An Analysis of the"Co-colonization"Theory:An Examination of the Relationship between Mainland Immigrants and Dutch Colonists in Taiwan during the Dutch Occupation Era
The theory of"co-colonization"holds that Dutch colonizers led and promoted the emergence and de-velopment of mainland China's immigration and development activities towards Taiwan.The relationship between mainland immigrants and colonizers were"interdependent"and they carried out"cooperative col-onization"in Taiwan.This not only beautifies colonial rule,but also denies the historical fact that cross-strait exchanges and integration have continued to develop since ancient times,and that mainland China has gradually deepened its development of immigration to Taiwan.This theory confuses the mainland's de-velopment of Taiwan immigrants with the colonial activities of Western countries,and has a similar narra-tive pattern with the"Historical perspective of Taiwan independence."But,various historical records have already fully proved that the main reason for the immigration activities to Taiwan at that time came from the mainland,and the leading cause of the immigration activities was the mainland officials and the peo-ple,not the Dutch colonists.The relationship between the Dutch colonists and the mainland immigrants was by no means"interdependent,"and the development of various industries in Taiwan at that time was based on the cruel exploitation of the blood and sweat of the mainland immigrants.Both mainland immi-grants and Taiwan ethnic minorities were victims of Dutch colonial rule,and even united to resist in vari-ous forms.They were the focus of suspicion and prevention by the Dutch colonists.The theory of"co-colo-nization"is a serious distortion of the history of the mainland's immigration and development of Taiwan in the era of the Dutch occupation.
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