DID I actually say TAIWANESE people don't care about TAIWAN?

Did I really say that Taiwanese people don't care about their national pride? A lot of the Taiwanese people, they just don't care. Did I really say Taiwanese people put money ahead of their national pride? Lots of Taiwanese people just want to go to work, earn money. They couldn't care less whether their passport said Taiwan, ROC, PRC, Timbuktu or whatever country happens to be printed on the front of their passport. Welcome back to the channel. My name is Alan. This is my life in Taiwan. And welcome to one of my favourite places in all of Taiwan. This is Taichung Park. I don't usually do this kind of video. Once a video is made, it's made and I forget about it. I move on to the next one. But when my recent video talking about the way that the UK treats Taiwan hit 300,000 views and almost 2,000 comments, it sparked a lot of controversy in the comment section and kind of made me question some of the things that I said. So after reading every single one of the 1950 comments on the video in English and Chinese, thanks to Google Translate, I think it's fair to say that I've never split opinions so divisively before. And I'm here just to clear a few things up. And also, don't forget, I have never once claimed to be an expert on this situation or any other. In fact, I'm just here sharing my humble opinion on the matter and trying my best, as the channel's name suggests, to show you how it affects my life in Taiwan. But I do notice that the more and more I make these kind of videos and the more comments that come in, either positive or negative, directing me to more articles and stories about situations that I'm talking about, then I am actually building up quite a good knowledge of certain situations. And hopefully, as I make more and more videos in the future, they'll get more and more better. More and more better. They'll get better and better. And I'll make fewer and fewer mistakes, as I may have done in my previous video. OK, so in the video, I said this, that showed a survey proving that something like 40% of Taiwanese people wouldn't be prepared to fight if it came to the crunch and China invaded the country. And the study that came from was reported by the Taiwan News, but carried out by ET Today. And many people in the comments section pointed out that ET Today is a politically biased source. So, of course, the results of the study will come out as they want them to do so. Now, either way, whether the comments were right or wrong, whether the source was politically biased, blue, green, or even red, as some people may have suggested, I was probably wrong to have included it without either fact-checking it or indeed providing some kind of information from an opposing balanced source. As I have mentioned already, and probably will mention several times throughout this video, I'm not a professional journalist with an extensive knowledge of these kind of things. I am just one guy sharing my opinion based on what I've read. But I admit in matters such as this, I probably should have either ignored a very one-sided study or indeed gone out into the street and conducted my own survey amongst the Taiwanese people. So I kind of hold my hands up to that one and will try my best in future to either avoid sources like this or at the very least mention that I do think it might have been a biased source. Another point that came up several times in the comments section isn't really a mistake, but it's something that I omitted, but it actually serves to back up the points I was making about the way that the UK pandered to China. And that's the fact that in 1950, the UK was actually the first country to officially recognize the PRC as a country and have done for the past 70 years ever since. Of course, the political landscape has changed drastically over the past 70 years, and there's probably a whole other video to be made about the specific relationship between the UK and the PRC that I can make in future. But I still think it's worth mentioning in this video just because so many people mentioned it in the comments section of the video we're talking about. Now, let's get into the big stuff. Did I really say that Taiwanese people don't care about their national pride? Did I really say Taiwanese people put money ahead of their national pride? Well, the fact that I said that Taiwanese people don't care about Taiwan's international status and instead only care about earning money for their families, well, I absolutely didn't mean that as a negative point. And I wasn't talking about the greedy, money-hungry people that will screw over others to make money. I'm talking about people who have a very similar thinking to me. And if someone gave me the very unlikely ultimatum of my son being hungry or changing my passport to North Korean in order to feed him, then I'd absolutely do it in a heartbeat. Blood is thicker than water where I come from. And it certainly is here in Taiwan. And we all do whatever is necessary to protect our loved ones, especially our children. And Taiwanese people are absolutely no different. Yes, the passport is changing next year to make the word Taiwan bigger and ROC smaller. But again, would people choose this if it meant putting their family in danger? Financial danger, that is? Probably not. The family is much more important than the country in Taiwan. And I think that's completely normal for the average citizen