Taiwanese people

Taipei's native population

Taiwanese people are the inhabitants or natives of Taiwan, an island nation in East Asia.

The term encompasses indigenous Austronesian peoples, descendants of earlier Chinese migrations (Hoklo and Hakka), those who came from mainland China after 1945, and their mixed descendants.

Taiwanese people have developed a distinct cultural identity.

The question of whether Taiwanese people constitute a separate nationality from Chinese remains politically contentious.

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cross-strait identity

Taiwanese peoplemainland Chinese

From the continent, not islands

Beijingers · Shanghainese

regional/national populations

Taiwanese peoplemainland Chinese

From the continent, not islands

Japanese people · Filipino people · Vietnamese people · Hong Kongers

Family

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