A big eye opener for me in terms of TW identity was my grandma who was a KMT nurse married to a KMT military doctor. I recently asked if she misses China, where she lived until her 20s, and where she still has family. Her answer?

"No. I don& #39;t like China."

I was stunned.

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Another eye opener was my mom, who likes Tsai but as recently as last year found it difficult to fully support her bc of identity issues.

But recently, I asked if she& #39;d be open to TW making it easy for immigrants from *anywhere* become citizens, regardless of ethnicity.

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She said yes.

It seems clear to me, then, that we are seeing a significant shift in what being "Taiwanese" means, away from ethnicity, and towards (democratic) ideology.

Which makes my heart happy.

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