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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua on Wednesday condemned the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration for trying to push for the “de-Sinicization” of Taiwan Island and sever historical and cultural ties across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua made the remarks at a press conference in response to a request from reporters to comment on recent decisions by DPP authorities to reclassify the Han ethnic group as “other groups” in the island’s population structure in its official demographic data.
Earlier this month, Taiwan’s administration updated demographic information on its official website, removing the term “Han Chinese” and replacing it with “other groups.”
The “renewal” erased explicit recognition of the Han ethnicity, Taiwan’s largest ethnic group and the majority of the island’s population for centuries.
“This is absolutely absurd and utterly ridiculous,” he said. “How can those who commit such acts, in particular those who are classified as so-called ‘other groups’, look their ancestors in the eye without shame?”
Chen Binhua stressed that people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share the same ancestry, culture and historical heritage, and all belong to the Chinese nation. -0-