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American Values and Taiwan Values
ESL 5 Culture StudyPresenters: Hsiao,Hsin-Chieh Lin,Ting-YiInstructor: Lyra Riabov
Outline
Historical Factors that affected USA Values and description of the American Values
Historical Factors that affected Taiwan Values and Taiwanese Values
Social and political problems that can affect the 21st century culture in Taiwan
Possible solutions References
Historical Factors that affected USA Values and Description of the American Values
Historical Factors WWII Great depression Cold War Civil Rights
movement Assassination of JFK Assassination of
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Values Individualism Freedom Self-reliance Equality of
opportunity Competition Material wealth Hard working
Taiwan-FormosaArea :Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu, as well as the Pratas and Spratly islands, with a total land area of 36,179 sq km.Population: 23 millionCapital : Taipei CityPeople : Han people 98 %of the populationThe 11 tribes of indigenous inhabitants and other ethic minorities comprise the other 2%.Language : Mandarin/Taiwanese/Hakka Religion : Buddhism/Taoism/ChristianPresident : Chen Shui-bian
Historical Factors that Affected Taiwan Values and Description of the Taiwanese Values
Historical Factors
Chiang-Kai-shek's troops occupy Taiwan
February 28th Incident Martial law declared Kaohsiung Incident Democratic Progressive
Party (DPP) founded Martial Law lifted First democratic legislative
elections First presidential elections DPP's Chen Shui-bian wins
presidency
Taiwan Values
Hard working
Individualism
Independence
Freedom
Democracy
Friendly relationship among the people
Chiang-Kai-shek's troops occupy Taiwan February 28th Incident
First presidential elections
DPP's Chen Shui-bian wins presidency
Social and Political Problems that can Affect the 21st Century Culture in Taiwan
Economy depression Problems with our system of constitution China kept Taiwan out of the World Health
Organization following the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
China’s continuous efforts to constrict Taiwan’s activities in international community, Taiwan is unable to freely establish diplomatic relations with other countries and participate in international organizations
Possible solutions
Economic revitalization Comprehensive reform Push for a new
constitution of Taiwan Join the member of the
World Health Organization (WHO)
Join the member of the Union Nation (UN)
References
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577607_2/Taiwan.html#s17
http://www.gio.gov.tw/ http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tw.html http://tecro.org/?
OVRAW=taiwan&OVKEY=taiwan&OVMTC=standard http://www.taiwan.com/ http://www.taiwandc.org/