Native Taiwanese

Native Taiwanese refers to descendants of:-

  1. people who migrated to Taiwan prior to the 1945 takeover by the Republic of China from Japanese rule; or
  2. early Han Chinese migrants to Taiwan to the exclusion of Taiwanese Aborigines.
  3. Taiwanese Aborigines

The first two usages are similar to the Chinese usage of benshengren (Chinese: 本省人; literally "people of this province") in Taiwan. The third is similar to other English terms like "Native American".

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