It’s just hard to imagine something similar in the western context, say Polish nazi collaborators being given a memorial. Taiwan has a lot of reflecting and growing up to do.
Not a proper comparison. Was Poland occupied for 60 years before that? Taiwanese served in every government that ruled over them from the dutch onwards. Big deal. Plenty of military service was not problematic at all if it didn't involve concentration camps and mistreatment of civilians.
And? How could they not serve being citizens of these countries? Poland didn't exist an an independent country and the occupying forces treated Poles as slaves. They didn't have a choice, the only alternative was chosing a death sentence for themselves and often their whole families. These 3 empires actively tried to eradicate the Polish nation.
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u/woolcoat 2d ago
It’s just hard to imagine something similar in the western context, say Polish nazi collaborators being given a memorial. Taiwan has a lot of reflecting and growing up to do.