Chinese Malaysian authors find freedom in Taiwan


A boy reading in a bookshop in Taiwan. The island nation's robust track record in humanities studies and its government's generous support have helped its literary culture blossom, providing an environment in which Chinese Malaysian authors are able to flourish. – EPA pic, January 2, 2018.

A HISTORY of being discriminated against and a lack of freedom to explore controversial topics have driven Chinese Malaysian authors to Taiwan, where they thrive, said a South China Morning Post article today.

The article said it was unsurprising that common themes in these authors’ works included marginalisation and cultural displacement, given what they had faced in their home country and the fact that their works were not recognised as part of Malaysia’s literary canon.


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  • What about the marginalised aborigines in taiwan? They must use chinese names, speak mandarin and discriminated. Their land being acquired. This to a group of people, when the dutch and portuguese landed on farmosa 500 years ago were the only inhabitants, so they brought in chinese to work as labourers.

    Posted 6 years ago by Syed Putra