4️⃣
As #REDnote suddenly becomes swarmed by “foreigners,” the content people see is still aligned with its purpose—promoting how great China is. Not to mention its Mandarin name is literally the nickname of the book Quotations from Chairman Mao, distributed to children during the Cultural Revolution.

3️⃣
However, in Taiwan, where many people speak the same language as China, they are often promoted content created by China. Much of this content highlights how “great” China is, aiming to make Taiwanese, especially teenagers, feel that “China is not so bad” and become more open to unification.

2️⃣
On TikTok, because the algorithm follows the user’s location and phone language—along with European GDPR rules—users are often shown videos tailored to their preferences. For example, I could be watching cat videos in Italy and only be shown related content.

(9)
We will not allow our neighboring country to bully the world into accepting their point of view. Perhaps one day, we will establish a nation of our own, one free from the legacies of colonization.

(8)
Today, the issue between Taiwan and China is no longer about who truly represents “China,” but more about the realization among Taiwanese people that while we may be Han ethnically, it doesn’t mean we are Chinese, nor does it mean that Taiwan belongs to China.

(7)
The same regime imposed a dictatorship to force Taiwanese people to accept this idea, erasing local identity. Decades later, their influence unfortunately remains, and this party is still one of the two most powerful in Taiwan.

(6)
The Communist Party established the “People’s Republic of China,” and the world began recognizing it as the legitimate government of China, instead of the “Republic of China.”
For a long time, Taiwan, equated with the “Republic of China,” was governed by a regime that sought to reclaim “China.”

(5)
Eventually, the party that founded the “Republic of China” in 1911 lost the civil war to the Communist Party and fled to Taiwan. They held onto the name, but never managed to reclaim control of the mainland as they had hoped.

(4)
Of course, many people also immigrated from China in the 17th century, so a large percentage of Taiwanese are of Han ancestry. At one point, we were colonized by Japan, until they lost World War II.

(3)
We have indigenous people who are the ancestors of the Austronesian peoples, whose influence stretches as far as Madagascar. You may be familiar with the Māori, the indigenous Polynesians in New Zealand. Polynesians are actually part of the broader Austronesian family.

(2) As an island on the western side of the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan has historically been considered a prime location for trade. People from various countries have settled here, including the Dutch and the Spanish.

吱（？