Visit Taiwan Year

Malaysia and Taiwan have some similarities?

1) Both looked like potatoes (番薯）。

2) The populations are almost the same, 20~30 millions.

3) Their "imagine enemy" is China, Malaysia's is Singapore.

4) They divided their people into 2 groups, 86% as "native Chinese" (本省人), another 12% is "mainlanders" (外省人), even though they are all immigrants from China, one a bit earlier, another group later. Malaysia also has bumiputra (土著-65%）and non-bumiputra(非土著-35%).

5) Their main ruling party was beaten in year 2000 after 40 years. Malaysia is going to be the same too after 50 years.

6) The Kuomintang used to practice "scared and cheat people political tactics", "jail people without charge", "money politics", "tide-piles tactic" that made a lot of Malaysian politicians get interested and organise the "Look Taiwan Policy". Luckily, many politicians could still speak in Chinese. (thanks to Chinese Schools and all the contributors/supporters)