This week my team and I are in Taiwan a place I often visited as a kid because this is where my family is from going back centuries. But you know all

through my life I never really thought of myself as Taiwanese even though I grew up

speaking Taiwanese my parents always just said, you are Chinese.

Just like, well, someone such as Emily Fang is.

Hi Elsa.

And PR's Emily Fang covers China and Taiwan from her base here in Taipei.

But to be clear, my parents emigrated to the U.S. from China.

That's right.

And yet, Emily, a lot of people would clump you and me together as Chinese.

Yes, and identity is a hugely sensitive issue for this island of 23 million people.

Because even though more than 90% of people living in Taiwan can trace their

roots to mainland China, the majority of them now identify in polls as Taiwanese only.

And that's a huge shift from just 30 years ago.

That's right and in just a few days voters in Taiwan will choose their next president.

It's one of the most important and closely watched elections around the world this year.

Consider this. For many voters, the key to this election comes down to identity,

and we'll speak with one family who don't agree on what it means to be Taiwanese.

From NPR, I'm Elcid Chang. It's Tuesday, January 9th.

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