Waishengren

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Waishengren are a group of predominantly Han Chinese who migrated to Taiwan from mainland China around the end of the Chinese Civil War and their descendants, often distinguished socially and politically from earlier-settled Taiwanese populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
social group
associatedWithEvent February 28 Incident legacy politics
associatedWithPolicy martial law period in Taiwan
countryOfResidence Taiwan NERFINISHED
culturalCharacteristic maintained diverse regional mainland Chinese customs in Taiwan
often perceived as culturally distinct from earlier-settled Taiwanese
demographicGroupIn Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
demographicTrend proportion of total population in Taiwan has declined over time
distinguishedFrom Hakka Taiwanese
Hoklo Taiwanese NERFINISHED
Taiwanese indigenous peoples NERFINISHED
benshengren
ethnicComposition Han Chinese NERFINISHED
hasChineseName 外省人
hasSubgroup first-generation mainland migrants to Taiwan
later-generation descendants in Taiwan
second-generation descendants in Taiwan
historicalEventAssociatedWithMigration Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED
retreat of the Kuomintang to Taiwan
historicalPeriodOfMigration late 1940s
historicalRole formed core of ROC military and bureaucracy after 1949
identityTrend growing identification as Taiwanese among younger generations
increasing intermarriage with benshengren
languageUsed Mandarin Chinese NERFINISHED
various Sinitic topolects
mainlyMigratedFrom mainland China
oftenContrastedWith pan-Green coalition supporters
politicalAssociation Kuomintang NERFINISHED
pan-Blue coalition NERFINISHED
politicalIssue representation in transitional justice debates in Taiwan
role in authoritarian-era governance in Taiwan
regionOfOrigin central China
northern China NERFINISHED
southern China NERFINISHED
relatedConcept Chinese nationalism in Taiwan
Mainlander Taiwanese NERFINISHED
Taiwanese nationalism NERFINISHED
socialCharacteristic historically associated with ruling elite after 1949 in Taiwan
often associated with Mandarin-speaking identity in Taiwan
status informal but widely used social category in Taiwan
subjectOf ethnic politics in Taiwan
identity debates in Taiwan
termLiterallyMeans people from outside the province
termRefersTo post-1945 mainland Chinese migrants to Taiwan and their descendants
usedIn Taiwanese Mandarin NERFINISHED

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Han Taiwanese ethnicSubgroup Waishengren