12/03 (Tue.) Taiwan's Generational Divide (Host: Dan)
發表於 : 週日 12月 01, 2019 12:42 am
Taiwan’s Generational Divide
Session I:
As we see with the presidential election campaign, there appears to be a growing generational divide, or generation gap, in Taiwan. Younger people generally support Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP, while Han Kuo-yu of the KMT is drawing die-hard support from many in the older generations. That support for Mr. Han appears to be solid despite the growing number of scandals surrounding his candidacy and his precipitous drop in the polls. Let’s talk about this particular trend from the perspective of the forthcoming election and how it is playing out in Taiwan.
Questions:
1. Why do you think Mr. Han is getting his main support from older generations?
a. He supports more traditional values than Ms. Tsai.
b. He promises his supporters a return to the “good ol’ days” 40 or 50 years ago (whether they were really good is another matter).
c. His supporters only watch or read Han-backing media, such as TV network CtiTV.
d. He engages in demagoguery, playing on his supporters fears of changes in Taiwanese society.
e. All of the above.
2. What do you think of Mr. Han’s efforts to woo younger voters, including offering to pay for students to study abroad (though not making clear how he would fund it) and, more recently, saying he supports same-sex marriage?
3. I like to call Mr. Han “Taiwan’s Trump” because their styles and dynamics of their support are similar. Like Mr. Han, Mr. Trump has backing from certain media (Fox News, in particular) and also draws much of his support from older (especially white) people. (Trump also plays on fears of changing demographics in the U.S.) Do you agree that Mr. Han’s support is fueled by similar dynamics as that of Mr. Trump based on what you know about the U.S. president?
4. Do you think support for Mr. Han by older generations of Taiwanese has anything to do with the fact that these supporters grew up during the martial law period and received pro-China and pro-KMT indoctrination in schools and elsewhere?
Session II:
Let’s explore the generation-gap theme outside of election politics. (And if you disagree with the theme and believe there is no significant generation gap, that’s okay, too.)
Questions:
1. What are some of the other areas in which younger and older generations differ most sharply in Taiwan, such as same-sex marriage, religion, child-rearing (or the need for children to begin with)?
2. How much does new technology and new ways to communicate, such as social media and texting, deepen the generation gap?
3. Why do you think so many people in the older generations in Taiwan oppose same-sex marriage and how much does religion have to do with it?
4. Are older people in Taiwan more superstitious?
5. Many in Taiwan’s older generations have a lot of brothers and sisters, but the birthrate has plummeted. Is this the result, in part, of different attitudes about the desirability of children by young people? Bonus question: Why don’t parents and grandparents pressure young people more to have children?
No reading list necessary this time.
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Agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
7:50 ~ 8:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
8:10 ~ 8:25pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:25 ~ 9:05pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
9:05 ~ 9:25pm Summarization (20 mins)
9:25 ~ 9:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements ********************************************************************************************************************************************
聚會日期:列於該貼文主題內
聚會時間:當天請準時於 6:45 pm 到達 ~ 約 9:30 pm 左右結束
星期二聚會地點:丹堤濟南店
地址、電話:台北市濟南路三段25號 地圖 (02) 2740-2350
捷運站:板南線 忠孝新生站 3 號出口
走法:出忠孝新生站 3 號出口後,沿著巷子(忠孝東路三段10巷)走約 2 分鐘,到了濟南路口,左轉走約 2 分鐘即可看到。
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Session I:
As we see with the presidential election campaign, there appears to be a growing generational divide, or generation gap, in Taiwan. Younger people generally support Tsai Ing-wen and the DPP, while Han Kuo-yu of the KMT is drawing die-hard support from many in the older generations. That support for Mr. Han appears to be solid despite the growing number of scandals surrounding his candidacy and his precipitous drop in the polls. Let’s talk about this particular trend from the perspective of the forthcoming election and how it is playing out in Taiwan.
Questions:
1. Why do you think Mr. Han is getting his main support from older generations?
a. He supports more traditional values than Ms. Tsai.
b. He promises his supporters a return to the “good ol’ days” 40 or 50 years ago (whether they were really good is another matter).
c. His supporters only watch or read Han-backing media, such as TV network CtiTV.
d. He engages in demagoguery, playing on his supporters fears of changes in Taiwanese society.
e. All of the above.
2. What do you think of Mr. Han’s efforts to woo younger voters, including offering to pay for students to study abroad (though not making clear how he would fund it) and, more recently, saying he supports same-sex marriage?
3. I like to call Mr. Han “Taiwan’s Trump” because their styles and dynamics of their support are similar. Like Mr. Han, Mr. Trump has backing from certain media (Fox News, in particular) and also draws much of his support from older (especially white) people. (Trump also plays on fears of changing demographics in the U.S.) Do you agree that Mr. Han’s support is fueled by similar dynamics as that of Mr. Trump based on what you know about the U.S. president?
4. Do you think support for Mr. Han by older generations of Taiwanese has anything to do with the fact that these supporters grew up during the martial law period and received pro-China and pro-KMT indoctrination in schools and elsewhere?
Session II:
Let’s explore the generation-gap theme outside of election politics. (And if you disagree with the theme and believe there is no significant generation gap, that’s okay, too.)
Questions:
1. What are some of the other areas in which younger and older generations differ most sharply in Taiwan, such as same-sex marriage, religion, child-rearing (or the need for children to begin with)?
2. How much does new technology and new ways to communicate, such as social media and texting, deepen the generation gap?
3. Why do you think so many people in the older generations in Taiwan oppose same-sex marriage and how much does religion have to do with it?
4. Are older people in Taiwan more superstitious?
5. Many in Taiwan’s older generations have a lot of brothers and sisters, but the birthrate has plummeted. Is this the result, in part, of different attitudes about the desirability of children by young people? Bonus question: Why don’t parents and grandparents pressure young people more to have children?
No reading list necessary this time.
********************************************************************************************************************************************
Agenda:
6:45 ~ 7:00pm Greetings & Free Talk / Ordering Beverage or Meal / Getting Newcomer’s Information
7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
7:50 ~ 8:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
8:10 ~ 8:25pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:25 ~ 9:05pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
9:05 ~ 9:25pm Summarization (20 mins)
9:25 ~ 9:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements ********************************************************************************************************************************************
聚會日期:列於該貼文主題內
聚會時間:當天請準時於 6:45 pm 到達 ~ 約 9:30 pm 左右結束
星期二聚會地點:丹堤濟南店
地址、電話:台北市濟南路三段25號 地圖 (02) 2740-2350
捷運站:板南線 忠孝新生站 3 號出口
走法:出忠孝新生站 3 號出口後,沿著巷子(忠孝東路三段10巷)走約 2 分鐘,到了濟南路口,左轉走約 2 分鐘即可看到。
最低消費: 80 元