Some Background behind Taiwan
Taiwan, a small island on the coast of Mainland China, after WWII was occupied by the KMT, led by Chiang Kai-Shek along with his followers fled to Taiwan due to the loss of the Chinese Civil War. The U.S financially backing the KMT, due to their fight against communism during the Cold War Era, led to massive industrialization in Taiwan and political tension between Taiwan and China. Thus during the 1950s and on, Taiwanese people, mostly students, started to immigrate into America and try to assimilate into the American lifestyle. Taiwanese Americans, a good majority with a middle class background, came into the U.S for higher education, but then decided to stay or migrate whether because of family that was already there, or the job opportunities they had in America, or for their children, etc. and were successful in leaving an economic impact in America and started living an American lifestyle, but as some other Asian Immigrants, with some resentment and prejudice by others, they had also brought their own tradition.
The point of this paper is to show the immigration of the Taiwanese and the successfulness of Taiwanese, socio-economic wise, their integration and changes to the American lifestyle, along with the issues they faced. There are some barriers that affect me and my family, especially the language barrier and the lack of communication due to their jobs, so by including such scenario into the paper, I am also showing my struggle and other Taiwanese American families. By showing why the Taiwanese immigrated and the impacts they have done, along with the lifestyle they integrated into and also changed, one can see the difference between a Taiwanese and Chinese person.
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...ulture, have impacted affected their American lifestyle and changed the enclaves they reside in, but would still have problems, despite living in a suburban life.
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