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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.

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