Every time i talk to them,they will introduce me to others:Lily is from China…They call mainland “China”,you know.

      Who are they?

      They are from Taiwan…It is true that Lily is from China,but they are from China,too…We are  from China,so the place “China” cannot express the clear place where we are from…

           One day,i could not help asking them why they called mainland”China’….Wasn’t tw a part of China???They told me TW was different from China for TW was a country.Oh, i noticed that they were the people who were for Taiwan’s being a independent country….Then a debate between they and I was on…

       I held the idea that tw was a part of China…Since 1945,the Japanese goverment had returned tw back to china.So it was not a country…

       But they all viewed that tw used to be a part of China.Only when the an-ti Japanese war was over in 1945,was tw able to be independent of the Chinese goverment…In 1945,Japan only gave up tw,but it did not mean that Japan returned tw back to China!!!At last,they asked to get to study the genuine history…

       I noticed that things were not as simple as i thought,it was not only about whom tw belonged to,but the different history we have learned…At last,we did not give in to each other and our friendship was on…You see,that was only politics and history…

       The history in Mainland and in Taiwan are extrodinarily different.Actually,i am wondering whose history is genuine…I cannot imagine that i have been  with the taiwanese people who are for the Republic of Taiwan so long.What is worse,i find out that a load of Chinese overseas i know are for that so-called country  as well…I do not know why and really look forward to the genuine history,not a fake …

       The other day,i picked up this topic with a malaysian Chinese as he called mainland “China” as taiwanese did .He told me directly that the most important thing was that people needed to live,as for him,whether tw belonged to China was not so important…

       That is right.The most important thing is that Taiwanese need to have a happy life.Whether tw is a country or not,only the genuine history will tell…As for me,a high school student,that is all i can do…

       No matter where they are from,there is no gap between they and me…We are humans on earth…We need to live happily!!!Am I right?

       However,i will be proud to say I come from China.

       Then where are you from?

        

                                                                                        Lovely Lily