The Chinese are a peaceful people

Copyright 2009 Tân Gī-jîn.  Used with author’s permission.

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Tiong-kok-lâng sī hô-pêng, hô-kái, khoan-iông, sià-bián ê bîm-cho̍k…

A-men. Meiyou gongyi, reng yao shemian. [Mandarin]

Pàng-hē siû-hūn, Kok-kiōng hô-kái…khoan-iông Tiong-kiōng ê ui-hia̍p8, cho̍at8-tùi khéng-tēng Tiong-kiōng ê siān-ì…sui-jiân, pháiⁿ-sè lah! Chèng-hú ū khah khióng-pò͘·, jîn-bîn éng-óan ài kok…

Ah! Kám-tōng. Tiong-kok-lâng it úi-tāi ê hô-kái. Án-ne lán ài kín sêng-jīn ka-tī sī Tiong-kok-lâng, chò Tiong-kok-lâng,

Ná bô ē pī Tiong-kok-lâng Chèng-hú tui-sat, choan-pān le̍k8-iâⁿ, chhiūⁿ A-píⁿ-á chi̍t8-ke, sí kah chin pháiⁿ-khòaⁿ.

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The Chinese are a peaceful, conciliatory, tolerant, and forgiving people…

[Amen to that.  Even if there's no justice, there is still a need for forgiveness.]

Putting aside enmity, the KMT and CCP are reconciling…the relaxation of the PRC threat demonstrates without question the goodwill of the PRC…however, I have to apologize! Though the people have always been patriots, the government is still a bit frightened, …

Ah! How touching. The Chinese are the most conciliatory of people.  Such being the case, we should quickly acknowledge we are Chinese, and act as Chinese people…

If not, we’ll be hunted down by the Chinese people’s government,  and the Green camp will be “dealt with,”  just like the family of A-Bian, dying in the most horrible way…