Home > Sinicization

In the politics of Taiwan, both terms are used to refer to an increase or decrease in cultural and economic ties with Mainland China. Both terms have been used more commonly after 2001. Since the 1990s, there has been general consensus in Taiwan in favor of the status quo, though there is some debate about what that is. There is also general consensus that the Taiwanese localization movement is favourable. That is, emphasizing local culture and language.

Also, the argument in the Republic of ChinaThe Republic of China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: ; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHua MinGuo, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonghua Minguo) is a de facto sovereign state that currently administers the island groups of Taiwan, Peng on Taiwan between supporters of Chinese reunificationChinese reunification is a goal of Chinese nationalism which is the unification of all of China under a single political entity. As Hong Kong and Macau have been reunited with mainland China under the sovereignty of the People's Republic of China, the onl and supporters of Taiwan independenceTaiwan independence (, pinyin: Taiwn duli, Taiwanese Church Romanization: Tai-oan Tok-lip; abbreviated to , Taidu, Tai-tok) is a political movement whose goal is to create a sovereign, independent Republic of Taiwan out of the lands currently administered is considered a matter of sinicization. Supporters of independence are generally wary of increasing cultural and economic links (such as the three linksThe three links are direct postal, telephone, and airline links between Mainland China and Taiwan. Since 1949, all such contact has been routed through Hong Kong. The three little links are postal, telephone, and transportation links between Fujian provin) with Mainland China. They feel it is part of a strategy by the People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China PRC comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. Since its founding in 1949, it has been led by the Communist Party of China (CPC). It is the world's most populous country, with a population to sinicize Taiwan, thus making reunification inevitable.

Another meaning is the process by which other peoples like the KoreaKorea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in north East Asia adjacent to China in the west and Russia in the north. When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and thens and the JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honshese are influenced by Chinese culture and working practices. An example of this is the kanjiKanji (, literally "characters from Han China"; see also Han Chinese) are Chinese characters used in Japanese. Kanji are one of the four character sets used in the modern Japanese writing system (the other three being hiragana, katakana and romaji). This writing system of the Japanese language.