accidentally blurted out "the mainland". And now the awareness of using the correct title has gradually increased in these years. (at least in the educated class) Of course, this is just my explanation. Don't be afraid to ask your Taiwanese friends while chatting , they probably won't think you are picking a fight. ( And it's interesting to watch their reactions) According to different age groups, education level. You would get very different answers. ( for some taiwan elders , they are never ready to discuss about "fixed fact". that could be intense) for the case that locals you spoke to, they may not want to bother you(themselves) that much effort/time for explanation. or they are trying to avoid the sensitive subject. just my guess.

[@fgdfhdhjd7776]

This is Taiwan in English academic works, they also refer to mainland China as ''the mainland''. This is not a issue. Legally speaking you should not contrast Taiwan and China as two places. However, there are people who do not recognize the ROC, and they cannot accept the law of Taiwan, for this reason they would prefer foreigners to call the mainland as China. They take this as you are supporting Taiwan independence. So do not fall in their trap.

[@yuweiyuan479]

3：40英文与字幕不符，政治意图明显

[@MrHanasawarui]

哈哈！ 真正要正名的是台灣、泰國 一邊一國 真的很多老外常搞混

[@iamnathank]

上官亮哲 哈哈。 真的！

[@呂培綸-o1m]

@@iamnathank 臺灣 不是國家

[@さぬき-o2n]

@anking Luo 中國是個國家? 我只聽過中華人民共和國跟中華民國

[@a0933114772]

@anking Luo 智力測驗... 你的智 確有待開發...

[@李硯云-d4f]

@@呂培綸-o1m 你是要說「中華民國」？

[@samou7486]

Oh my gosh i love this place

[@mrmusk781]

There is one point that I must correct you, which is Taiwanese do speak Chinese!!!!!! Cuz Chinese is a large language system which includes Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese(also can say, Hokkien), Hakka Language and others. However, due to the influence of Japan. The old people in Taiwan also can speak Japanese.

[@iamnathank]

Mr Mask Thank you. What I mean is that they don’t only speak Chinese 😀

[@zhouliu3034]

This is Taiwan 客家话台语（闽南话）都是汉语方言，不是独立语系，谢谢。