'Taiwan identity' Chinese

According to a recent poll conducted by Taiwan's CommonWealth magazine, young people's sense of a "Taiwan identity" has hit a new low over the past five years, with more identifying as Chinese.

Such a poll does not necessarily represent the full picture of the whole of Taiwan, but it is enough to lay bare the sheer lie the Democratic Progressive Party has been trying to peddle that there is an inborn "Taiwan independence" propensity among Taiwan people, young people in particular.

During Lee Teng-hui's tenure as leader on the island from 1988 to 2000, some people on the island did have a sense of a "Taiwan identity" as a result of Lee's educational and cultural campaign aimed at promoting such an identity. Such a momentum has been furthered since the independence-minded DPP came to power under Tsai Ing-wen, as it has sought to spark hostility toward the mainland in an attempt to divorce the island from China and cultivate among local people a "Taiwan awareness".