Desinicization (Simplified Chinese: 去中国化; Traditional Chinese: 去中國化; Pinyin: qùzhōngguóhuà, de + sinicization, meaning "to get rid of the Chinese influence") is a term which appeared in the political vocabulary of the Republic of China on Taiwan in 2001 . It is mainly used by groups which support Chinese reunification to describe what they are opposed to, and to distinguish it from the Taiwanese localization movement. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Sinicization, or Sinification, is to make things Chinese. ... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ... Chinese (re)unification (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a goal of Chinese nationalism that refers to the reunification of all of Greater China under a single political entity. ... Localization or Taiwanization (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Pe̍h-oÄ“-jÄ«: pún-thó͘-hòa) is a political term used within Taiwan to emphasize the importance of Taiwans culture rather than to regard Taiwanese as solely an appendage of China. ...

The term exists to emphasize that pro-unification groups are not opposed to the development of a Taiwanese identity or local symbols such as language, but are opposed to viewing such an identity and symbols as separate from a broader Chinese identity.^{[citation needed]}

Desinicization by the Chinese communisty party

During the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese communist party declared to destroy Four Olds, including "Old Custom, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas." Therefore, many Chinese antiques, paintings, genealogy books were destroyed. People are also forbidden to wroship their ancestors, have memorial ceremony for Confucius, Yellow Emperor and Yan emperor. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; literally Proletarian Cultural Great Revolution; often abbreviated to 文化大革命 wénhuà dà gémìng, literally Great Cultural Revolution, or even simpler, to 文革 wéngé, Cultural Revolution) in the Peoples Republic of China was a struggle for power within the... Communist Party of China flag The Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; pinyin: Zhōnggu ngchǎndǎng) is the ruling party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Chinese art from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), an example of art that had survived the Four Olds destruction The Four Olds or the Four Old Things (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) were Old Custom, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. ... A genealogy book is used in China to record family history of ancestors. ... Confucius (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kung-fu-tzu), lit. ... Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor or Huang Di (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: huángdì) is a legendary Chinese sovereign and cultural hero who is said to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese. ... The Yan Emperor (Chinese: ; literally Flame Emperor) lived in China about 4,000 years ago. ...

Products made in Taiwan used to labeled as "Made in ROC", it was changed to "Made in Taiwan" after the Chinese communist government's protest.

Chinese Kuomintang is called as one of the "Taiwanese political party." President of the Republic of China after 1949 are called as "Taiwanese leader" by the Chinese mainland government. The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China, now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in... The Presidential Building is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. ...

In 2005, Kuomintang went back to mainland China. The mainland Chinese government usually likes to add the word Chinese in front of everything from Taiwan, such as Chinese Taipei, etc. However, this time, the government called Kuomintang - Chinese Nationalist Party as a "Taiwan political party." Hence, to the Chinese government, the Chinese Nationalist Party is not a Chinese Political Parties. Lien Chan and the Kuomintang touring the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, China. ... The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3) [1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China, now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in... The Chinese political parties include four areas: mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. ...

Desinicization in Taiwan

From 2004, the map of "Republic of China" no longer includes mainland China. ...

In late 2004, President Chen Shui-bian proposed to rename all state-owned enterprises bearing the name "China" to "Taiwan." This was opposed by the Pan-blue coalition. Even some private busineseses in Taiwan which have China in their names are asked to change it. China airlines is also asked to change its name. The Pan-Blue Coalition (Traditional Chinese: 泛藍聯盟; Simplified Chinese: 泛蓝联盟; Hanyu Pinyin: ), or Pan-Blue Force (Traditional Chinese: 泛藍軍; Simplified Chinese: 泛蓝军; Hanyu Pinyin: ), is a political coalition in Taiwan, consisting of the Kuomintang (KMT), the People First Party (PFP), and the smaller New Party (CNP). ... China Airlines (Chinese: 中華航空公司 (pinyin: Zhōnghuá Hángkōng gōngsī), commonly abbreviated 華航) is the flag carrier of the Republic of China on Taiwan. ...

In February 12th of 2007, Chen's government also changed the names of Chunghwa Post (China Post) to Taiwan Post. [1]. February 7th of 2007, Chinese Petroleum Company was changed to "CPC corporation, Taiwan. China Shipbuilding Corporation to "CSBC Corporation, Taiwan." Chunghwa Post(中華郵政) is named as Chunghwa Post Co. ... A CPCC petrol station outside Danshui Station in Taipei County CPC Corporation, Taiwan (台灣中油), full name is Chinese petroleum Corporation, Taiwan. ... CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (台灣國際造船, literally Taiwan International Shipbuilding), CSBC for short, formerly known as China Shipbuilding Corporation (中國造船) is a state-owned enterprise of the Republic of China. ...

The name changing issue will be a topic in the upcoming Republic of China presidential elections in Taiwan in March of 2008. Candidate and former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-Jeou has already promised to restore the printing of "Republic of China" on stamps if he is elected as the next President^[1]. China Pig Ma Ying-Jeou (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ma Ying-chiu) (born July 13, 1950 in Hong Kong, China) is a politician in the Republic of Taiwan (Taiwan), a former Justice Minister, former Mayor of Taipei, and former Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT... The Presidential Building is located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City. ...

The government also start to change many names related to China in the textbooks. China is no longer called as "our country." the history of China is no longer called as "our country's history," it is called "Chinese history." "Mainland" is offically called as China.

Examples elsewhere

Some commentators also take the recent Seoul city mayor's move to change Seoul city's Chinese official name from Hancheng (漢城; Hànchéng) to Shou'er (首爾; Shǒuěr) in 2005 as a model of desinicization.^{[citation needed]} The previous name, pronounced Hànchéng in Chinese and Hanseong in Korean, is an old name for Seoul, literally meaning Han River City, but can be misinterpreted as Han Chinese City. The new name Shou'er carried no such connotation, and was close in both sound and meaning to Seoul, which, uniquely among Korean place names, does not have a Sino-Korean name. See also Seoul - Chinese name. Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... The Han River located in South Korea, is the confluence of the South Han River, which originates in Mount Daedeok-san, and the North Han, which originates in Mount Geumgang-san. ... Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ... Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. ... Seoul (서울)   [] is the capital of South Korea and is located on the Han River in the countrys northwest. ...

The Dungans of Kyrgyzstan represent a less conscious process of desinicization, during which, over the course of a little more than a century (since the Hui Minorities' War), a Hui Chinese population became alienated from the literary tradition and local culture of Shaanxi and Gansu. Dungan (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Russian: ) is a term used in territories of the former Soviet Union to refer to a Muslim people of Chinese origin. ... The Hui Minorities War, is the modern term used by the Peoples Republic of China for what used to be called the Dungan Revolt or Muslim Rebellion. ... The Hui (回) ethnic group is unrelated to the Hui (徽) dialects. ...   (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ShÇŽnxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a north-central province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions of the Loess Plateau on the middle reaches of the Yellow River as well as the Qinling Mountains across the... Gansu (Simplified Chinese: 甘肃; Traditional Chinese: 甘肅; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, or Kan-suh) is a province located in the northwest of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

References

Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ...

See also

• Chinese government
• Politics of China
• Chinese Political Parties
• Two Chinas
• Special state-to-state relations