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    "the Han people invaded Taiwan en masse during their civil war in the mid 20th century, overwhelming the local indigenous Austronesian "Formosans" by numbers. " Your history is incorrect. The Han overwhelmed the Austronesians much early. They did it basically at the same time that Europeans were overwhelming American Indians. By 1895 when the Japanese took over Taiwan the Austronesians were already less than 5% of the population. They did maintain independence in the mountainous areas but it was the Japanese, not the Han, who were able to end that independence (thus the Seediq Bale movie).
    – Readin
    Commented Aug 28, 2022 at 21:18
  • The history is not incorrect; nor is it "my history". The Han did not exist in any significant numbers before the inundation of the island by Guomindang refugees during the Chinese civil war. There is no credible comparison between what happened to the native Taiwanese and the native Amerindians. The situation is more comparable to Tibet, where the indigenous people have been deliberately inundated by Han by the CCP since the invasion of Tibet; and similar to Ireland and the plantations to a lesser extent. The main point is that the CCP's claims of ancient control of Taiwan are specious lies.
    – Reginald Lloyd
    Commented Aug 29, 2022 at 18:14