2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘ pseudo Hakka’ label i s ‘unaccepta =?UTF-8?Q?ble=E2=80=99_?=(fwd link)

[Huang,Chun]

And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a 
formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of 
the ROC government.

We could only hope so.

The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the 
current president, have not made such a promise.

Jimmy

On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote:
> Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3
>
> 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is 
> ‘unacceptable’
>
> By Chris Wang  /  Staff Reporter
> Taiwan
>
> Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka
> fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be
> judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
> Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.
>
> She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language
> policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359