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  • noun Plural form of Formosan.

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Examples

  • Rest assured Ah-Ben, that the US-DOS is well aware of its duties towards the Formosans under SFPT.

    The US Speaks on Taiwan Michael Turton 2009

  • Of course, this ignores the fact that most Taiwanese who oppose TI are not Mainlanders, especially the police and military, and most Taiwanese who embrace China do so out of choice rather than coercion, but this situation cannot be considered as it is contrary to the TI religion which holds, among other thins, that "all Formosans belong together in one polity."

    Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

  • Due to graft corruption etc. the Formosans were soon to be disillusioned and bitterness for the Chinese rulers took the place of the previous enthusiasm.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • The remedy would be simple, granting all of Formosans the right to vote for what form of Government they desired and 98% would vote United Nations Mandate and the U.N.C. would be rewarded with the everlasting gratitude of 6,000,000 world citizens.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • In the minds of all True Formosans tm the idea of TI functions as a cultural claim whose automatic assumption is that all Formosans belong together in one polity because they are a race-nation.

    Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

  • Unknown to the Formosans he had already or was about to send for more troops from the Mainland.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • In the minds of all True Formosans tm the idea of TI functions as a cultural claim whose automatic assumption is that all Formosans belong together in one polity because they are a race-nation.

    Chunghwamintzu Rulz: thanks for making my point Michael Turton 2009

  • There was a perfectly justified uprising of the Formosans against Chinese oppression while I was there and mail and communication with the outside world was liable to censorship.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • Otherwise the Formosans are doomed to a life of oppression and subjection.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Michael Turton 2009

  • But with Formosans of this 連 ,吳,王,阿扁,统统都是中华奴, 台奸 dismal caliber, to what extremes of brazen lawlessness and in your face evil will Ma's administration have to descend before the populace feels offended enough to give Gov.

    Stephen Nelson with another excellent piece Michael Turton 2009

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