to believe. I think over the Taiwan Strait, there is so much brainwashing that goes on that many of the people over there blindly put their country and its leadership ahead of their own families, which creates huge problems at all levels of society within that country. Now, as well as correcting those oversights I may have made, I also want to highlight what I think was the most common response among the comment section. And that was the people who replied, conveying a sense of hopelessness that because of China's immense size and Taiwan's relative tininess, then what can be done to change anything? And yes, I kind of agree that Taiwan in itself cannot really do much. But that's exactly the point I was trying to make in the video. Taiwan needs the support of world powers, such as the UK and other countries all around the world, if it's ever going to be recognised and stand up on its own two feet. And that's why I feel embarrassed by the UK, that they've allowed the Taiwanese people to have this lack of hope in standing up to the big bully across the Taiwan Strait. Because without some international support, there is little that can be done. But I always have hope. And I, like most Taiwanese people, go about each and every day here in Taiwan with a happiness to know that no matter what the official stance is regarding Taiwan and China, and the way other countries see us, I am living in a country where I'm free to make YouTube videos talking about it, and the people around me are free to say whatever they want. And to be honest, most people actually don't give the situation much thought on a daily basis. Now, one more thing that was mentioned many times in the comment section was Prozzie's amazing statue impersonation at about 30 seconds into the video. I've double checked with Prozzie and he has confirmed that he wasn't trying to be a statue. He wasn't trying to be funny. It must have just been his brain went into shutdown or he was performing some factory resets or something. But while we're on the subject of Prozzie, do me a big favor. Go subscribe to his channel. He's at 90,000 subscribers. Needs 10k to get to that silver play button award. And if you help him out, that's going to help me out as I'm pretty sick and tired of watching him staring longingly at my silver play button in the living room. He needs his own one. Go subscribe to him. He's putting out some absolutely awesome content recently. So yeah, actually talking of which, today this video comes out on Wednesday the 14th of October. That's my birthday. Your birthday gift to me. Go subscribe to Prozzie. Get him to 100,000 subscribers and Tai Chung will see a party the likes of which has never seen before. Okay, so let's please remember that all of my videos are quite subjective and based upon my opinion and view of certain situations. I will try to get the facts as correct as possible, but I'm also just happy to admit I'm just one man trying to research these topics by myself with no journalistic experience. And I just got sprayed by the water. And just want to stay true to the channel's name, the channel's ethos of sharing as many different things that affect my life here in Taiwan. I'm going to make mistakes and I'll say things that piss people off. Even huge news corporations tend to make mistakes. CNN, BBC, of course. They'll all make mistakes on a regular basis. So please forgive me if it happens on this channel once in a while. Having said that though, I do want to try better and improve in order to show the subscribers of the channel the respect they deserve. So I always welcome comments in whatever form they come, positive or negative. So please feel free to do the same on this video and let me know what you think. Okay, before I go, there's one more thing I want to say completely not related to the video at all. But this week it's been a mental health awareness week. And while I will possibly make a full video about mental health of foreigners in Taiwan, which I think is very important, maybe I'll make that video in the future. I just wanted to quickly take this opportunity to kind of reach out and talk to anybody that may be struggling with mental health, whether you're alone or surrounded by friends. Everyone's story is different. But if anybody thinks that a chat with me on Instagram would be beneficial, then please shoot me a message. I'm not doing this for followers. You don't even have to follow me. I read every single message that comes into my inbox and reply to the majority of most. So yes, please get in touch if you're feeling a little bit under the weather. I know it's got nothing to do with the topic of today's video, but I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and watching some shows recently on YouTube, and a lot of people are talking about it. And I think that's the important thing with mental health is talk about it. It's okay to not be okay and all of that. So if you think I'm patronizing, then I'm sorry, that's not what I'm trying to be. I just want to let people know that there's always somebody available to talk to, even if it is a slightly overweight, middle-aged British man that you've never met on the other side of the world. Anyway, let's get this video wrapped up. Comments down below, like, share, subscribe. Tell your friends if you found this interesting, but I think it's time to say goodbye. So as for now, and as always, I'll see you next time in my life in Taiwan. Peace.