- Nov 2017
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei, is recognized globally as the leading research institution for Chinese art, and the cultural objects housed in it have lent legitimacy to the Taipei government’s claims that it is the true steward of Chinese culture.
Top quality/ leading museums allow ethnic groups to understand their traditional cultures which this is one of the indispensable factors in comprehensive education, therefore, I think a well- equipped museum is needed.
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While the National Palace Museum’s two branches share many works, each has a slightly different angle on Chinese cultural heritage.
Different agencies may have different views about the same thing.
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Since 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Party fled to Taiwan with imperial treasures in tow as the Communist Party took over Mainland China, cultural stewardship has been a first-order concern for the Taiwanese government.
Culture is related to history and politics.
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Driving this shift is Taiwan’s underlying geopolitical strategy to decrease its dependence on Mainland China and increase its ties with the rest of Asia.
Taiwan's geography strategy has shifted to China and the rest of Asia.
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the Southern Branch doesn’t just promote globalization in the abstract, it also positions Jiayi to reap its benefits.
The Southern Branch promotes globalization and places Jiayi to reap the benefits.
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By investing over NT$10.9 billion (U.S. $350 million) to create a world-class tourist destination in this southern municipality,
Taiwan has invested a lot in its cultural industry as well.
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The U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts for all people “the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”
Even the U.N. has declared people's rights in participating in the cultural life.
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The right to cultural equity is broadly acknowledged within the international community.
Everyone can access culture, and it is a person's right.
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Exhibitions at the Southern Branch serve at least two important functions: to educate viewers about other cultures, and to reveal that cultural purity is a myth.
Exhibitions are helpful for people to understand cultures.
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Taiwanese legislator Weng Chong-Jun has stated that these visitors won’t only benefit Jiayi’s economy through the tourist sector, they will also boost the region’s historic tea industry.
Visitors to Taiwan has brought Taiwan lots of benefits.
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And although Taiwan has a strong organic and local food movement, it’s easy to imagine why farmers might feel fearful of the trend toward globalization.
The reason lies in the competition from China and Southeast Asia.
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With globalization, Taiwanese farmers are forced to compete with cheap agricultural goods from China and Southeast Asia.
Cultural is influenced by globalization as well.
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The inclusion of a permanent exhibition about tea culture across Asia offered an additional point of entry to residents of these counties, where tea cultivation is a major sector of the local economy.
Tea culture in Asia is prominent.
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As Taiwanese society grew more democratic from the 1970s onward, and as Taiwanese identity grew more distinct from Mainland China, the role of Taiwan’s cultural policy also shifted—from elitism toward inclusivity and from cultural chauvinism toward cosmopolitanism.
Society influences culture.
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While a New York or Washington D.C. resident can choose from dozens of free museums and cultural institutions where they can interact with art from across the globe, residents of rural America might be hard-pressed to reach a single one.
Residents in New York and Washington D.C. have more colorful forms of art than those in the rural America.
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the Taiwanese government intentionally placed cultural industries at the center of Jiayi’s 21st-century economic development plan
The Taiwanese government pays attention to cultural industries.
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