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Taiwanese American Identity In The U.S. Census. Taipei Times., Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Taiwanese American Identity In The U.S. Census. Taipei Times., Chiehwen Ed Hsu
Chiehwen Ed Hsu
The U.S. Census announced that close to a quarter million Taiwan expatriates self identified as 'Taiwanese' in the Census 2010, nearly doubling the figure from a decade ago, with most Taiwanese community so identified in the state of California, New York and Texas. Both politically and substantively significant, the statistic does not only suggest a concerted self identity of Taiwanese expatriates, but also signals an expanded health and social service needs of this growing community to be met. The growing number of self-identifying Taiwanese in the U.S. is politically important, as the increased constituents of Taiwanese Americans representing an even …