Waishengren

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Waishengren, formerly called mainlanders, refers to the group of people as the Republic of China (ROC) nationals who migrated from mainland China to Taiwan during the period spanning from the end of World War II in 1945— when the Republic of China took over Taiwan from Japan— to the ROC government's retreat to Taiwan in the final stages of the Chinese Civil War in 1949; under a broader timeframe, this group also encompasses those who migrated to Taiwan prior to the resumption of cross-strait visits in the 1980s. They came from various regions of mainland China and spanned multiple social classes. And the complexity of Waishengren group includes ethnicities not only the majority Han Chinese people, but also minority groups such as Manchus, Hui, or Mongols. The term is complementary to the group of benshengren, which refers to Hoklo and Hakka peoples who had lived through the period of Japanese rule before the ROC assumed control of Taiwan. Although the descendants of the first generation...

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