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Taiwan Leader Blames Imperialism for Cross-Strait Division

4/8/2026

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Cheng Li-wun (Taiwanese opposition leader) criticized Japanese imperialist forces for division between mainland China and Taiwan during Sun Yat-sen tribute in Nanjing.
She noted Taiwan's colonial history, saying it became a Japanese colony after China's 1895 First Sino-Japanese War.
Cheng said Taiwanese intellectuals hope for a revived China to reclaim Taiwan after the 1911 revolution.
She argued that external imperialism and internal conflicts have sustained cross-strait divisions for more than a century.

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Cheng Li-wun (Taiwanese opposition leader) criticized Japanese imperialist forces for division between mainland China and Taiwan during Sun Yat-sen tribute in Nanjing.
She noted Taiwan's colonial history, saying it became a Japanese colony after China's 1895 First Sino-Japanese War.
Cheng said Taiwanese intellectuals hope for a revived China to reclaim Taiwan after the 1911 revolution.
She argued that external imperialism and internal conflicts have sustained cross-strait divisions for more than a century.